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,…
75 Years After It Pushed Out the Pushcarts, Essex Street Market Presses Forward
This week, we continue our series of deep dives into the histories of storied addresses. Six inches of snowfall coated Manhattan on January 10, 1940,…
Fire Fatality in Williamsburg; Cupcakery Planned for St. Marks Place
Early this morning, a man was found dead at 40 Richardson Street following a fire at his three-story Williamsburg apartment building. Another resident is currently…
Drom, a World-Music Oasis in a Sea of Urban Renewal
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Earlier this month, a funky clarinet tune spilled…
‘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…
Nick’s Tavern, the Jazz Joint That Went Down Swinging
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. When Dick Hyman — “a living, breathing encyclopedia…
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…
A Church Sheds Neon on the East Village’s Immigrant Past
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Late at night, red light splashes onto the…