In 1977, with dozens of fires set daily and tourism in freefall, New York hired an artist to save the city. His infamous ...

Electric lights were available in the US since the 1880s, but were not common until half a century later, which is why the ...

See into NYC's industrial past by viewing photographs of places like the West Side Piers before they were torn down for Battery Park City and the Hoboken Ferry Terminal in the 1970s (the deteriorated ...

The Vanderbilt Mansion is located on 153 acres of land in Hyde Park, New York. The National Park Service offers tours to the ...