Topic collection
3 articles
Canterbury Hall: The Rise and Fall of a Broadway Landmark In the mid-19th century, Broadway was the heart of New York City's social and political turbulence. Among its most controversial ...
Read Canterbury Hall: The Rise and Fall of a Broadway LandmarkJimmy Walker: The Flamboyant Mayor of Jazz Age New York James John Walker, known to the public as Jimmy Walker or "Beau James," was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties in New York City...
Read Jimmy Walker: The Flamboyant Mayor of Jazz Age New YorkJohn Francis Hylan: The Rise of 'Red Mike' and the Battle for NYC John Francis Hylan, affectionately and sometimes derisively known as "Red Mike," served as the 97th Mayor of New York Cit...
Read John Francis Hylan: The Rise of 'Red Mike' and the Battle for NYC