A new mural in NoMad pays homage to the neighborhood’s past and the Gilded Age’s most infamous beauty, Evelyn Nesbit, who captivated New York City at the turn of the last century. Commissioned by the ...

The publication of “The Girl on the Velvet Swing” comes at a time when sexual harassment is being taken seriously and punished in a way never seen before. Everyday women are speaking out, telling the ...

Evelyn Nesbit was arguably the twentieth century’s first major celebrity. Before her 21st birthday, the model and girl-about-town found herself at the center of a love triangle that ended in 1906 with ...

What it’s about: The best-known face of the 20th century’s first decade. Nesbit was famous as a ubiquitous model-turned-actress, and then infamous as the central figure in a sensational murder case, ...

In this interview, Paula Uruburu, associate professor and chair of the English department at Hofstra University, describes Nesbit, White, Thaw, and the murder of the century. Her research into the ...

Recently, I sat down with a young real estate executive to talk about an office building his company had bought and renovated to fit the style and tastes of the modern creative-class worker. In a more ...

Already it was The Trial Of The Century, and the century was only a few years old. In the first week of 1908, Harry Thaw, millionaire playboy, heir to a vast Pittsburgh railway fortune, loving husband ...

Evelyn Nesbit, the former actress and model, was featured in an online advertisement that promised: "Historical Wild West photos - Discretion Advised." The ad was placed by a website named Bon Voyaged ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about peak experiences with a focus on movies, TV and travel. There was a time when New York’s NoMad district was the ...