Harold Holzer, an expert on Abraham Lincoln, is taking over the role of borough historian. He is looking ahead to some ...

There’s a dark, windowless room in the Manhattan Borough President’s office where centuries of New York City history live. That room is where Hector Rivera oversees hundreds of years’ worth of maps — ...

When you stand at a street corner in Lower Manhattan, it can feel like you're in the middle of a kaleidoscope of constant frantic motion - cars, trucks and city bikes buzzing past, people rushing by, ...