1888: Foundation laid for Natural History Museum enlargement The excavation for the American Museum of Natural History’s expansion was completed 130 years ago this month,...
1893: Hospital sale puts a value on Fifth Avenue The $2.4 million sale of St. Luke’s Hospital 125 years ago this month was reported in The Record & Guide as the single largest real estate...
From TRD Los Angeles: David Silverman spends his time tracking down the minutiae of Los Angeles residences for modern-day...
Developers are turning to history to attract buyers to their condominium conversions, asking architectural historians to help give more...
From the March issue: 1880: The Met’s biggest donation to date — its first building The Metropolitan Museum of Art moved into its current home on...
1911: Landowners demand lower taxes if new subway tunnel isn’t opened A group of landowners in Queens demanded that the city either reduce their...
From the October issue: 1904: New York City’s first official subway line opens The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) opened New York City’s first official subway...
From the August issue: 1910: Oldest NYC land records go missing Nearly two dozen of the “oldest and most valuable real estate records of old...
From the July issue: The owner of a five-foot-wide “spite house”— built in the midst of a vendetta between neighbors — secured a permit...
