The Gotham Center is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Suzanne Wasserman, our intrepid former director. During her long tenure at Gotham she successfully organized many programs, all while producing several noted documentary films on various aspects of New York City history.
Read MoreThe Gotham Center is partnering with the Leon Levy Foundation on a project documenting the history of New York City's garment industry, to encourage further research on the business during its heyday. The project will include a series of public programs, a website showcasing lives of various figures, a symposium on understudied aspects of the industry’s past, the creation of comprehensive bibliography of scholarship, and the making of a documentary film, “Dressing America,” to be aired on public television.
Read MoreThe Gotham Center is setting up this discussion board to serve as a conduit for ideas, generated by CUNY faculty and students, and by any concerned citizens, as to how the University can best use Governors Island.
Read MoreTo help put the events in context, we are providing a variety of perspectives on September 11th here.
Read MoreIn 2002, former Mayor Giuliani, in an unprecedented move, took personal custody of his official city papers. Historians, archivists, and a wide range of citizens responded by signing our petition, urging Mayor Bloomberg to cancel the arrangement. In 2003, the City Council passed a law, which Bloomberg signed, in effect outlawing any future Giuliani-style privatization of the Archiving of Mayoral papers. Browse the links below for a history.
Read MoreIn early October, The Gotham Center sponsored a New York City History Festival. The 10-day affair kicked off with a conference at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Over the following week, myriad panels, performances, walking tours, exhibitions, and screenings created what Festival planners called "a citywide jamboree for citizens and tourists alike to celebrate New York’s magnificent but under-appreciated historical resources."
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