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Ode to a Cemetery: Photographing Green-Wood w/ Bethany Jacobson
Join photographer Bethany Jacobson and Green-Wood Cemetery's former VP of Landscape Design, Art Presson, for a virtual talk ...
This SC artist is ‘America’s Vincent van Gogh.’ So why was he written out of history?
A New York Harlem Renaissance artist history forgot painted impressionism, Black African American life in the Southeast and ...
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Pilot of Fatal DC Crash Remembered in Brooklyn: ‘He Will Never Be Forgotten’
Capt. Jonathan Campos, the pilot of the doomed American Eagle Flight 5342 that collided with a military helicopter in midair ...
Doomed DC plane pilot and NYC native was carrying treasured memento from late cop dad at time: ‘By the grace of God, we got it back’
His mother gave it to him, and he kept it, he flew with it the day-of — crashed with it. And thankfully, his mom got it back ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
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Westpark Cemetery expected to reach full capacity in May
Moodley said as urban populations grow and available cemetery space diminishes, they face significant challenges in maintaining sufficient burial space for future generations. “To address the ...
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Woman, 85, robbed of $40K in checks after shopping cart stolen in Bronx: NYPD
FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) – An 85-year-old woman was robbed as she was walking with a shopping cart in the Bronx on Wednesday, according to the NYPD. It happened at the intersection of Marion ...
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NYC’s congestion pricing means more traffic—and pollution—in the South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods
The city has begun charging drivers to enter a central business district—but not all areas are reaping the benefits. On a frigid, gray morning this month, a half-dozen community advocates ...
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Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 80 years after its liberation
On the 80th anniversary of this liberation, these photos exhibit the horror and history of Auschwitz. Auschwitz was established in 1940 in the suburbs of Oswiecim, Poland. During its first year ...
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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
(Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua via Getty Images) The flower is native to the ... flower lives at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, though it last bloomed in 2023.
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After a Catastrophic Fire in The Bronx, Nearly $400,000 in Donations Remains Unspent
Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a ...
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Photos show malls in their '90s glory days
Ah, the '90s. Everything seemed much simpler then, including shopping. Now that we have the entire internet at our disposal, it can be overwhelming to find exactly what we're looking for — we ...