This map shows some of the most important spots in downtown New York City, including City Hall (56) and Trinity Church (3). #62 is Columbia College, which was founded in 1754 as King’s College ...

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, which proposed Manhattan's numbered grid, this exhibit looks at the original document, ... The best of New York for free.

In 1870, the New York State Museum of Natural History was created, and Hall was appointed its first director. In 1893, a law was passed that appointed Hall state geologist and paleontologist for life.

Creating the grid layout of the Manhattan we know today was a thankless task. In 1808 that task fell to John Randel Jr., the secretary, surveyor, and chief engineer for New York City’s street ...

1811 Specialty Store is new in Brecksville. Read about this and more in this week's Talk of the Towns community column, featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights and North Royalton.