“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 ...

So, really, was the whole town. Between the turn of the century and the start of the Great Depression, the population doubled, making New York the largest city in the world.

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 ...

Lucy Sante’s new book uncovers the story of New York’s pursuit of water, and the homes and communities destroyed in the process.

The culmination of Robert A.M. Stern’s monumental history of architecture in New York City and a comprehensive record of building over the ...

New York City was a major manufacturing center for the first half of the 20th century. Painter Betsy Kaufman walks inside her Tribeca loft. She uses the front half as her studio.

How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York "Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ephemera.

The Quietly Influential Regional Plan Association Celebrates a Century of Shaping New York City Commuters passing through Grand Central can learn the history of the Regional Plan Association, one ...

Earlier this week, the New York Times picked the top movies of the 21st century. But they also curated a ballot for the people to pick.

Plenty of films have been made about immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York — including “Hester Street,” the 1975 film also being shown as part of the festival.

There are less than two months until the most anticipated astronomical event of 2024. It is the first total eclipse in nearly a century, and New York has been preparing for this moment. Gov. Kathy ...

The Frick Collection is a jewel box of New York City’s museum lineup, sited on the Fifth Avenue “Museum Mile” and comprising a stately 19th-century Italianate mansion and gardens.