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Organ-building has long existed throughout New York's history. Part II of Bynum Petty's look at this unique trade gives insight into the craftsmanship necessary for its production and speaks to themes such as religion and immigration. Read more here! gothamcenter.org/blog/organspar…

I was interviewed about the gay rights bill exhibit LaGuardia and Wagner Archives by Gotham Center for New York City History Topics include the origins of the exhibit, the work of LaGuardia Community College students, and the infamous 1972 Inner Circle Zap by the Gay Activists Alliance. Thanks, Adam Kocurek gothamcenter.org/blog/battlefor…

This week at Gotham, Stephen Petrus & Adam Kocurek discuss the new exhibit at LaGuardia and Wagner Archives on New York City's Gay Rights Bill. The photographs and interview give insight into the extraordinary efforts behind the bill's passage. Take a look here! gothamcenter.org/blog/battlefor…

ICYMI: Historian Bruce Dearstyne wrote about his latest book, Progressive New York. The "reader" highlights diverse perspectives from individuals across the state, and the documentary focus lends itself well to classroom use. Read more here: gothamcenter.org/blog/dearstyne…

BOOK PARTY! This is a story of land, home, labor, of New Yorkers past, and the legacy they left us. centerforthehumanities.org/event/brooklyn…

Thanks to Katie Uva for interviewing me about The Famous Lady Lovers for Gotham Center for New York City History! UNC Press gothamcenter.org/blog/famous-la…

Delighted to share this interview I did with Prithi Kanakamedala for Gotham Center for New York City History about her new book, Brooklynites! NYU Press Bronx Comm. College gothamcenter.org/blog/brooklyni…

This week on the blog: Katie Uva Katie Uva interviews Prithi Kanakamedala about her new work, Brooklynites! Click below to read more: gothamcenter.org/blog/brooklyni…

ICYMI: for the blog, Katie Uva Katie Uva recently interviewed Cookie Woolner Cookie Woolner about her recent work, The Famous Lady Lovers. Read more about Woolner's work on the lives and communities of queer Black women in the 1920s and 1930s here: gothamcenter.org/blog/famous-la…

There's still time to register for tomorrow's event! Join us as historian Sarah L. H. Gronningsater discusses her new work and the ways in which Black northerners navigated the legal terrain of gradual emancipation in the post-Revolutionary War era.

New on Gotham! Hugh Ryan explains how the bohemian and queer histories of Greenwich Village are partly rooted in its penal history: gothamcenter.org/blog/villagebo…

Did you catch our post from Davy Knittle? Knittle sheds light on how the written works of Audre Lorde and June Jordan offer us new ways of viewing everyday queer experience in relation to urban infrastructure in the post war era. Read more below! gothamcenter.org/blog/queertran…

ICYMI, check out this interview with Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani on her new book, "The Cities We Need"! gothamcenter.org/blog/citieswen… Buscada The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social

New on the blog: Fluoride has existed as a matter of public controversy before. Read Matthew Vaz's piece to understand how debates over Fluoride in New York's water emrboiled the public under the Wagner administration during the fifties and sixties 👉 gothamcenter.org/blog/flouridew…

ICYMI: Karen Leick wrote about "Judy," a short-running yet significant women's magazine, published out of Greenwich Village in 1919. Read more about Judy's impact and how platformed women who went on to make social impact in the twenties and thirties 👉gothamcenter.org/blog/judymagaz…

This week: Lawrence Samuel offers an excerpt from his anticipated book (May '25, SUNY Press) on the history of Queens. On the blog, Samuel explores African Americans and real estate in Queens in the 1920s 👉 gothamcenter.org/blog/queensahi…

Upcoming event at Baruch College! On 6/10 at 2:00, a free screening of the recent PBS Special "The Five Demands," about student activism at City College of NY in 1969

Lovely article from the NYT about the Pinkster stroll: nytimes.com/2025/06/05/sty…