In 1896, construction began on the Williamsburg Bridge, the East River span that would terminate at South Fifth Street and Driggs Avenue in Brooklyn, and Delancey and Clinton Streets in Manhattan. To make way for construction, 26 ½ acres of land were used, evicting about 10,000 people from their homes on either side of the river. The…

The James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings in the Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections is a particularly lovely survey of etchings by various artists depicting the city between 1910 and 1935. Boyd donated the collection to the New-York Historical Society in honor of his wife, Agnes Boyd, in 1935, and continued to…