Open House NY - A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion Home to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today.   Home to renowned… Read More »Open House NY – A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion

Civil Rights on Long Island Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Christopher Verga is a local historian and American history lecturer at Suffolk County Community College. Christopher utilized images from local… Read More »Civil Rights on Long Island

A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt Only the brave should join us on a virtual tour of the Queens Cemetery Belt. Thomas Wolfe wrote, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn,” but he must not have spent much time in Queens. This tour will take you to the Cemetery Belt - the great burial grounds of… Read More »A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt