Bring on the Balloons: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade History & Trivia By Christopher Frederic Lapinel (featured image Editorial Credit: Hoover Tung / Shutterstock.com) Here you stand. Shoulder to shoulder with …
Ghostly Gotham: 25 Haunted Places in NYC
Brace yourself. These are some of the most haunted places in NYC. The season of scares is upon us, the time of year when the filmy veil of time and …
Guide to Green-Wood Cemetery: Inside Brooklyn’s Macabre Park
By Christopher Frederic Lapinel People these days don’t often visit cemeteries. Few go without a particular, somber purpose in mind. So, what might otherwise inspire the typical person to see …
Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn: Walking with a Phantom
By Christopher Frederic Lapinel Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was Brooklyn’s original bearded bohemian. No other writer has ever so affectionately and effectively captured Brooklyn’s essence– warts and all. Although he moved …
History of Coney Island – Nickel Empire
History of Coney Island – Nickel Empire by Christopher Frederic Lapinel The history of Coney Island, America’s beloved amusement park and one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions has …
History of Prospect Park: Life as a Sculpture
History of Prospect Park: Life as a Sculpture is a guest contribution by Christopher Frederic Lapinel The history of Prospect Park is an interesting one, in addition to some facts and …
History of the Brooklyn Bridge: Engineering a Love Story
by Christopher Frederic Lapinel The history of the Brooklyn Bridge, engineering a love story. Imagine New York City’s Gilded Age on May 24th, 1883. Celebrations are taking place simultaneously in …
