DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL: COCONUT GROVE, MIAMI
Situated about two miles south of the Miami River, along the shore of the bay, is one of perhaps Miami’s most interesting historic sites–...
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Nov 26, 2020
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE: PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Founded in 1886 as a community project, the Little Red Schoolhouse was the first schoolhouse in southeast Florida. Its first seven...
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Oct 27, 2020
Death Avenue: West Side Cowboys
In 1846 train tracks were laid down into 10th, 11th and 12th avenues and used to transport cargo easier into the industrial areas of New...
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Oct 26, 2020
HARRIS BERGER, THE TAILOR: QUEENS, NY
BUNCHA MULLIGANS.....Play Golf Free While Having Your Suit Pressed is hanging on an old brick building while businessmen are standing...
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Oct 26, 2020
HELL GATE BREWERY: YORKVILLE, NY
The Hell Gate Brewery was established by George Ehret in the year 1866 and was located between 92nd and 93rd street, between 2nd and 3rd...
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Oct 26, 2020
"The Memorial of the 400"
Located down in Wall Street at 79 Broadway, The Astor Cenotaph, in Trinity Cemetery in New York, was commissioned by her youngest...
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Oct 26, 2020
MASS CONFUSION: MOVING DAY, MAY 1ST IN NYC
From colonial times up until World War 2, May 1st was Moving Day, the one day a year when people in New York City moved. It’s said that...
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Oct 23, 2020
ANYTHING FOR THANKSGIVING?
Ragamuffin Day began shortly after Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as an official holiday in 1863. The tradition, beginning in...
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Oct 22, 2020
HOUSEKEEPERS CLUB: COCONUT GROVE, MIAMI
In 1891, five years before Miami became a city, Flora McFarlane and the women of Coconut Grove formed the Housekeeper’s Club, now called...
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Oct 19, 2020
Squatter's Rights in New York City
80th & Columbus Avenue in 1890......with The Museum of Natural History in the background.
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Oct 13, 2020
FLAGLER WORKER'S PALM COTTAGES: MIAMI, FLORIDA
In 1897, Henry Flagler was building his famous landmark in Miami, notably the Royal Palm Hotel, on the mouth of the Miami River in...
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Oct 13, 2020
“A tube, a car, a revolving fan!
My all-time favorite historic New York story has got to be the first ever subway built by Alfred Ely Beach. This is the story of Alfred...
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Sep 30, 2020
Seward Johnson Statues: Key West, Florida
These two life-like sculptures are done by artist J. Seward Johnson Jr. The artist dresses his statues of everyday people in real clothes...
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