These 26 women all lived and worked in NYC! Match the woman with their accomplishment: The answers to this quiz will be posted on...

American artist Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 (died in 1978). He studied at the National Academy of Design the Art...

Corona Queens was originally called West Flushing and was renamed Corona either after the local Crown Construction Company or by a local...

On Saturday, February 1st I led a walking tour that included a guided visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum, followed by a 90-minute...

Born in Hyde Park, NY on January 30th in 1882, Roosevelt served as President of the United States from 1933-1945. He spearheaded the New...

The NYC connection here is that at the time of the publication the author happened to be living in a farmhouse located at West 84th...

Like many creative people, New York became Jackson Pollack's adopted home. He was born in Cody, Wyoming, dropped out of high school in...

Today marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in Poland by the Soviet army. An estimated one million people were...

(photo courtesy of the New York Times) Besides being just 15-20 minutes by subway to midtown Manhattan, and boasting one of the nation's...

Today's Blogpost is the beginning of the Lunar or Chinese New Year. As NYC's Asian population has grown, so has the many options for...

Today is singer Neil Diamond’s 79th birthday. Diamond was born and raised in Brooklyn and the neighborhood he hails from is Flatbush. ...

This large studio with a separate kitchen at 501 West 123rd Street is the Morningside Heights Neighborhood - essentially midway between...

Women gained the right to vote in New York in 1917 These 26 women all lived and worked in NYC! Match the woman with their accomplishment:...

Living in Harlem's Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Magnificent architecture and fascinating history abound, along with street art,...

Pleased to introduce my newest home for sale, together with my esteemed colleague Tamara Marotta: 21 West 121st Street, a gorgeous...

Bushwick, Brooklyn - Photos from my September 29th walking tour - filled with street art, and interesting places to shop, eat and drink. ...

There's a special temporary exhibit at Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court...

One of my most popular walking tours is the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Lovely residential architecture,...

Join the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) May 4-6 for Jane’s Walk, a festival of 200+ free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by...

Women gained the right to vote in New York in 1917 These 26 women all lived and worked in NYC! Match the woman with their accomplishment:...