Archive on Parade

31/08/2022

Check out what's new in September!

Welcome to September! September is a month of new beginnings, and Archive on Parade is debuting a number of new programs. Some highlights this month: our first month-long collaboration with Columbus Avenue Open Streets; a new walking tour to help kick off the Village Voices festival; and a new two-p...

02/08/2022

Welcome to August! From a brand-new walking tour around Gramercy Park with the Municipal Art Society, to the latest installment in our series of walks with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, to a walking tour of the Upper East Side in honor of Women's Equality Day, there are so many ways to experience N...

30/06/2022

This is a woman-owned business. We passionately, wholeheartedly, and unequivocally support the right of all women and people who can become pregnant to abortion, bodily autonomy, choice, human dignity, safe and accessible medical care, and full participation in their own lives. As we fight alongside...

05/04/2022

Check out what's coming up this month at Archive on Parade

Welcome to April! It's spring, and the city has begun to bloom! So much of New York's green space was shaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, whose 200th birthday falls on April 26th, 2022. Olmsted is credited with creating the profession of Landscape Architecture in the United States. His pastoral vision,...

08/03/2022

Happy International Women's Day! March is Women's History Month, and Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day. What a joy that the history of this day offers us an opportunity to celebrate both Women and Ukrainian Immigrants. Why? The precursor to International Women's Day was "National Women'...

02/02/2022

Check out Archive on Parade's Upcoming Events

Welcome to February! We're thrilled to offer virtual talks, and in-person walking tours, all month long. Scroll down to see what's coming up!

18/01/2022

See what's coming up at Archive on Parade!

Happy New Year! We hope that 2022 is treating you well. Please join us for virtual talks, or outdoor walking tours, this January and February. Scroll down to see what's coming up!

22/12/2021

Celebrate with Archive On Parade!

Hi there, The windows at the American Folk Art Museum (above) are heralding the holiday season with some gingerbread magic. Given that New Yorkers invented Santa as we know him, the concept of holiday window displays, and the artificial Christmas Tree, we'd love to add some local history to your cel...

01/12/2021

Make Archive on Parade part of your celebration this holiday!

Hello, and welcome to the Holiday Season! I was in the Garment District yesterday, preparing for Saturday's tour, and can report that Macy's is already bedecked in lights. This month, Archive on Parade offers both virtual and in-person events, which we hope will make your celebrations extra bright!....

12/05/2021

In our latest for JSTOR Daily, see how pioneering feminist thinkers envisioned Biden's proposed child allowances more than 100 years ago!

The Biden administration’s proposed “child allowances” draw on the feminist thought of Crystal Eastman, who advocated “motherhood endowments” 100 years ago.

02/04/2021

Welcome to April! The warmer weather has us out for some wandering. A Tuesday stroll over the 59th Street Bridge brought us to the Upper East Side, where we snapped this bright blue door blaring out of a brownstone in the East 60s. We certainly hope there is some brightness in your life this month,....

05/03/2021

“And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.” - Ada Louise Huxtable, New York Times
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NYPAP kicks off with a look at renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable. During her lifetime, Huxtable wrote with fervor, fighting for the preservation of architecturally significant buildings in New York City.
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Huxtable worked for The New York Times from 1963 - 1982, during which time she helped establish the field of architectural journalism. She was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for architecture criticism in 1970. Most notably however, is the impact her work had on historic preservation.
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Between 1961 and the passage of the New York City Landmarks Law in 1965, she wrote over 20 pro-preservation editorials; they were instrumental in educating and galvanizing the public about historic preservation. She firmly advocated for landmark legislation in New York and wrote about the necessity of a Landmarks Law and explained the basics as to why. Her work brought attention to a number of preservation controversies such as the demolition of Penn Station, alteration to Grand Central Terminal, the preservation of Carnegie Hall and the controversial redesign of 2 Columbus Circle.
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Later in life, she would go on to become the architecture critic for The Wall Street Journal, her last published article condemned the changes to the New York Public Library building at Fifth Avenue and 42st Street.
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Following her passing on January 7, 2013, she bequeathed her archives and estate to the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.

Check out the following link for more information on the Ada Louise Huxtable Archive and sign up for the March 17th program on Huxtable we’re co-hosting with Archive on Parade Historic Districts Council Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Landmark West
https://linktr.ee/nypap_org

30/11/2020

Some virtual events we hope may bring you cheer as the weather turns chilly!

Hello! We hope you had a pleasant long weekend, and a nice start to this very particular holiday season. Billy Joel once said, "some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood." Not at Archive on Parade. We are so here we can actually report on the 2020 holiday baking situation fro...

28/10/2020

Something to do once you're done voting!

Hello and happy Fall! How are you these days? Trying to figure out which mask goes best with your Halloween costume? Looking for your early voting location (find yours here!!!) Wondering what the week, and month, and year ahead will bring? Us too. You are not alone. In fact, if you'd like to hear ho...

28/08/2020

Check out what's coming up in our latest newsletter

Hi there, Today is the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. August 26, Women's Equality Day, marked the Centennial of the certification of the 19th Amendment. Both those events have roots in New York: The first national Suffrage organization in the nation, The American Equal Rights Associati...

27/07/2020

We're so happy to have so many events coming up soon! Hope to see you there

Hello on this hot Monday! If you are dreaming of a getaway this summer, I offer the photo above: I didn't need to go to London to see this red call box; I passed it as I was walking through my neighborhood. The box made me smile, and proved to me once again that New York is replete with pleasures an...

09/07/2020

Thoughts and events at Archive on Parade this July

Hi there, I hope you are well this stunning summer. As Archive on Parade settles into a jampacked July of exiting programming, I am so happy to welcome you to a slew of upcoming virtual events. It would be a joy to see you there! Please scroll down for a full list! This July, I have been thinking ab...

10/06/2020

To better educate ourselves about black history, we are compiling this ongoing list of black history resources. If you are also looking for resources, check it out. All additions and suggestions welcome!

Hi everyone, In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee and countless other black Americans who have been killed by the police, the world has turned to action, reflection, discussion, and education about the ongoing history of systemic racism and police b...

12/05/2020

Join us for Virtual Trivia tomorrow at 5pm with Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, and claim your title as local trivia champ!

23/04/2020

Check out our upcoming events and virtual walking tours! Hope to see you !

Dear Friends, Thank you for joining us for our Live From the Living Room zoom events throughout this crisis. It has given us great solace to continue connecting with you virtually. While this crisis is in some ways unprecedented, we take heart in instances where we can find continuity between our ow...

16/04/2020

Check out our Newsletter for upcoming Virtual Events!

Dear Friends, We hope you are safe and well, and if you celebrated holidays last week, we hope you had a joyous celebration, under the circumstances. It has been a pleasure to see some of you over Zoom during Archive on Parade's Live From the Living Room events. We are so pleased to bring you more v...

22/03/2020

We're starting a Live From the Living Room virtual event series! See what we've got on tap and how you can support our new programing!

Dear Friends, What a week it has been. We hope you are safe and healthy, and we deeply wish we could go walking with you. Instead, we'd be grateful if you'd consider buying a gift certificate for a future walk, or making a donation to Archive on Parade. In the meantime, we have thought of a few ways...

26/02/2020

Check out our latest for 6sqft! Thanks New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for the amazing photos!

Depression-era New Yorkers created not only their own homes, but also their own functioning communities, on the city’s parkland. From Central Park to City Island, Redhook to Riverside Park, these Tent Cities, Hard Luck Towns and Boxcar Colonies proliferated throughout New York.

04/02/2020

Our latest for 6sqft

Have you ever noticed a castle in the middle of the water about 50 miles north of New York City? That’s Bannerman Castle, a long-abandoned arsenal turned adventurer’s hotspot.

04/02/2020

Thrilled to have written this piece for The Gotham Center for New York City History! An honor to learn and write about George McAneny. Thanks and New York Preservation Archive Project!

Greater New Yorker: George McAneny, the Dual System and the Making of Greater New York By Lucie Levine On March 19, 1913, at the offices of the New York State Public Service Commission, in the New York Tribune Building at Nassau Street and Park Row, a group of city administrators and transit tycoo

16/01/2020

We're roaring into the '20s with a whole slew of new tours, programs and events! See what's coming up!

Welcome back to the '20s! We're certainly roaring! We've got a whole slew of new and exiting walks, talks and events on tap, and we'd love to see you there! Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter for a full calendar of special events... In honor of the new decade, take 20% off all regular edition w...

14/01/2020

It's the '20s again! Ready to roar?

Ahead, see what New York was like during the Jazz Age, from old Ebbets Field to the height of Prohibition.

23/12/2019

Happy Holidays! We're offering 20% off winter walks this season!

Happy Holidays! Hello, and Happy Holidays! We wish you a wonderful season full of family, friends, happiness and history! We're here with some festive New York facts: You can thank the New York writers and artists Washington Irving, Clement Clarke Moore, and Thomas Nast for the earliest modern depic...

24/11/2019

Slide into our latest story for 6sqft

From the first organized skating rink in the United States, to midtown "Icetravaganzas" New York has been gliding since at least 1858.

14/11/2019

Get the scoop in our latest for 6sqft!

The parade has more secrets up its sleeve than it has balloons in the air!