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Category Archives: NYC History

A sub-category of history for articles focusing on New York City history, a fitting topic for the Brooklyn-based NLJ.

May 24, 2023
24
May 2023

1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge

A long post with original accounts from the May 24, 1883 opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.

September 23, 2022
23
Sep 2022

The Case For Moving Madison Square Garden

Avenging the old Penn Station.

September 18, 2021
18
Sep 2021

The Homing Pigeons Returned Home As Expected

〜A boy and his homing pigeons〜

September 17, 2021
17
Sep 2021

The Story of the Herald Square Carrier Pigeons

〜The feathered news couriers of Manhattan in 1895〜

August 6, 2021
6
Aug 2021

The Brooklyn Bridge’s Mysterious Cobweb Lane

〜A mysterious path that appears only in the Brooklyn Bridge’s Dark Hour〜

June 20, 2021
20
Jun 2021

A Trip Across Brooklyn’s Summit Street Bridge

〜Let’s take a walk across the Summit Street Bridge〜

February 3, 2021
3
Feb 2021

The Arrival of Sparrows in the United States

〜An article on the introduction of the common house-sparrow to New York, and why it was brought here〜

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