Now available: Monuments of Manhattan videoguide for iPhone and iPad. To see a preview or purchase the app, click here. For history buffs and art lovers, tourists and New Yorkers,…
Washington Irving on Columbus Certain it is that at the beginning of the fifteenth century, when the most intelligent minds were seeking in every direction for the scattered lights of…
This is one of more than sixty narrations that I wrote for the Guides Who Know app on Central Park. On February 17, 1913, at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street, a…
A short description and history of the sculpture, and then: how do I feel about this piece, and why? Stats Sculptor: Giuseppe Massari Medium and size: Bronze, 9 feet wide,…
While you're in New York, why not indulge your love for uplifting art and history by booking a private tour? Each of my tours of outdoor sculpture, Central Park, and the Metropolitan…
Those of you who love Frishmuth's The Vine may enjoy this article on the artist by Joseph G. Dreiss: "The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and New York Dance." It includes some charming…
Another reason to go back to the Museum of the City of New York ... The two segments on the Statue of Liberty from the Monuments of Manhattan app by…
The American Civil War pitted brother against brother and friend against friend. Yet memorials to those involved in it are far less grim than memorials for the First World War.…
On May 17, 1792, outside 68 Wall Street, twenty-four stockbrokers signed an document that established the New York Stock & Exchange Board. Since a buttonwood tree stood outside the building, the…
Seeing reliefs of trophies at the Pergamon exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reminded me that I'd written an essay on trophies back in 2007. While writing an essay…