Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer ...
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New York City, inside the infrastructure, history, and climate risks of America's greatest megacity

New York didn't become the world's most influential city by accident. This video traces the geography, politics, and pivotal ...
The Nation

Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York

How Fiorello La Guardia and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City Mike ...
The New York Times

Charting the History of New York’s Middle Eastern Community

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city. A New York Public Library exhibition ...
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Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy

New York City between the 1840s and the 1960s developed the largest and, some would argue, the best urban water supply system in the world in terms of quality, reliability, and innovative management.