Nearly a year has passed since the City Council decided to clear the way for the demolition of a 19th-century building on Free Street. A judge will decide soon whether that vote — or the building — ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, we're pinpointing distinct moments of every year from the past 100 years, a ...

The Astor family first rose to prominence in 19th-century America after the family patriarch, John Jacob Astor, made a fortune in the fur trade and New York City real estate. Many of his descendants ...

Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality ...

It is just shy of seven years since Isobel McArthur’s poptastic reimagining of Jane Austen’s girl powered nineteenth century novel burst ...

The film discusses the evolution of voting rights in 19th century England, focusing on the passage of three key reform bills in 1832, 1867, and 1884. It highlights the struggles of different social ...

Commanding a prime corner on a patrician block on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, The ...

The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” ...

A La Vieille Russie, Véronique Bamps, Didier Ltd., Wartski, S.J. Phillips and Marjan Sterk are among the antique and vintage ...

In the heart of Utah’s Uinta Mountains, a team of scientists is re-creating historical pictures to study how much, and how quickly, ecosystems are changing.

Yet, like Tolstoy’s Levin, many today are skeptical and scared of rapid advancements in technology. This is understandable – change is scary, especially when it happens so fast. So many of our ...