Sinatra in Hoboken

415 Monroe Street – Sinatra’s Childhood Home This is where Frank Sinatra was born and spent his childhood until he turned 12. The Sinatras lived in a cold-water tenement building at 415 Monroe Street until 1927. It was a poor section of town settled by Italians (the more prestigious German-Irish section was located east of…

Tweed Courthouse – a Building that Cost More than Alaska

Not known for its architectural merits, the Tweed Courthouse stands as a monument to the enormous grid and epic corruption. The Tweed Courthouse was a pet project of Boss Tweed, who, without ever holding an official city government position, controlled just about every office in the city from transportation to the press. He was an…

The Dakota and Singer sewing machine

The Dakota – the first luxury apartment building in New York City – was not just a building; it was a rule-breaking revolutionary concept. In the 1880s, the Gilded Age wealthy resided in palatial private residences, while apartment living was associated with poverty. The Dakota changed these rules forever. They called The Dakota Clark’s folly….