Category: History

May 11 2018

The Washington Square Park Outdoor Art Exhibit

Spring flourishes all across the city, and there’s no shortage of outdoor activities and festivals to fill your warm, sunny days. From Saturday, May 26, through Monday, May 28, folks from around the city and the world will venture down to Washington Square Park to enjoy the annual Outdoor Art Exhibit. Hundred of artists, some fresh-faced NYU undergrads, others seasoned men and women who are old enough to recall when a young Willem de Kooning set up his easel beneath … Read More

March 07 2018

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in New York City

As winter turns to spring, the biggest event in New York this month is the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The first ever St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held right here in Manhattan in 1762, and today, the tradition continues with an extravagant procession the morning of Saturday, March 17, which starts at 44th St. and 5th Ave. and continues up 5th Ave. for about two hours, ending at the American Irish Historical Society at 80th St. The Lotte New … Read More

November 03 2017

St. Patrick’s Cathedral: North America’s Grandest Church

One of the most famous and distinctive landmarks in New York City, St. Patrick’s Cathedral occupies the entire block immediately west of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel between 50th and 51st St. As the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and the largest Neo-Gothic-style cathedral in all of North America, St. Patrick’s can be quite imposing, especially when viewed from the 5th Avenue entrance, where onlookers can gaze up in wonder at the … Read More