A longtime resident, he devoted his career to Historic Richmond Town and Sailors’ Snug Harbor, two of the borough’s most important cultural institutions. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “History (Academic Subject)”
Stanley Turkel, Manager and Avid Historian of Hotels, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2022
A hotelier, a history maven and a New York civic activist, he chronicled hotels in extraordinary detail both in books and on a blog. Source: New York Times
Walter LaFeber, Historian Who Dissected Diplomacy, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on March 10, 2021
Challenging convention from all political perspectives, he mesmerized his students at Cornell, many of whom went on to hold foreign policy posts or professorships. Source: New York Times