A relationship that has not changed in society is human activity in housing, commerce and general development within the natural environment. These activities occurred along riversides throughout history every where in the world from Mesopotamia to Greece and all over Europe. Of course New York itself followed the same course of development on the Hudson and East River… Read More
Williamsburg’s post-Civil War business boom and transportation improvements, such as widespread trolley service, brought renewed development to the neighborhood. Broadway became “the preferred address for monumental banks, the location of Williamsburg’s premier stores, the center for entertainment, and the nexus for most of Williamsburg’s ferry-going travels.”5 Broadway served as the main thoroughfare with the New… Read More
There is something that happens a lot when you connect with New York and frequently visit places and venues: you think who is the one behind such an intense preservation job? Is it the city? Is it a City Hall department? Is it private?…It’s a lot of different combined facts but without a doubt there… Read More
How amazing is it when a strict order from an institution gets cracked, and from that wound may a root come out and last for centuries not only as a fact but as a still unproven collection of stories. A secret seems to be many times stronger than reality, and it generates so much fantasy…you… Read More
If you loved Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and you were wishing you could experience something with that kind of “another-time-anonimity”, you better check this ball out!… The Illuminati Ball—New York City is a surreal immersive theater experience inspired by leaked photos from the Baron and Baroness de Rothschilds’ legendary 1972 fete, which drew elaborately masked guests such as Salvador Dali and Audrey Hepburn to… Read More
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the land north of the East River was occupied by the Siwanoys, one of many groups of Algonquin-speaking Lenapes in the area. Those of the Lenapes who lived in the northern part of Manhattan Island in a campsite known as Konaande Kongh used a landing at around the current location… Read More
It maybe digital today, but it started way back in the past in other forms: paths, roads, trains…bridges. There have been so many stories in the world about people who come from somewhere and go to nowhere, and viceversa; and especially of course in a city like our unique New York. Now here’s a bit… Read More
In 1638, the Dutch West India Company first purchased the area’s land from the local Native Americans. In 1661, the company chartered the Town of Boswijck, including land that would later become Williamsburg. After the English takeover of New Netherland in 1664, the town’s name was anglicized to Bushwick. During colonial times, villagers called the… Read More
Weylin had been spending a big amount of his private time meeting with architects throughout the last decade. The work done showed very advanced sketches of a Beaux Arts building, a Neoclassical style studied and practiced in France since the late 1600’s. The plans were kept by the Albany Family and passed along ten generations,… Read More
Another beautiful fact in the story of Mr. Seymour is that even though he kept on increasing his fortune as years passed and had reached a very high social position, he never changed his original spirit and remained that lovely character everybody respected. To the poorest and to the richest, Weylin Seymour was an untouchable… Read More