279 Water Street has been known by many names since it was built in 1794. It started life as a waterfront grocery run by Newell Narme. (At the time, Water Street marked […]
The Hole in the Wall at 279 Water Street
The Terminal Hotel at 11th Avenue and 23rd Street
This weekend I had the pleasure of going to the Brooklyn Beefsteak at the Bell House in Gowanus. It was an awesome event, and I probably ate more meat than any sane […]
The Explorer’s Club at 46 East 70th Street
The handsome five-story townhouse at 46 East 70th Street began its life as the home of Stephen Carlton Clark. Clark’s grandfather was Edward Clark, the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, […]
Park Avenue Between 50th and 51st: St. Bartholomew’s Church (PART 2 OF 2)
Hey guys, thanks for sticking with me through this week’s two-parter! If you haven’t read part 1, go take a look at Manhattan’s largest brewery and the first lager in America. Today […]
Park Avenue Between 50th and 51st: America’s First Lager (PART 1 OF 2)
With the huge influx of German immigrants in the first half of the 19th century, Manhattan was introduced to a wide range of new foods that would go on to become staples […]
BLOCK PARTY: Doyers Street Between Pell and Bowery
Hey guys! Welcome to Fort Amsterdam’s first Block Party, where we explore the rich history of a single Manhattan block. Today, let’s take a stroll down “the Bloody Angle,” Doyers Street between […]
Reformers and Performers at 158 Bleecker Street
If you’re a New Yorker who spends any time in the West Village at all, the odds are good you’ve passed this Bleecker Street building without giving it a second thought. But […]
The Queen of Fences at 79 Clinton Street
“It did not seem possible that so much wealth could be assembled in one spot…There seemed to be enough clothes to supply an army. There were trunks filled with precious gems and […]
Theodore Roosevelt’s (Sort of) Birthplace at 28 East 20th Street
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot…The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my […]
A “Great Day” at 17 East 126th Street
In 1958, photographer Art Kane took the famous photo “A Great Day in Harlem,” featuring 57 of Harlem’s most famous jazz musicians. Though few lived there at the time the photo was […]
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