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Walking Tour: Finding Prospect Park
Join us for a walk through Prospect Park, where we'll discover lost features and why their disappearance matters. “Finding Prospect Park,” a historical discovery tour sponsored by the Victorian Society […]
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How Boss Tweed Killed New York’s First Subway!
In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and kill it. Matthew Algeo, author of the new book New York's Secret Subway: […]
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Early 1800s Music and Dance Extravaganza!
Scholars and performers will celebrate a new book about Black and Irish competitive dancers in early-19th-century New York City. Stony Brook University professor April Masten, author of the new book Diamond and Juba: […]