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NYC's Oldest Gay Bar Designated a Landmark for Its History-Making Role in Advancing LGBTQ+ Rights
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNYC Mayor Eric Adams/Twitter New York City's oldest gay bar, Julius' in Manhattan, is officially a...
NYC votes to designate slavery-era school for Black children as a landmark
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agobrick building in NYC Pieces of the past can be found all throughout New York City. Today (May 23),...
A school built for Black children during slavery becomes a NYC landmark
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoThe NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission noted that Black children used Colored School No. 4 as a...
Gay men staged a 'sip-in' at this NYC bar in the 1960s. It just became a historic landmark.
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoOne of the earliest sites of gay rights activism is officially New York City’s newest landmark....
LGBTQ+ Julius' Bar Named a NYC Landmark
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of New York City's oldest LGBT bars and the location of a crucial 1960s protest, has been officially recognized as a city landmark. The bar was...
NYC launches audio tour exploring Brooklyn’s abolitionist history
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoDUMBO, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Kathy Wheat, a visitor from Colorado, was strolling through the Fulton...
NYC considers landmark status for enslaved persons burial ground in the Bronx
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEducators have been working for more than a decade to re-write the wrongs of the past in the Bronx,...
In a posh NYC neighborhood, a Black historian is working to preserve a once-segregated school
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA New York City historian is fighting to preserve a school building whose past is tied to a dark...
A site of segregation in New York City is becoming a landmark
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA New York City commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to preserve a school built for Black...
'Last true mansion' on New York City's Fifth Avenue listed at $80 million: See inside
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoA man who once unseated Bill Gates as the world’s richest person listed one of New York City's most...