Anita Loos on Rare Audio Recording

Kevin FitzpatrickNovember 10, 2014March 13, 2015

This is Anita Loos, who wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1925.

I just digitized & posted a 1952 radio interview from The Algonquin Hotel with Anita that I uncovered. It’s on soundcloud.

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Life On Governors Island in 1890

Summer tours of Governors Island have resumed. My book The Governors Island Explorer’s Guide (Globe Pequot Press) continues to be the first and only guide to the Island. Here is a history story that I like to talk about when leading walking tours. Did you know I have been leading […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMay 22, 2025May 22, 2025

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Governors Island Lawn Parties History, 1900-2025

The Jazz Age Lawn Party created by Michael Arenella carries on a long tradition on Governors Island going back more than 150 years to social events hosted by the U.S. Army. Just as Michael and his Dreamland Orchestra draw big crowds to the Island, so did the soldiers in a […]

Kevin FitzpatrickApril 23, 2025

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Episode 49: Broadway, Gatsby, New Friends

It is the return of the Big Show! After a little hiatus, we are back to chat about all things New York City. Joanna has turned into a major theatergoer, when she is not holding down the fort at Doc Holliday’s on Avenue A. Kevin is on the Great Gatbsy […]

Kevin FitzpatrickApril 8, 2025April 8, 2025

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Centennial of The New Yorker Walking Tours

February 21 is the centennial of the cover date of the first issue of The New Yorker. It is also International Tour Guide Day. So I am going to be offering my two most popular walking tours to celebrate. Yes, these are the only walking tours to celebrate the momentous […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 7, 2025January 8, 2025

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Lucasfilm and Me

It seems like an alternate reality that I am in some way linked to Lucasfilm. Around 20 years ago, Lucasfilm reached out to me, to see if I would be a talking head in a mini-documentary about the Algonquin Round Table. Why? Now, I have been a huge fan of […]

Kevin FitzpatrickNovember 10, 2014March 13, 2015

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Author Talk July 30 in Bucks County, PA

Dorothy Parker was among many New Yorkers who found a second home in beautiful Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s. Just 82 miles southwest of Times Square, the rolling hills and farmhouses drew the city dwellers during the Depression. Famous Manhattanites such as Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle, George and […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJuly 24, 2024

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