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Behind The Building
Margot Gayle, Savior of SoHo
It’s a beautiful day in SoHo: the sun peeks through stately cast iron buildings to...
The Complete History of the Empire State Building
“From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building.” –...
How the NYC Carnegie Mansion Came To Be
In 1898 Andrew Carnegie and his wife, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, bought a large green lot...
World’s Only Art Deco Women’s Prison is Lost Architectural Relic of Greenwich Village
During construction, the building was so beautiful people would ask the security guards how to...
The 6 Most Iconic Hotels To Visit in NYC
Charismatic concierges, poolside relaxation, continental breakfasts and of course, room service; there are many reasons...
The Sugar Loaf Building: 155 Franklin Street
If you are in the market for a historical residence with plenty of flair, 155...
The Windowless Building in NYC: 33 Thomas Street, AT&T Building, and NSA Spy Hub?
Residents of the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan have long wondered at the building standing at...
The History of the Ansonia
New York City, 1904. It was the year the first underground line in the subway...
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5 ‘Brutal’ Buildings: This Architecture Style Once Fizzled But Now Sizzles
They say “what goes around, comes around” and that trends never die. They just cycle in endless loops. This is true for most things...
6 Iconic School Buildings in NYC
The New York City public school system一the nation’s largest一serves over 1.1 million students in 1,800 separate schools. From Erasmus Hall Academy in Flatbush, Brooklyn,...
The Case for Warehousing in New York City
Individuals involved in the warehousing industry tend to always be looking for opportunities to cut costs. These cost-cutting management strategies tend to discourage investment...
The Weeping Woman of the SoHo Well
Beneath the cast iron facades and pop-up shops of SoHo, there lies an old well with a dark past. Built in the 1700’s and...
Remembrance and Reconstruction: The Financial District After 9/11
This year marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and New York will once again mourn the losses we’ve suffered while celebrating the hope and...
2 World Trade Center: Last Piece to Get Underway on the...
Twenty years after the visceral devastation and human anguish of September 11, 2001, the final step of rebuilding is finally coming to the now...
The Madame of the Morris-Jumel Mansion
When Lin Manuel Miranda wrote that “the streets were filled with music” in
Washington Heights, he wasn’t exaggerating. The neighborhood has a vibrant, friendly atmosphere...
A History of DUMBO and Its First Commercial Development In a...
Picture an old, run-down warehouse district with an eclectic population of artists and creative, intellectual types. Crane Davis, retired Time Magazine writer who now...
13th Avenue: NYC’s Shortest Avenue
Maybe 13 is actually an unlucky number.
It’s certainly one possible explanation why 13th avenue in Manhattan no longer exists.
Jokes aside, anyone who has visited...
Connecting the City: The Bridges of NYC
The island of Manhattan seems so connected to its outside world. It's even often said that NYC is the center of the universe. But...