In 1968, artist and longtime Greenwich Village resident Isamu Noguchi installed his sculpture Red Cube in front of 140 Broadway, a splash of bright crimson in an often dark skyscraper canyon of lower Manhattan. Thirty-three years later, with its brilliant hue covered in dust, the work also became a symbol of resilience and resistance for […]
Two centuries ago, a war began in Europe that would shape boundaries and alliances on the continent for years to come. Greece, which for centuries had been under Ottoman rule, began a war for independence in 1821, and with help from the United Kingdom, France, and Russia, achieved victory and became its own nation by […]
The East Village is renowned as a place of great cultural innovation over the years. But two of the least well-known great leaps forward with roots in the neighborhood — which amazingly are rooted in the same building which still stands today — are the invention of the modern roller skate, and the beginning of […]
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted on August 18, 1920, affirming that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” The adoption was the culmination of decades of work by suffragists to eliminate […]
