The Gotham Center is a research and public education institution, sponsored by The Graduate Center, CUNY, devoted to advancing scholarly and public understanding of New York City’s rich and living past. The organization was founded in 2000 by Mike Wallace, after his landmark work Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, co-authored with Edwin Burrows, won the Pulitzer. For nearly twenty years, it has been the one academic institution devoted exclusively to promoting this critical field of study.
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WalkGasopolis: From The 1939 To The 1964 World's Fair
PostNorthern Dispensary
StoryThe Gateway To The Nation: The New York Custom House
StoryDyckman Discovered: Generations Of Slavery On The Dyckman Property In Inwood, 1661-1827
PostWomen's House of Detention
PostNew York World Building
PostJudson Memorial Church
PostGould Memorial Library
StoryFrom Pond To Park: The History Of The Collect Pond Site
PostAeolian Hall
Post647 Broadway
PostCooper Union Foundation Building
WalkThe Earliest Sculptures In Central Park
PostBrown Building
StoryThe Only Statue Slated For Central Park
StoryArcher Huntington’s Divorce
StoryThe Old Boys’ (Lunch) Club: Sharing Meals And Making Deals On Gilded Age Wall Street
PostWaldorf Astoria Hotel (1931)
PostGracie Mansion
PostHenry Street Settlement
PostTammany Hall (1868)
PostHall of Fame for Great Americans
PostMetropolitan Museum of Art
PostHotel Theresa
PostMartha Washington Hotel
StoryTo See a City: Percy Loomis Sperr And The Total Photographic Documentation Of New York City, 1924-45
StoryHart Island And The Paradox Of Redemption
WalkSchlep In The City: Walking Broadway
PostWaldorf-Astoria Hotel (1893)
WalkSchlep In The City: Carroll Gardens From The Creek To The Point
StoryWho Is The Village For? The Troubled History Of The Northern Dispensary
StoryThe Woolworth Building: An Audio Story
PostNew York World's Fair, General Motors Building
Post80 Wooster Street
PostCentral Park Lake
PostJohn F. Kennedy International Airport
PostFulton Fish Market
StoryRe-Founding The New York Society Library: Cultural Institutions And The Contest For The National Capital
StoryThe Quaker Meeting House: An Audio Story
StoryThe Rise and Fall of the Domino Sugar Refinery: An Audio Story
PostJefferson Market Library (formerly Courthouse)
Post155th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El
StoryA Park Is Born
StoryB. Altman: Lost New York
PostUnited Nations Building
StoryThe Classes Vs. The Masses
PostBrooklyn College
StoryNYC's Lost Neighborhood Courthouses
PostPhilosophy Hall, Columbia University
PostHell Gate Bridge
StoryThe Gateway To The Nation: The Work of the Custom House
PostManhattan Plaza
PostMerchant's House Museum
StoryThe Rise And Decline Of New York City's Third Avenue Elevated Train Line
PostFDNY Engine 212
PostColumbia University, Hamilton Hall
PostBlackwell Island Lighthouse
PostHall of Fame for Great Americans
PostRiverside Church
StoryThe Devil's Gentleman
PostPier 16