Sleighing in New York by Thomas Benecke, 1855 (Print Collection, New York Public Library; bequest of Amos F. Eno) In 1915 when Amo...

The Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton Original cover; drawing by Erik Blegvad (1962) My mother told me that it wasn’t fair to othe...

The Public Library  by Guy Wiggins (1935) He was a master of painting New York City in the snow. This is Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street. ...

City Watchman by William P. Chappel   (around 1870) (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Toward the end of his life, William P. Chappel painted...

Louis N. Hammerling launched his magazine, The American Leader, in 1912. In 1908, when Louis N. Hammerling founded the American Associ...

Main entrance to Lord & Taylor   (1914) Goodbye to yet another great American department store.   Lord & Taylor’s Fifth Av...