1930s: Jazzing the Big Apple

World Trade Center Cough

The World Trade Center came down by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Several firefighters developed a cough, unlike the coughs they had fighting fires. Dr. David Prezant, chief pulmonary…

World’s Most Famous Christmas Tree

The lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center is now a big event, broadcast nationally around the world. The first tree was set up there in 1931 and the first celebrated lighting…

World’s Second Home

"The World's Second Home" is Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to sell New York City to the world and the 2012 Olympic Committee. It was probably coined by deputy mayor and…

Worst (W subway line)

The "W" subway line has consistently been graded to be the "worst" line in the New York City subway system. "Worst" is a slightly newer nickname for the train that…