The Contentious History of Supplying Water to Manhattan

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 by Lauren Robinson

By Lauren Robinson, Metadata and Rights and Reproductions Specialist

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A View of Melrose

On a hot August afternoon last summer, I left the office early and caught the 5 train north. My objective was to locate the site of the Ursuline Convent in what had once been the rural village of Melrose, and was now the heart of the South Bronx.
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Ghosts of the 6 Train

Thursday, July 11, 2013 by Lauren Robinson

By Lauren Robinson, Metadata and Rights and Reproductions Specialist

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The Broadway-Lafayette Transfer and the Evolution of the City’s Subway

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Susannah Broyles

By Susannah Broyles, Digital Project Cataloger

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Photographer unknown. Engineers in tunnel during construction of present IRT at City Hall Station. ca. 1900. Museum of the City of New York. 46.245.2
Landmarks Thursday, July 11, 2013

Ghosts of the 6 Train

New York City’s vast transit system is in a constant state of flux, expanding to fill the needs of underserved areas and simultaneously contracting due to budget cuts or obsolescence. Abandoned subway stations across the city remind us of how transit has changed over the years.
Stanley Kubrick. Life and Love on the New York City Subway. Passengers reading in a subway car. 1946. Museum of the City of New York. X2011.4.10292.30D
City Arts Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick

As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946, Stanley Kubrick set out to capture the story of New York City’s subway commuters.
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The Beach Pneumatic Transit Company – just a bunch of hot air?

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 by Lindsay Turley

By Lindsay Turley, Director of Collections

Lindsay Turley oversees projects involving the stewardship and access of the Museum's collections objects.

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Stanley Kubrick. Life and Love on the New York City Subway. Passengers reading in a subway car. 1946. Museum of the City of New York. X2011.4.10292.30D
City Arts Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick

As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946, Stanley Kubrick set out to capture the story of New York City’s subway commuters.
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Peter Pan: over 100 years of the boy who wouldn’t grow up

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

By Morgen Stevens-Garmon, Associate Curator, Theater Collection

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Stage ensemble from the Midnight Frolic with Will Rogers (center), 1917. From the Theater Collection. Museum of the City of New York, 74.92.51
City Arts Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

It’s a sweltering July evening in 1915 and the lights have just come up after the finale of a Ziegfeld Follies show at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street. You dread walking out into the muggy night and long for a cool escape. But you’re in luck tonight because it’s the premiere of Flo Ziegfeld Jr.’s new revue, the Danse de Follies!
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A Fine Line: The Art of the Clothesline

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Lissa Rivera

By Lissa Rivera, Photographer and Educator

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City Artifacts Monday, November 14, 2016

The Apple Peeler and Corer

As part of our featured object series that explores key artifacts from the New York at its Core exhibition, we asked Hasia Diner to reflect on the Apple Peeler and Corer, on loan from the Lower East Side appetizing store, Russ & Daughters.
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Mott Haven Historic District

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Lindsay Turley

By Lindsay Turley, Director of Collections

Lindsay Turley oversees projects involving the stewardship and access of the Museum's collections objects.

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Behind-the-Scenes Tuesday, May 31, 2016

A View of Melrose

On a hot August afternoon last summer, I left the office early and caught the 5 train north. My objective was to locate the site of the Ursuline Convent in what had once been the rural village of Melrose, and was now the heart of the South Bronx.
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Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 by Mia Moffett

By Mia Moffett, Senior Photographer

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Andrew Herman, Federal Art Project (n.d). Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand, Coney Island, July 1939. Museum of the City of New York. 43.131.5.13
Landmarks Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Hot Dog!

Franks, weenies, coneys, dogs, ketchup, kraut, chili; the contested history of the classic American finger food.
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23 Skidoo

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by Anne DiFabio

By Anne DiFabio, Assistant Archivist, South Street Seaport Museum

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The Tale of the Shoe Shine Boy

Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Allyson Ross

By Allyson Ross, Digital Imaging Specialist

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Stanley Kubrick. Life and Love on the New York City Subway. Passengers reading in a subway car. 1946. Museum of the City of New York. X2011.4.10292.30D
City Arts Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick

As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946, Stanley Kubrick set out to capture the story of New York City’s subway commuters.
Andrew Herman, Federal Art Project (n.d). Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand, Coney Island, July 1939. Museum of the City of New York. 43.131.5.13
Landmarks Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Hot Dog!

Franks, weenies, coneys, dogs, ketchup, kraut, chili; the contested history of the classic American finger food.
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