From a transmitter perched upon the roof of the old Wannamaker’s Department Store in Astor Place, Lower East Side bred media pioneer David Sarnoff, who Time called the “Father of Broadcasting,” made history by relaying up-to-the minute news of the… Read More »David Sarnoff alerted the world of the Titanic disaster.
From The Villager, 3/1/12 By Eric Ferrara In February of 1891, a 35-year old German man named Christian C.W. Grassman arrived in New York City and quickly established himself in the real estate field. By the turn of the century… Read More »Ahoy? The St. Mark’s Place Navy
From The Villager, 2/22/12 Called the “Old Village’s Most Famous Exhibit” by The New York Times when it closed in August of 1913, Britting’s was a popular dining spot known for its extensive display of playbills, portraits, autographs and theater… Read More »Village’s ‘Little Hall of Fame’ had a memorable run
From The Villager, 2/16/12, by Eric Ferrara On the afternoon of Feb. 24, 1813, at the height of the War of 1812, the U.S.S. Hornet, an 18-gun warship, set its sights on a British sloop anchored on the Demerara River… Read More »Prison to Pad Thai, Bleecker building has seen it all
Suspected sites of locations discussed in the article. From LESHP director Eric Ferrara’s new column in The Villager newspaper: A footnote in James Fenimore Cooper’s 1821 Revolutionary War-inspired novel The Spy declares, “Every Manhattanese knows the difference between ‘Manhattan Island’… Read More »A Tale of Two Manhattan Islands, from The Villager