Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter ...

The transfer of power from the Dutch to the English was more like a strategic merger, historian Russell Shorto contends.

I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 ...

The New Amsterdam became a New York City landmark in 1982, but the theatre’s interior was in poor condition from the building’s damaged roof. Following a complete restoration by the Walt ...

though child marriage is illegal in the state of New York, Lily's mother obtained a legal marriage permit in West Virginia to allow her underage daughter to be wed. The New Amsterdam was at a loss ...

One of the most influential Black newspapers in the city, the New York Amsterdam News, is undergoing a transformation, turning its historic newsroom into a museum. The paper was founded in 1909 ...