At the end of a long, hard day in New York City, men and women from all races, countries, and classes treated themselves to a well-earned drink at their local bar. When all the bars shut down in January of 1920, all these people had no where to go, and more importantly, no where to …
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Cold War New York
The Cold War, a forty-five-year global and political crisis, has not only affected many countries and governments, but it impacted New York as well. This international tension led New York to organize their own civil defenses, especially fallout shelters, to protect themselves from nuclear attacks. Located near a beach in Queens, Fort Tilden was a …
Castellammarese War
Civil War New York
Garment District
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street was a movement initiated in 2011 to protest the corporate greed and widespread economic inequality that was experienced across New York and the country as a whole. This protest consumed the city, as tens of thousands of individuals participated, and the protest dominated the news cycles for months. New York itself played …
Broadway / Theater District
Harlem Renaissance
Minsky’s Burlesque
Minsky Business: The Minsky Brothers and Burlesque in New York The twentieth century is widely viewed by historians as the beginning of mass, commercialized leisure activities in America. As was the case with most major changes that took place in America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, New York was at the heart …
The Subway System
The Subway System The New York City subway is a core part of the infrastructure and transportation in the city. The subway is owned by the city of New York and leased to the New York Transit Authority. It is one of the oldest subway systems and one of the largest in the world, with …