Welcome back! If I asked you where District Street, Brooklyn is, would you know? I didn’t either until researching the history of Atlantic Avenue. In 1855, District Street was renamed Atlantic Street...
Freedom Tour: Nelson Mandela in NYC
Make Your Mark
Childrens' Books
The New York City Municipal Archives preserves more than 225,000 cubic feet of original records, mostly paper. Some is bound into books. I thought I knew a lot about books, especially books about children’s experiences, having worked in children’s publishing for many years. Recent visits to the Archive led me to three books about children unlike anything I’ve ever seen...