Dickstein lived much of his adult life at 304 East Broadway. The building is no longer there. It was located where PS 134 is now, near th...

An Irish lullaby suggested by one KVer in his honor. JFK was mentioned on the KV blog back in October 2008, in regard to his visit to the L...

great article in this weeks village voice by Wayne Barrett an excerpt: Jonathan Lippman and Shelly Silver grew up together on the Lower East...

from on the spot videos A series of one minute documentaries on the history of New York City. Written, directed and narrated by Dr. J. Ward ...

from the nypl digital collection. I didn't know that there were tenements on the spot of where the PS 1 playground is located. More to c...

Writers from the Forward would often lunch at the nearby Garden Cafeteria and argue politics with representatives of every spectrum of the l...

above the store window from the framing store on Grand Street near Essex. It also sells shoes. Just like you might say that there are a lot ...

Above images Zina Sanders (copyright 2008) You can see more of her artistry here. . Audio from Blossom Dearie I got an email from Zina Saun...

In another ten years or so those same landlords would be reaping the benefits of a new immigration wave

I had a dream that..Obama will provide the resources to reopen the bowling alleys in the KV basement with lifetime free passes to all former...

Not that Bellels are known to be a little wacky, she also came in for a friend's wedding, but stayed an extra week in order to vote.

A signature Rat Packish interpretation of this Rodgers and Hart song from the very underrated Buddy Greco circa 1962. Some say Darin stole f...

Knowing this perhaps Alfred E. Smith and our friends from St. James would have endorsed Barack Obama from the daily kos There's No One A...

for all those KV baby boomer Batman fans. Personally, I wasn't one of them from truthdig as truthdig mentions, McCain's strategist...

William Travers Jerome (1859 - 1934) was an American lawyer Jerome was born in New York City in 1859. From 1894 to 1895, he worked in the Le...

from the buying of the presidency 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt, who ascended to office after the assassination of William McKinley in 1...

Roosevelt won New York State in 1904, but lost New York City from the nytimes Theodore Roosevelt was yesterday elected President of the Unit...