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Gay Talese talked about his book The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, in which he recounts the design and construction of New York’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Completed …

Peggy Noonan, Gail Collins, and Isabel Wilkerson talked about politics, the Founding Fathers, and the 2016 presidential race. They spoke with New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts.

Sam Roberts talked about his book, Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, in which he presents a history of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, which opened on February …

Sam Roberts, author of A History of New York in 101 Objects, used a selection of artifacts from his book to tell the story of New York City. The objects ranged from a 1624 Dutch document whi…

Panelists talked about race, science, and health. Topics included the history of medical experimentation on African Americans, the complex connection between race and DNA, racial health disp…

Jonathan Soffer, associate history professor at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute, examines Ed Koch’s tenure as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Mr. Soffer recalls the dep…

Ms. Smith talked about the collection she edited of her grandfather’s writings Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy, published by Viking. Joseph Kennedy, father of President…

Mr. Roberts discussed his new book, Who We Are, an examination of commonly-held myths about America. The book offers a view of America--- where and how we live, income levels, how we’re agin…

The authors participated in a discussion of the Rosenberg spy case and the death penalty in the Cold War era. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried and convicted of conspiring to steal atomi…

Several New York journalists talked about their careers and the current status of newspaper journalism.

Incumbent Governor Mario Cuomo debated the four challengers on the state budget and other issues related to the New York gubernatorial race. Republican candidate George Pataki declined t…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted a symposium on public-private partnerships where a panel of politicians, experts and professionals discussed the concept of public competition for private…