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As far as lifestyles both for the very ritzy opulent robber baron lifestyles and also the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was the increasing problems of housing in the sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it accompanied by problems going along with immigration. We saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime. As we talked about the farmers in this. That could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one. T...

Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life

In the early evening of October 8, 1882, one of the richest men in the world was about to eat his supper in his private dining car. The train to which he was attached had just arrived in Chicago from Michigan City, Indiana, but before he could pick up his fork, a brash young reporter, freelancer Clarence Dresser, burst into his car asking for an interview. He wanted to know the railroad’s guidelines for establishing freight rates.

Tired of being excluded from New York society's higher echelons by old money families, nouveau riche tycoons established The Metropolitan Opera. Within three years, its old rival was finished.

Music In The Parks 2023 Summer Concert Series kicks off in June.