Summers spent working on a tobacco farm in the 1940s opened a teenage Martin Luther King Jr. to a world beyond the Jim Crow South. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Historic Buildings and Sites”
‘It’s Like Kismet’: How a Long-Empty Building Found the Perfect Tenant
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
This old, triangular clinic was created to serve the poor and infirm. God’s Love We Deliver was up to the task. Source: New York Times
Hart Island’s Last Stand
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2021
After years of study, the city has declared an emergency to bulldoze most of the buildings on the city’s potter’s field, without following the usual environmental review process. Source: New York Times
MTA Bus Crashes Into Brooklyn Home, Injuring 16
By Gotham Rex on June 7, 2021
An M.T.A. bus slammed into a historic rowhouse in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, injuring several people aboard the vehicle, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
A Historic Brooklyn Mansion Goes on the Market for $30 Million
By Gotham Rex on May 28, 2021
The 1901 building, which faces Prospect Park, has been owned by the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture for 74 years and could set a borough record. Source: New York Times
Old Buildings, New Views
By Gotham Rex on May 7, 2021
Recent renovations around town have uncovered views of Manhattan that had been hiding in plain sight. Source: New York Times
Scott Stringer Faces Sexual Assault Allegations
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2021
A woman who worked on a campaign decades ago with Scott M. Stringer, the comptroller, said she had feared retribution if she spoke out. Source: New York Times
The Chelsea Hotel Becomes a New York Battleground
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2021
Mark Twain and Bob Dylan slept at the Chelsea. Now, developers hope to lure tourists, but they have to soothe some frustrated tenants. Source: New York Times
Clementon Park and Splash World Auction Has Surprise Ending
By Gotham Rex on April 9, 2021
A longtime recreation destination across the river from Philadelphia was being auctioned for parts. Then a man with a plan swooped in. Source: New York Times
How Weeksville, a Center of Black History, Fought to Survive
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
A slice of Brooklyn that was home to one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America sought the promise of steady financial help from the city. Source: New York Times
‘Battle for the Soul of SoHo': A Debate on Gentrification, Race and Wealth
By Gotham Rex on April 4, 2021
The Manhattan neighborhood is locked in a contentious battle with city officials over whether, and how, it should change. Source: New York Times
Frances D. Horowitz, 88, Dies; Transformed C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
A distinguished child psychologist, she presided over the school’s move to a landmark building in Manhattan and expanded its capacity for research. Source: New York Times
On a Storied Stretch of Fifth Avenue, a Symbol of Irish America Reels
By Gotham Rex on March 13, 2021
The American Irish Historical Society’s mansion on Central Park has long symbolized the ascent of immigrants in the United States. It’s now on sale for $52 million, but many are citing mismanagement and asking the attorney general to intervene. Source:…
Rescuing an Off Off Broadway Theater With a Storied Past
By Gotham Rex on March 12, 2021
Preservationists hope to save the 13th Street Repertory Company building, with a little help from the Underground Railroad. Source: New York Times
Stark Disparities in Vaccine Rollout by ZIP Code
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2021
Data shows wealthier neighborhoods with more white residents received doses at much higher rates than low-income communities of color. Source: New York Times