As a follow-up to our previous post on Martin Luther King Jr. in New York City, here is a speech Dr. King gave at the Park Sheraton Hotel on September 12, 1962. The speech honors the…
Charles Feltman is widely regarded as the inventor of the Hot Dog. As a German immigrant who opened a food stand on the Coney Island Boardwalk in 1867, he sought an easier way to eat…
Comedian and Gothamist video editor/producer Jeff Seal recently went out to the Brooklyn High Street station in Brooklyn Heights to see if he could actually clean the dirty, grimy subway…
"Rugelach by a Brother" Lee Lee's Bakery is one of the absolute best places in New York City to get the classic Jewish dessert "rugelach", despite the general lack of other Jewish deli's and…
Robert Gair was an entrepreneur in Tribeca back in the mid-1800s, making paper products and other paper goods. In 1879, one of his workers accidentally created the product which would…
Can you imagine riding down Broadway on a special sidewalk cart? In 1872, a proposal by Alfred Speer would have had the street lined with tracks and carts for the first moving sidewalk. Back…
The first U.S. President George Washington has a rich history in New York City. From Fraunces Tavern to Federal Hall, there are tons of places you can go to learn about the history of GW,…
For many New Yorkers, pigeons are a nuisance: dirty, thieving, and constantly in our paths. But artist and animal rights advocate Tina Piña Trachtenburg, better known as Mother Pigeon, is…
The first U.S. President George Washington has a rich history in New York City. From Fraunces Tavern to Federal Hall, there are tons of places you can go to learn about the history of GW,…
You know you're a true New Yorker if you read that headline and sang the jingle in your head. Famous for their ubiquitous subway advertisements, local television spots, and uniform telephone…
