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Before The Quake: Look At San Francisco Now And Then

There's one event that acts as a demarcation line in San Francisco's history: The Great 1906 Earthquake. Which is why it's fun to dive back 150 years

Arts & Entertainment

Fabulous Fashions Of 19th Century NYC Revisited In COPPER

While nailing 19th century conventions and language are critical to replicating life in 1860s New York City, the new BBC America crime drama COPPER has another edge: Clothes painstakingly hand-tailored and sewn

Arts & Entertainment

"From Beautiful Pond To A Ghetto": Tom Fontana's Walking Tour Of Gritty Five Points

Known for groundbreaking television like Homicide: Life On The Streets and OZ, acclaimed writer-producer Tom Fontana has, with Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson, now developed a crime show about his own hometown,

Arts & Entertainment

Slangs Of New York: 19th Century Vocab Worth Bringing Back

Ever think our modern slang leaves a little something something to be desired? Between LOL-worthy emoticons and obvs totes irritating abbreviations, sometimes it doesn't seem like our generation is really