Assignment: NYC Episode 8
The concluding episode of this wonderful documentary series is available through the Harold B. Lee Library. Use this link, then sign on...
Project assignments
Hi, everyone. We have a lot more work to do on our website. Here are some things I need you to do right away: I need your bio info and a...
Robert Caro on researching in NYC
As you are reading the New Yorker excerpts to The Power Broker, I thought you'd find this interesting. Frank Rich interviewed Robert Caro...
Robert Moses reading reminder
Please do take advantage of these readings. The library has paid copyright fees for you to access these articles, saving you the cost of...
Assignment: NYC Episode 7
Urban renewal projects turn out to cause problems for New York, while the destruction of Penn Station leads to the historical...
The Times Square Zipper
You see them everywhere and not just in Times Square—signs that spell out news and advertising. ABC has a big, beautiful version at its...
Gustavino Ceilings
Remember our delightful visit to the Whispering Room in Grand Central Terminal? That beautiful vaulted and tiled ceiling above and into...
New York's first subway
If noticed this sign in the Subway, you might have wondered what it is. The Pneumatic subway was developed in 1870 by Alfred Beach,...
Assignment: NYC Episode 6
This is easily my favorite episode: the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who undertook the largest...
Assignment: Rise & Fall of Penn Station
We've toured Grand Central and what's left of Penn Station. See what we are missing when the Pennsylvania Railroad sold air rights, then...