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Willard & Jenning’s City Hotel; Niblo’s Garden; Windust’s [published July 9, 1882]

jpkntz March 11, 2024

      I met Marsh, the veteran hotel clerk, probably...

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• Hotels
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The Varied History of the Knickerbocker Cottage [published Mar. 29, 1885]

jpkntz February 4, 2024

      The old Knickerbocker Cottage on Sixth avenue has...

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• Actors
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A Petty Rivalry Ruins the United States [published Feb. 4, 1883]

jpkntz December 19, 2023

      The old United States Hotel, a portion of...

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• African-Americans
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Old Restaurants of New York [published May 5, 1884]

jpkntz July 29, 2023

      People in New York think that they know...

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• Dance
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Dinner Hour and the Dancing Master [published July 27, 1884]

jpkntz July 26, 2023

      There are several points in everyday life in...

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Harry at the Beefsteak Club [published Apr. 2, 1882]

jpkntz July 24, 2023

      Thirty years ago, when I first landed in...

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• Landmarks
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• Royalty

Romance and Mystery of Riverside Park [published July 6, 1884]

jpkntz July 22, 2023

      They had a celebration of the Fourth on...

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• Entrepreneurs
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Ferdinand Palmo and Italian Opera in New York [published Sep. 11, 1881]

jpkntz July 16, 2023

      The recent death of that “prince of caterers,”...

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