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Where was Nathan Hale really hanged?
A 13-foot statue of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale stands tall in City Hall Park. Yet no one seems to know for sure where he was actually executed for spying on the British. There are two competin… more →
Ephemeral New York
Where was Nathan Hale really hanged?
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wildnewyork wrote 3 days ago: A 13-foot statue of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale stands tall in City Hall Park. Yet no one see … more →
New York's first restaurant—and celebrity chef
wildnewyork wrote 5 days ago: When Delmonico’s restaurant opened on William Street in 1837, New Yorkers had never experience … more →
Crossing the Atlantic on the Red Star Line
wildnewyork wrote 1 week ago: Red Star Line steamships traveled from Belgium to New York and Philadelphia from 1871 until the 1930 … more →
9/11 at the Javits Center
mmcgrane wrote 1 week ago: Over the years many have asked if we could write an account of what happened to us on 9/11. Our expe … more →
A New York cop shot by the Mafia in Italy
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wildnewyork wrote 1 week ago: Born in Salerno, Italy, in 1860, Giuseppe “Joseph” Petrosino joined the New York Police … more →
Blue skies...
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ptsibi wrote 2 weeks ago: …after another storm in Manhattan. … more →
Bernie Madoff jailed for 150 years
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calvininjax wrote 2 weeks ago: By Calvin Palmer Fraudster Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years in prison for m … more →
Why are tenements mainly named after girls?
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wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: Or maybe the question should be why unremarkable five- and six-story apartment buildings have names … more →
South Street Seaport in the Sunshine
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uptownsmalltown wrote 2 weeks ago: Miraculously sunny day here in NYC ~ hooray!~ so I celebrated by venturing to lower Manhattan’ … more →
The brutal murder of a Chinatown wife
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wildnewyork wrote 3 weeks ago: The vicious killing of a Chinese “slave girl” named Bow Kum shocked New York City in 190 … more →
Taking a steamer from the Franklin Street pier
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wildnewyork wrote 4 weeks ago: This 1920s or 1930s poster—check out the ancient four-digit phone prefix!—advertises a day trip up t … more →
John Kelly Transmogrified - Paved Paradise REDUX @ Abrons Art Center
fadingad wrote 1 month ago: John Kelly as Joni Mitchell @ Paved Paradise REDUX © Frank H. Jump © Frank H. Jump © Frank H. Jump © … more →
The mad bomber of New York City
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: George Metesky had a serious grudge. A Con Ed employee left permanently disabled in 1931 due to an o … more →
Angels with dirty faces on Madison Street
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: These little cherubs have been stationed outside this tenement in Lower Manhattan for probably a cen … more →
Taking a swim in the East River, 1892
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: It must have been pretty hot out on this day at the Fulton Fish Market—so hot that these kids stripp … more →
The fleeting fame of a beautiful artists' model
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: New York City experienced a major building boom in the early years of the 20th century. The New York … more →
An enchanted city's nighttime skyline
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: The East River, South Street Seaport, and lower Manhattan skyscrapers aglow in shades of firecracker … more →
The master mixologist of the Gilded Age
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: Cocktail aficionados owe a lot to Jerry Thomas, aka The Professor, a showman of a bartender who wrot … more →
More obscure Manhattan Streets
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: Starting at the tip of Peter Cooper Village at East 23rd Street, Asser Levy Place runs just two bloc … more →
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