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Save the Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Free Zoom Presentation (a link for reserving this webinar will appear on this site in early June)
"Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York" with author Jonathan Goldman
Based on his new book, Jonathan Goldman offers a sweeping, vivid, and deeply human portrait of New York City in the 1920s—far beyond the classic images of flappers, speakeasies, and Wall Street excess. Drawing from a vast array of overlooked archives and personal accounts, he illuminates the everyday lives and struggles of New Yorkers whose stories rarely make it into mainstream histories.
With a special focus on Bloomingdale, the talk will traverse entertainment, politics, art, technology, labor, crime, and daily rituals to reveal a city negotiating explosive growth, cultural brilliance, and profound inequality.
From the Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition to immigration reform and the rise of mass media, he interlaces major historical forces with intimate, surprising vignettes: an all-female police platoon, a Black amusement park closed before opening day, an Arabic literary salon, Puerto Rican socialist cigar workers, Lesbian cafés, toxic dumps, overcrowded jails, and Ku Klux Klan recruitment sites in the outer boroughs. Goldman also offers fresh perspectives on prominent figures—Marcus Garvey, Dorothy Parker, Babe Ruth—placing them within the tumultuous, exhilarating, and often unjust realities of the Jazz Age.
Free Zoom Presentation (a link for reserving this webinar will appear on this site in early June)
"Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York" with author Jonathan Goldman
Based on his new book, Jonathan Goldman offers a sweeping, vivid, and deeply human portrait of New York City in the 1920s—far beyond the classic images of flappers, speakeasies, and Wall Street excess. Drawing from a vast array of overlooked archives and personal accounts, he illuminates the everyday lives and struggles of New Yorkers whose stories rarely make it into mainstream histories.
With a special focus on Bloomingdale, the talk will traverse entertainment, politics, art, technology, labor, crime, and daily rituals to reveal a city negotiating explosive growth, cultural brilliance, and profound inequality.
From the Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition to immigration reform and the rise of mass media, he interlaces major historical forces with intimate, surprising vignettes: an all-female police platoon, a Black amusement park closed before opening day, an Arabic literary salon, Puerto Rican socialist cigar workers, Lesbian cafés, toxic dumps, overcrowded jails, and Ku Klux Klan recruitment sites in the outer boroughs. Goldman also offers fresh perspectives on prominent figures—Marcus Garvey, Dorothy Parker, Babe Ruth—placing them within the tumultuous, exhilarating, and often unjust realities of the Jazz Age.
Free Monthly Walking Tours of Historic Bloomingdale
 Jim Mackin
Explore the history of the Upper West Side between W96th and W110th St.
Led by renowned local historian Jim Mackin Jim Mackin leads tours for both tourists and city residents on one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walks around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood. The walks are monthly and vary from month to month. And they're free! No reservation needed!
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Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday April 22nd, 2026 at 6pm Wednesday May 13th, 2026 at 6pm Wednesday June 10th, 2026 at 6pm No reservations needed: Meet at the south end of Straus Park, Broadway at W.106th Street |
Jim is no ordinary tour guide--he is a New York City historian and author of the recently released book, Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side . Michael Miscione, former Manhattan Borough Historian describes Jim’s book as “an exhaustive and ofttimes surprising ‘Who’s Who’ of Upper West Siders who have shaped the worlds of art, culture, politics and science.”
Trust Jim to know where all the notables lived and to share fascinating, often little-known stories about them. Once you’ve completed this tour, you’ll understand what makes this rarified slice of Manhattan so renowned and so vital.
More info 212-666-9774
or [email protected]
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Trust Jim to know where all the notables lived and to share fascinating, often little-known stories about them. Once you’ve completed this tour, you’ll understand what makes this rarified slice of Manhattan so renowned and so vital.
More info 212-666-9774
or [email protected]
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group