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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade history, a look through the years l Timeline

From its humble beginnings in 1924, to becoming a global spectacle, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC has evolved ...
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Buried beneath the city an archaeological history of New York Nan A. Rothschild, Amanda Sutphin, H. Arthur Bankoff, and Jessica Striebel Maclean

"Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Pottery shards dating to ...
The New York Times

Charting the History of New York’s Middle Eastern Community

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city. A New York Public Library exhibition ...
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Urban Stomp exhibit shows history of New York City through dance

EAST HARLEM -- A profound new exhibit at a museum in Manhattan is sharing the history of New York through dance and through people who helped break barriers. It's a remarkable celebration of more than ...
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‘The Gods of New York’ draws a line from the late 1980s to now

The never-ending battle for the soul of New York City is a dependable subject for nonfiction writers. In his walloping new book, “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth ...
The Forward

Travels to ‘the sixth borough’ — a brief history of New York City mayors visiting Israel

For the past 75 years, every mayor of New York City has spent time getting to know Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island — and also Israel. The tradition began just after Israel’s ...
America Magazine

New mural in St. Patrick’s Cathedral celebrates New York’s immigrant history

St. Joseph, Our Lady of Knock and St. John the Evangelist are depicted in a section of a 25-foot-high, four-panel mural as seen in the narthex of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Sept. 18, ...