Brooklyn History: Gowanus Oysters, Turtle Soup
August 19, 2025
By Cole Sinanian A lunch guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Madison Square at the turn of the 20th century could’ve ordered their oysters
By Cole Sinanian A lunch guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Madison Square at the turn of the 20th century could’ve ordered their oysters
Long before the canal was dug, two Dutch travelers in the 1670s wrote down their colorful impressions of a marshland called Gowanus. Here’s what they
By Cole Sinanian A lunch guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Madison Square at the turn of the 20th century could’ve ordered their oysters
Long before the canal was dug, two Dutch travelers in the 1670s wrote down their colorful impressions of a marshland called Gowanus. Here’s what they
