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Real Estate
NYC’s Top Construction Permits of the Week: Feb. 20, 2026
🏆 New Building: The largest new building application filed last week was in the Bronx, where two buildings spanning a…
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Market
Landmarks to Vote on Housing at 375 Lafayette
A 19-story residential project proposed in Noho heads to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission next month. When the city rezoned…
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History
The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by pioneering aviators Glenn Curtiss and…
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Real Estate
New York Top Real Estate Deals: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026
There were 115 transactions totaling $361 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m.…
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Culture
‘The biggest commercial juggernaut ever’: Why the Oscars peaked in 1998
As exceptional as Titanic was, though, it was part of a significant broader pattern: many of the 20th Century’s best…
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History
The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm
To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer…
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History
The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch
Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above)…
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History
This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis
The Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy faced many struggles, most not of his own making, while a Presbyterian medical missionary…
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History
The Explosion of Mount Hood
The motor launch tied up at the small-boat pier in Seeadler Harbor in New Guinea to disembark a dozen men…
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History
Buffalo Bill’s Tours of Italy and the ‘Spaghetti Western’ Inspired Replica Old West Firearms
Virtually every Old West aficionado is familiar with Buffalo Bill Cody’s popular Wild West shows, which traveled the United States…
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