The interior of the Yale Club. Photo by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the New York Public Library. Modern private social clubs (which are usually seen as distinct from fraternal organizations ...

11 glorious estates of the Hudson Valley, mapped These perfectly preserved historic homes once housed financiers, oil tycoons, and U.S. presidents ...

As Columbia University moves into Manhattanville, its industrial past is erased The vernacular architecture of West Harlem is slowly being eroded as part of Columbia University’s long-awaited ...

The history of the lot that the Elizabeth Street Garden sits on is a long one. Originally home to a public school that was torn down in the 1970s, the land, between Elizabeth and Mott streets, was ...

With the average Manhattan rent hovering around $3,800, it can seem impossible that there was a time when one could find a whole apartment for $500 to $600 a month, let alone something in the ...

The city’s billion dollar plan to make the East River waterfront more resilient has a neighborhood up in arms.

Shirley Chisholm State Park is now open in Brooklyn on a site that was once occupied by two toxic landfills.

New York City is no stranger to creepy abandoned buildings, but the spookiest among them might be the hospitals, asylums, and other medical centers that have long since been left in the shadows ...

In the summer of 2009, following an increase in the number of traffic accidents in the Times Square area, the city’s Department of Transportation closed off Broadway to vehicles and created ...

After years of planning, the city released the Sunnyside Yard Master Plan that will guide the creation of some 12,000 affordable units and 60 acres of parks and public infrastructure atop a ...

The winding history of Donald Trump’s first major Manhattan real estate project The Commodore Hotel was a key remnant of Midtown’s Terminal City ...

Consider this list a starting point for anyone who wants to understand how New York became, well, New York.