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1927 Heywood Broun Letter

In 1927 Heywood Broun was among the highest-paid columnists in the city. His column, “It Seems to Me” in the World ran opposite Franklin P. Adams’ “The Conning Tower” on the “Opposite Editorial” page. Broun ran afoul of World publisher Ralph Pulitzer […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMarch 2, 2015March 2, 2015

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New Focus on the Site

As I work on my next book project, I’m going to be updating my site more often and including new blog posts. The Kensico Vaudeville Project is one of them, but there will be other writing projects and walking tour events listed […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMarch 1, 2015March 1, 2015

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The Kensico Vaudeville Project Launches

Project Updates and Biographies are posted here. Twenty-eight miles north of Forty-second Street is Kensico Cemetery. Interred there are hundreds—perhaps more than a thousand—stage performers and associates. These men and women were onstage in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. I stumbled […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 26, 2015January 27, 2017

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Rare 1952 Radio Show From Algonquin Hotel Found

While researching my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I uncovered a lost 1952 radio show recorded inside the Algonquin Hotel, The Tex and Jinx Show. Among the guests are owner Ben Bodne, Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner, […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 25, 2015March 3, 2015

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TV Interview Tapes at Algonquin Hotel

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by reporter Andrew Whitman, the anchor and senior political correspondent for RNN FiOS1. We didn’t talk politics, just the legacy of the Algonquin Round Table. It was perfect to sit at the Round Table and […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 21, 2015March 2, 2015

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Don’t Forget Jane Grant When Worshiping The New Yorker

Everyone is jumping up and down to celebrate (well, the nerds I follow), about The New Yorker turning 90 today. In every story Jane Grant gets left out. In my book and on my walking tour I say what her husband, Harold […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 21, 2015March 14, 2015

Books

Hell’s Kitchen Birthplace of The New Yorker, and Bathtub Gin Recipe

This is a book trailer for my new one, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. And since I made it about Jane Grant, Harold Ross, and Alexander Woollcott, I thought I’d post this recipe. It’s from my earlier work, […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 17, 2015March 4, 2015

Exploring

DeWolf Hopper at The Lambs

This is DeWolf Hopper, dead actor, who made Casey at the Bat famous. I had a fantastic private tour of The Lambs, America’s 1st professional theater club, founded in 1874. The art, paintings, and nicknacks of old New York are blowing my […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 6, 2015March 14, 2015

Books

New York Times Review of The Algonquin Round Table New York

I was very happy to see Sam Roberts include my new book in his Bookshelf column in the Sunday New York Times. The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide shares space with The Ramones and Weegee, both are favorites of […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 6, 2015February 17, 2015

Books

Contributing to Cladrite Radio

I kicked in a blog post for my friends at Cladrite Radio about, guess what? Radio. The article is Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table (tied into my new book this month, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide) […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 26, 2015March 3, 2015

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World War I New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War

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Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide

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The Lost Algonquin Round Table

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The Governors Island Explorer's Guide

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The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide

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Dorothy Parker's New York

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Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

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111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss

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1927 Heywood Broun Letter

New Focus on the Site

The Kensico Vaudeville Project Launches

Rare 1952 Radio Show From Algonquin Hotel Found

TV Interview Tapes at Algonquin Hotel

Don’t Forget Jane Grant When Worshiping The New Yorker

Hell’s Kitchen Birthplace of The New Yorker, and Bathtub Gin Recipe

DeWolf Hopper at The Lambs

New York Times Review of The Algonquin Round Table New York

Contributing to Cladrite Radio

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