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…
The Orpheum Theater’s Problems Started Long Before Stomp Put Its Foot Down
This week, we continue our series of deep dives into the histories of storied addresses. A heavy metal marquee juts over pedestrians at 126 Second…
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…
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,…
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…