Hard to believe, but it’s now been over a year since our beloved Astor Place cube was boxed up and unceremoniously hoisted onto a flatbed and…
The Halls of Umbrella House: Suicides, Slayings and Squatters On Avenue C
Herewith, the final installment (for now!) of our A Lot About a Plot series, diving deep into the histories of storied addresses around town. Sometimes…
Lights, Camera, Activism: How a Radical TV Studio Kept a Firehouse From Sinking
In 1978, Jon Alpert was out walking a colleague’s dog across from his loft at the intersection of Lafayette and White Streets. He stopped for…
Where an Armory Once Stood, Met Pool Swims Against the Tide of Gentrification
This week, we continue our series of deep dives into the histories of storied addresses. It was a morning for nostalgia when Charles Hart won…
From Warfare to Housewares: The History of the Ikea Red Hook Site
This week, we continue our series of deep dives into the histories of storied addresses. We’ve all been there: duking it out with a roommate…
Before the Spate of LES Towers, There Was Confucius Plaza
This week, we continue our series of deep dives into the histories of storied addresses. Shopkeepers across the Bowery tracked its progress: 42 stories, 43,…
‘A Strange Story’: How 160 Bleecker Went From Slum House to Bohemian Bastion
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. At the end of the 19th century, Ernest…
Bootlegers, Stuyvesants, and Slovaks: The Colorful History of Blue and Gold’s Building
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. You could spend a night at Blue and…
Why Did the Members of an East Village Fishing Club Go ‘Down to a Watery Grave’?
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. On the morning of June 24, 1894, the…
The Riots and Radicals of Walhalla Hall
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. New York City reporters already knew all about Emma Goldman when…