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- “TWO POCKET-BOOK THIEVES HELD” – May 25, 1882 March 13, 2014
- Emma Kane: A Sad End in a Queens Theater March 10, 2014
- Snapshot: 1942 Demolition of the 2nd Avenue Elevated February 4, 2014
- Death in Apartment 2G: Catherine Phelan and a Hammer made Headlines in the Heights in 1933 November 26, 2013
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- The Great Mistake of 1898: The Consolidation of a Dozen Towns into 5 Boroughs
- The Empire State Building: Constructing the World's Tallest Tower in just 17 Months
- Audrey Munson: "Miss Manhattan" Died in Obscurity in 1996
- Evelyn McHale: A Beautiful Death on 33rd Street
- The Great Theatre Massacre of 1982: Five Broadway Stages Faced the Wrecking Ball for a Marriott
- Murder at Madison Square Garden: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Kendall Thaw Made Headlines in 1906
- The Collect Pond: New York's First Source of Water was Filled in to Become "Five Points," the Worst Slum in American History
- The Grand Central Hotel: Murders, Suicides, Scandals, and Disasters in New York's Most Famous Forgotten Inn
- Lincoln Center: Making Music atop San Juan Hill
- A Pawn Shop and a Fat Men's Store in 1937
Monthly Archives: January 2013
The Grand Central Hotel: Murders, Suicides, Scandals, and Disasters in New York’s Most Famous Forgotten Inn
Today, if you stand at the intersection of Broadway and West 3rd in the Village, and look to the southwest, you’ll see a rather unassuming red brick post-modern apartment block. It is set back a few yards from the sidewalk, … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Disasters, Places
Tagged disaster, East Village, Fire, Greenwich Village, hotel, Lost History, Manhattan, murder, murder trial, New York City, Suicide, Tragedy
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Before & After: Grand Opera House at 23rd & 8th
A rather unassuming building now occupies the Northwest corner of 23rd Street at 8th Avenue. Before 1868, the lot was part of Clement Clarke Moore’s estate “Chelsea,” whose name has endured on the neighborhood which was once his rolling farm … Continue reading
Posted in Before & After
Tagged Chelsea, Fire, Lost History, Manhattan, New York City, Now & Then, Opera House, trial
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Before & After: 47 Prince Street
Berenice Abbott, one of New York’s most celebrated street photographers, snapped a picture of two tired old federal-style rowhouses at the northwest corner of Prince Street and Mulberry Street, across from Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in 1935. Two years later, … Continue reading
Posted in Before & After
Tagged Before & After, Berenice Abbott, New York City, Now & Then, Photography, SoHo
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Murder at Madison Square Garden: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Kendall Thaw Made Headlines in 1906
Stanford White was one of the leading architects in America in 1906, when he was murdered in cold blood atop a building he designed. Born in New York in 1853, he apprenticed under Henry Hobson Richardson, whose “Richardsonian Romanesque” style … Continue reading
Posted in Biography
Tagged Lost History, madison square garden, Manhattan, Midtown, murder, murder trial, New York City
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Building Blocks: 34th-37th Streets Between Madison and Park Avenues
Starting with the southernmost of these three Midtown blocks, bound by 34th & 35th Streets and Madison & Park Avenues, you’ll see noted the “Cameron Bldg.” and the “Church of the Messiah.” To the east is a strip of Park … Continue reading
Posted in Building Blocks
Tagged building blocks, Church, JP Morgan, Lost History, Manhattan, Midtown, murray hill, New York City, Now & Then
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