Category Archives: Spring 2012
The Wizard of Oz: Musical Extravaganza
Creators Bess Goden and Katie Kraase Witch You must go to the wonderful Wizard of Oz. He alone has the power to transport you across the burning desert. As a member of the Witches’ Union I have business elsewhere. When
The Wizard of Oz: Musical Extravaganza
Creators Bess Goden and Katie Kraase Witch You must go to the wonderful Wizard of Oz. He alone has the power to transport you across the burning desert. As a member of the Witches’ Union I have business elsewhere. When
New York Harbor: Immigrants, Mobsters, and Treasures
Creators Bess Goden and Katie Kraase Where can you find a history of immigrants, gangsters, and lost treasures all while feeling a cool breeze blowing off the waters? New York Harbor, of course! This iconic and essential estuary is located
New York Harbor: Immigrants, Mobsters, and Treasures
Creators Bess Goden and Katie Kraase Where can you find a history of immigrants, gangsters, and lost treasures all while feeling a cool breeze blowing off the waters? New York Harbor, of course! This iconic and essential estuary is located
The Rise and Fall of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport
Creators Valerie Baloga and Denise Chavez Did you know that Lower Manhattan’s South Street was at one time completely underwater? The island was largely uninhabited until Dutch settlers arrived in the Seventeenth Century. They recognized the potential of the magnificent
The Rise and Fall of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport
Creators Valerie Baloga and Denise Chavez Did you know that Lower Manhattan’s South Street was at one time completely underwater? The island was largely uninhabited until Dutch settlers arrived in the Seventeenth Century. They recognized the potential of the magnificent
Holland’s Tunnel
Creator Leo Bellino and Courtney Masters The majestic 1.6 mile long Holland Tunnel is one of two underwater engineering marvels that connect Jersey City and New York City. The other being the nearby Hudson Tunnels now part of the Path
Holland’s Tunnel
Creator Leo Bellino and Courtney Masters The majestic 1.6 mile long Holland Tunnel is one of two underwater engineering marvels that connect Jersey City and New York City. The other being the nearby Hudson Tunnels now part of the Path
When Broadway Was a Country Road
Creators Allison Cloyd and Gianna Romano E.B. White wrote about New York in 1949: “Broadway has changed in aspect. It used to have a discernible bony structure … but the signs are so enormous now, the buildings and shops and
When Broadway Was a Country Road
Creators Allison Cloyd and Gianna Romano E.B. White wrote about New York in 1949: “Broadway has changed in aspect. It used to have a discernible bony structure … but the signs are so enormous now, the buildings and shops and
Miraculous and Implausible: A Brief History of the NYC Subway Map
Creators Allison Cloyd and Gianna Romano Of all the miraculous and implausible parts that make up New York City, the New York City Subway system has to rank in the top ten. The subway system of New York is one
Miraculous and Implausible: A Brief History of the NYC Subway Map
Creators Allison Cloyd and Gianna Romano Of all the miraculous and implausible parts that make up New York City, the New York City Subway system has to rank in the top ten. The subway system of New York is one
The Subterranean Works of New York
Creators Robert Moeller and Leila Sterman We rarely think about the ground below our feet. In New York, the ground is the sidewalk, mostly. However, there are billions of years of geologic history that lie beneath the sidewalk, beneath the
The Subterranean Works of New York
Creators Robert Moeller and Leila Sterman We rarely think about the ground below our feet. In New York, the ground is the sidewalk, mostly. However, there are billions of years of geologic history that lie beneath the sidewalk, beneath the
The Life of Pneumatic Tubes
Creators Amelia Catalano and Alison Rhonemus Pfft – just like that. So, E.B. White describes the efficiency of the pneumatic mail service in New York, only four years before its demise. White describes the process of conveying mail through pneumatic
The Life of Pneumatic Tubes
Creators Amelia Catalano and Alison Rhonemus Pfft – just like that. So, E.B. White describes the efficiency of the pneumatic mail service in New York, only four years before its demise. White describes the process of conveying mail through pneumatic
From Peep Shows to Olive Garden: Representations of Times Square
Creators Robert Moeller and Leila Sterman New York City has always exhibited a propensity for reconstruction. From the Highline Park in Manhattan to the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s revitalization, spaces get defined, discussed, represented, and often given an encore after their
From Peep Shows to Olive Garden: Representations of Times Square
Creators Robert Moeller and Leila Sterman New York City has always exhibited a propensity for reconstruction. From the Highline Park in Manhattan to the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s revitalization, spaces get defined, discussed, represented, and often given an encore after their
The Transformation of the Peter Cooper Tenements
Creators Leo Bellino and Courtney Masters Plans for the housing unit that would come to be known as “Stuytown” began in 1942-1943 after the housing shortage following the Great Depression. With a surplus of World War II veterans returning to
The Transformation of the Peter Cooper Tenements
Creators Leo Bellino and Courtney Masters Plans for the housing unit that would come to be known as “Stuytown” began in 1942-1943 after the housing shortage following the Great Depression. With a surplus of World War II veterans returning to
Excuse my Dust: The New York Life of Dorothy Parker
Creators Amelia Catalano and Alison Rhonemus One of the most frustrating things for Dorothy parker, in her mind, is that she was not born a “native New Yorker.” Despite her protest, Parker would come to embodied all that forms the
Excuse my Dust: The New York Life of Dorothy Parker
Creators Amelia Catalano and Alison Rhonemus One of the most frustrating things for Dorothy parker, in her mind, is that she was not born a “native New Yorker.” Despite her protest, Parker would come to embodied all that forms the
Re-examining an Ex-Speakeasy
Creators Rachel Wittmann, Boni Joi Koelliker, Mary Seem, Erin Noto On January 16th 1920, when The Volstead Act, or what is commonly known as Prohibition was passed, making it illegal to consume alcoholic beverages, no one could have predicted the
Re-examining an Ex-Speakeasy
Creators Rachel Wittmann, Boni Joi Koelliker, Mary Seem, Erin Noto On January 16th 1920, when The Volstead Act, or what is commonly known as Prohibition was passed, making it illegal to consume alcoholic beverages, no one could have predicted the
The Third Avenue El: Noise-talgia
Creators Rachel Wittmann, Boni Joi Koelliker, Mary Seem, Erin Noto Deemed “the most ideal way of getting about in the world” the Third Avenue El was both loved and loathed during its 77-year existence. Built in 14 months and opened
The Third Avenue El: Noise-talgia
Creators Rachel Wittmann, Boni Joi Koelliker, Mary Seem, Erin Noto Deemed “the most ideal way of getting about in the world” the Third Avenue El was both loved and loathed during its 77-year existence. Built in 14 months and opened
Changeless and Changing in Lincoln Center
Creators Valerie Baloga and Denise Chavez “To a New Yorker, the city is both changeless and changing. In many respects it neither looks nor feels the way it did twenty-five years ago”. When E. B White wrote these words in
Changeless and Changing in Lincoln Center
Creators Valerie Baloga and Denise Chavez “To a New Yorker, the city is both changeless and changing. In many respects it neither looks nor feels the way it did twenty-five years ago”. When E. B White wrote these words in
Changing Times: The Evolution of the New York Newspaper Industry
Creators Stephanie Turnbull, Jeremy Rossen, and Lauren Reinhalter To author E. B White, it seemed like the New York City newspapers of 1949 were on their way out. In his essay Here is New York, White writes, “There are fewer
Changing Times: The Evolution of the New York Newspaper Industry
Creators Stephanie Turnbull, Jeremy Rossen, and Lauren Reinhalter To author E. B White, it seemed like the New York City newspapers of 1949 were on their way out. In his essay Here is New York, White writes, “There are fewer
Stubborn Facts: Technology in the Jet Age
Creators Stephanie Turnbull, Jeremy Rossen, and Lauren Reinhalter To writer E. B. White in 1949, New York was, for the first time, destructible. In his travel essay entitled Here is New York, he writes, “A single flight of planes no
Stubborn Facts: Technology in the Jet Age
Creators Stephanie Turnbull, Jeremy Rossen, and Lauren Reinhalter To writer E. B. White in 1949, New York was, for the first time, destructible. In his travel essay entitled Here is New York, he writes, “A single flight of planes no
