One of the most high-profile threats of recent years was the 2014 outbreak of the virulent Ebola virus in West Africa. The only New York case was that of Dr. Craig Spencer, who had recently…
The American Museum of Natural History occasionally offers peeks into its inner working, on how it maintains and preserves millions of artifacts over thousands of collections from the past…
The New York Landmarks Conservancy's Tourist in Your Own Town series explores some of New York’s best hidden gems as well as some of the classic iconic landmarks. In this video from the…
There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. Street Art NYC: An Interview with…
The Kings Theatre in Ditmas Park was recently renovated over a multi-year, $90 million effort, and it is not going unnoticed. Last year, the theater won a New York State Preservation Award,…
As part of their Old New York in Photos series, the team behind historical blog Stuff Nobody Cares About recently shared this large vintage photograph from 1907 showing a busy street scene…
Back in 1844, at Brennan Farm House on the Upper West Side, near the intersection of 84th and Broadway, author and poet Edgar Allan Poe wrote 'The Raven'. Before the implementation of…
In 1944, the Nazi top brass believed that a rudimentary nuclear weapon might soon be within their scientists' grasp. Hitler, desperate to turn the tide of the war, hatched a secret plan for…
The Hell Gate Bridge, originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge[2] or the East River Arch Bridge, is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel through arch railroad bridge in New York City.…
