The Vanderbilt Mansion In Hyde Park, New York
If this 54 room home looks a little bit small for something with both “Vanderbilt” and “Mansion” in its name,…
Art and Design of the New York Central Railroad
The other fab Jazz Age exhibit at the Albany Institute of History and Art is Romancing the Rails: Train Travel…
Jazz Age Adventurers: Fashion Edition
At the Albany Institute of History and Art: Fashionable Frocks of the 1920s showcases the adventurous dresses of the Jazz…
Rapp Barrens & Six Mile Waterworks
A walk around the Six Mile Waterworks (created to supply drinking water to the city of Albany in the 1850s)…
DNA Study of Birds, Extinction, and Demography
This paper by Smith, Gehara, and Harvey was released earlier this year (currently behind a paywall): The demography of extinction…
Reviving Vintage Typewriters
New Jersey man restores, paints, and sells typewriters: Lacey Mechanic Revives Vintage Typewriters From His Home. Buy one at Iron…
Not Just the Algonquin: Literary Hangouts of NYC
Photo essay from the New York Times: New York’s Legendary Literary Hangouts.
Vanished Springs and Wells of New York City
Around the turn of the last century, James Reuel Smith documented and photographed the natural springs and wells of New…
Flashback 1981: One of the 99%
Whisky is not the vice John DeLorean is usually associated with. Cutty Sark ad from 1981, the first year the…