New York City, as well as the rest of the country, was a lot different at the turn of the century over 100 years ago. The New York subway was just breaking ground, families were still fighting ...

“A Curtain Falls” by Stefanie Pintoff, $24.99 Historical New York never ceases to be rich fodder for some of crime fiction’s most intriguing plots. In her second novel, Stefanie Pintoff ...

Immigrating to the United States from Germany as a kid, Bracklow took up photography in his 30s. The negatives at N-YHS date from 1882 to 1918, a time of flux in New York City’s architecture ...

Evocative of the turn-of-the-century ragtime era in New York City, Temptation Rag: A Novel is the second release by award-winning historical fiction novelist Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard, which is ...

A rich young woman running wild, her boyfriend left for dead in a low-rent hotel room and lurid headlines such as “Brooklyn is a modern sodom” might seem like a ...

At the turn of the last century, New York City was home to a remarkable flowering of architectural creativity. All across the city, immigrant craftsmen, mostly anonymous, created exuberant works ...

At the turn of the century, New York served as the epicenter of America’s Gilded Age. Those who have seen the period drama know that city socialite Caroline Astor hosted lavish parties at her ...

New York was a lot different back then without the taxis, MTA and $1 pizza joints. Go to the content Go to the footer. No thanks. Subscribe.