“Like New York itself, the Waldorf-Astoria crystallized the improbable and fabulous,” wrote historian Lloyd Morris. “It was more than a mere hotel. It was a vast, glittering, iridescent fantasy that had been conjured up to infect millions of plain Americans with a new idea—the aspiration to lead an expensive gregarious life as publicly as possible.” Read More
“Like New York itself, the Waldorf-Astoria crystallized the improbable and fabulous,” wrote historian Lloyd Morris. “It was more than a mere hotel. It was a vast, glittering, iridescent fantasy that had been conjured up to infect millions of plain Americans with a new idea—the aspiration to lead an expensive gregarious life as publicly as possible.” Read More
When New York City lost two dynastic teams, the Dodgers and the Giants, William Shea, a prominent attorney, tried to fill the vacuum by starting a new league. The National League persuaded him to accept a consolation prize instead: an expansion team called the New York Mets. They took to the field in 1962, promptly Read More
When New York City lost two dynastic teams, the Dodgers and the Giants, William Shea, a prominent attorney, tried to fill the vacuum by starting a new league. The National League persuaded him to accept a consolation prize instead: an expansion team called the New York Mets. They took to the field in 1962, promptly Read More
