The Fall of Phaeton Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1604
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In the 1920s, New York City carved a mile-long corridor through today’s West Village and Soho, razing hundreds of buildings and displacing thousands.
by Erik Hodgetts
A Scottish-born arms dealer built a castle in the middle of the Hudson River. Part fortress, part folly, its ruins remain one of New York’s most unlikely landmarks.
by Keith Taillon
How the demand for immigrant housing in the late nineteenth century made New York a safer city.
by Troy Tassier
Three years before the Stonewall Uprising, a quiet act of defiance at Julius’ Bar marked a turning point for gay rights.
by Andrew Berman
From Paris to New York, civic buildings bear the names of poets, philosophers, statesmen, and botanists — honored for their contributions to humankind.
by Francis Morrone
William Le Baron Jenney is often credited with inventing the skyscraper. Contemporary records tell a different story.
by Jason M. Barr
Illustrated by Wonder City Studio, the Chicago Skyscraper Playing Cards showcase the evolution of the skyscraper from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries.
A buildable model made of LEGO® bricks, the Greenwich Village Building Set displays a collection of historically significant places in New York City’s most storied neighborhood.
Featuring fifteen watercolor illustrations by Diane Hu, the Rowhouse Playing Cards are a celebration of New York City’s vast treasury of historic rowhouses.
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