Follow the path of 19th-century guidebook writers who explored Lower Manhattan. ... In New York As It Is, Miller calls City Hall, constructed at great expense from 1803–1810, ...

Workers upgrading water mains under New York City’s Washington Square Park this week discovered a vault containing a large pile of skeletal remains dating back approximately 200 years.

How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York "Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ephemera ...