How A Cold Day And Fraternity Founded 119 Years Ago Shaped History

The story of a particularly cold December day in 1906 and how the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. changed ...
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site - New York

Epic Guide to Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City including guided tours, history, how ...
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Watch "Preserving New York's Black History," a Black History Month special

Black history is New York City history. Everywhere you look, you see how African Americans helped shape and mold the city. Before the Upper West Side was home to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ...
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Buried beneath the city an archaeological history of New York Nan A. Rothschild, Amanda Sutphin, H. Arthur Bankoff, and Jessica Striebel Maclean

"Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Pottery shards dating to ...
The Conversation

A history of the dukes of York

Mark McKinty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The New York Times

For More Than a Century, New Yorkers Have Said the Rent Is Too Damn High

New York City’s renters have been shaping local politics since the rent strikes of the early 1900s. A new museum exhibit illustrates some of the early struggles. By Eliza Shapiro The winter of 1917 ...
Observer

A Complete History of the Waldorf Astoria New York

Yet it wasn’t until the hotel moved to its present-day location on Park Avenue that its legacy was secured (the Empire State Building now occupies the original site). When the Waldorf Astoria reopened ...
The New York Times

A Mecca for Black History Turns 100

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler Even on an ordinary day, walking into the New York ...