Everyone’s Excited for More New York Stories
September 10, 2010
The sequel to our hit book New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times is coming out in November. More New York Stories: The… READ MORE
Category: New York
A “Choice” Review of New York’s Quirkiest History
June 30, 2010
Choice reviews Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure by David Freeland. The late Ray Browne, considered the father of American popular-culture studies, defined popular culture… READ MORE
Favorite Poem: David Freeland
April 23, 2010
My grandmother, Jean Gosse, wrote poems that reflected daily life and concerns in mid-20th century Newfoundland. At the time “The Little Boy who didn’t pass” was written (the early 1950s),… READ MORE
David Freeland Makes Pop Matters’ Best Books of 2009
January 25, 2010
From popmatters.com – It’s easy to tell the difference between a book that is written with genuine passion, and one that’s written to fulfill a contract, or build a curriculum… READ MORE
The Ghosts of 14th St.
October 27, 2009
By David Freeland Some years back I became intrigued by a real-life New York ghost story that took place during the summer of 1881. It concerned some decidedly strange occurrences… READ MORE
New York Times Book Review: Boulevard of Dreams
September 21, 2009
A review of Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum appeared in the 9/20/09 issue of the New York… READ MORE
“You Are Here” Public Art Project & NYC Scavenger Hunt!
September 3, 2009
“You Are Here” is a public art project, linked to New York journalist and historian David Freeland’s new book, Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville, that helps New Yorkers (and that… READ MORE
The Grand Concourse on the NY Times
August 25, 2009
Read the article here. View the audio slideshow here. The Grand Concourse, the four-and-a-half-mile boulevard that for much of its life was described as the Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, has… READ MORE