Shakespeare in the Park
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.” —“Antony and Cleopatra:” Act V, Scene II Did the author of those lines, William Shakespeare (1564–1616), […]
Category Archives: History
New York’s Easter Parade, 2018
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet And of […]
Stained Glass Windows at Old St. Pat’s
“Should one Catholic come to harm, or should one Catholic business be molested, we shall turn this city into a second Moscow.” —from an 1835 letter Bishop John Hughes wrote […]
International Women’s Day 2018
“The very condition of woman is so subject to hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.” […]
Lafayette and Washington Shaking Hands
“Resolved, Subject to the approval of the Art Commission, as provided in section 637 of the Charter of Greater New York, that the triangular plot east of Morningside Park and […]
Lincoln at Cooper Union
“Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” —the ending to Abraham Lincoln’s […]
Harlem History Told in Subway Art
“I wanted to share those memories, to give the community—and others just passing through—a glimpse of all the wonderful people who were part of Harlem. I wanted them to realize […]
The Marine Grill Murals
“I was impressed by the sight of brawny workmen swinging out on girders and riveting the lacy skeletons of the earliest skyscrapers on lower Manhattan.” —Frederick Dana Marsh (1872–1961) Artist […]
Evacuation Day, a New York Holiday
“Why the New Yorkers celebrate this evacuation day annually, I don’t know. Isn’t it as well to forget that an enemy once had possession of your city?” —the Portland [Maine] […]
Halloween in Greenwich Village, 2017
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” —Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) Homeowners bring the fright to Greenwich Village when they decorate their front steps, small front yards, […]
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