The NYC Municipal Archives holds the delightful artifacts of a little-known injury-free war. It was a battle against the disgusting wads of gum discarded on the sidewalks of our city...
Did you ever wonder about how historic City records make their way to the Municipal Archives? Were all the documents, photographs, maps, ledgers, plans, etc. in the collection dutifully maintained in their “creating” City offices, and then carefully transferred...
A bit of an introduction. I was born in 1964 and live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. I walk the same streets my family did when they lived here decades ago. Having moved here in 1997, I’ve now been walking in the footsteps of my elders for twenty years...
The City of New York has hosted hundreds of distinguished individuals and groups, from heads of state to accomplished athletes. The art of a New York City reception was the brainchild of public relations guru Grover A. Whalen...
As a researcher clicks through search results in the online gallery of the NYC Municipal Archives, which features almost one million digitized images, they are likely to find some surprises...
Soon after the colony of New Amsterdam was established, work began on Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, completed sometime around 1625. Over time, this earth and sod fort was hardened with stone...