Author Edward Kohn discusses lessons learned from New York’s 1896 heat wave.

COLONIAL NEW YORK CITY; How the Coopers Formed the First Trust and Were Sat On. LINES FROM A QUAINT OLD ALMANAC Sebring's Scheme to Improve the Ferry Service Between Nassau and Manhattan Islands.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In August 1896, two blasts of hot air hit New York: • A heat wave wrapped around the city from Aug. 4-13, killing 1,300 ...

A new New York City subway map has been unveiled by the MTA. A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay.

By 1892, 27% of American millionaires resided in New York City, and the city's dominance as an epicenter for capitalist enterprise was so well established as to seem both natural and inevitable.

The Museum of the City of New York is marking its centennial with an exhibition of NYC-inspired film, TV, music and fashion. But this is real New York, "not a love letter," says one of the curators.

This article was originally published with the title “The Transportation Problem in New York City” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 74 No. 4(January 1896), p. 50doi:10.1038 ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Transportation Problem in New York City” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 74 No. 8 (February 1896), p. 114 doi:10.1038 ...