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4 days ago · In the 1960s, bagel consumption in New York City skyrocketed following innovations in packaging and mass distribution channels. By the 1980s, the size of bagels nearly doubled and the New York ...
4 days ago · Between 1771 and 1817, Jay owned at least 18 slaves total, according to the New York Slavery Records Index, a collection of records compiled by John Jay College researchers. One slave, known only ...
2 days ago · When did New York become fashion capital? By 1960 75% of all women's and children's clothes sold in America was manufactured here. Fashion icons like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan all got their start here in the 1960s.
4 days ago · In 1854, the American Express Co. purchased a lot on Vesey Street in New York City as the site for its stables. The company's first New York headquarters was an 1858 marble Italianate palazzo at 55–61 Hudson Street, which had a busy freight depot on the ground story with a spur line from the Hudson River Railroad. A stable was constructed in ...
4 days ago · The worst episode of large-scale urban violence in American history, the New York City draft riots were sparked by the passage of conscription laws which made thousands of male New Yorkers between the ages of 18 and 45 eligible to be drafted into the Union Army. Poor and working-class New Yorkers, many of them Irish immigrants, were especially ...
2 days ago · When did New York City become a metropolis? New York City has been considered a metropolis since the post-revolutionary period and early 19th century. In 1790, it surpassed Philadelphia as the nation’s largest city. Over the 19th century, New York City’s population grew significantly, reaching 3.43 million by the end of the century.
1 day ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
