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The Girl on the Velvet Swing: The Murder of Stanford White

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

An aspiring young model arrives in NYC and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. He initially plays the role of benefactor, then lures her to his apartment, drugs her, and all goes dark... She goes on to marry an (unstable) millionaire playboy, who, when she confides in him about the assault, shoots […]

Manhattan’s First ‘It’ Girl

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She arrived in New York City in 1900 with “nothing but her looks.” Embodying the dynamic cultural change that was happening at the time, 16-year old Evelyn Nesbit quickly became the face (and figure) of the new century: Manhattan’s first “It” Girl. Paula Uruburu brings us a fascinating look at NYC in the first decade of the […]