With the NY400 celebrations coming to a close, there are still projects running in New York and the Hudson Valley. One of them is the Public Tile Project.
The Public Tile Project, lead by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art [HVCCA], unites the students of the Hudson Valley with their Dutch heritage. In 2009 the [...]
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue…
Something borrowed… Google Earth, Something blue… The Big Pond between our two cities.
A Dutchmen, I forgot his name, used the same scale on Google earth to make this collage of Old Amsterdam at the bottom and New Amsterdam (nowadays New York) in the centre.
BTW Old Amsterdam is missing 1/3 of the city [...]
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From Harlem to Brooklyn and Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue, the Dutch influence on New York City life is all around you. The Dutch and the City not only share a history; today groundbreaking Dutch designers, fashionable artists and innovative architects continue to inspire many New Yorkers. As you walk around the city, you’ll find Dutch [...]
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The upcoming NY400 Week celebrations will be highlighted by a unique six-day visit of the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands to the City of New York. It brings back memories of another Royal Visit, fifty years ago. Her Majesty Queen Beatrix – then Princess- stole the hearts of the New Yorkers [...]
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Get a taste of Holland during NiEuW Amsterdam Restaurant Week, September 5 – 20 [Yes, the weeks are getting longer].
To commemorate the purchase of Manna-hata, today’s Manhattan, for only 60 Dutch guilders [about $24], restaurants all over town are offering the $24 Taste NiEuW Amsterdam Menu.
Next to Organic Healthy Fast Food at Danku there are many other [...]
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The NY400 celebration of Henry Hudson’s discovery of New York is unveiling a “Dutch treat” for New Yorkers next month.
Bowling Green Park in Lower Manhattan will be turned into a Dutch village in early September, giving New Yorkers a taste of what the Netherlands and the Dutch agri-food sector have to offer.
Starting September 4, the [...]
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Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks returns to the Hudson River for the first time since 2000 to celebrate America’s birthday with the nation’s largest 4th of July fireworks display. On Saturday, July 4, at 9:00 PM, Macy’s will create a showstopper like no other to honor the country’s independence and to celebrate the 400th anniversary [...]
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Identical twins Bruno and Filip van Hoeck and longtime friend Karen Brink just wanted healthy, organic food they could grab in a hurry. Yet even in New York City, they couldn’t find it. So the Dutch trio set out to create the wholesome fast food restaurant of their dreams, with environmental responsibility core to their [...]
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In 1626, the Dutch bought Manhattan by giving the Native Americans goods worth 60 guilders. At least, the Dutch thought they had. Dubbed by Fortune Magazine the best business deal ever made, evidence of this misinterpreted transaction is provided by the Schaghenbrief letter, now on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The exhibition is part [...]
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April 2009 marks 400 years since Captain Henry Hudson departed Amsterdam on a Dutch East India Company ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon). That September, Hudson sailed up the New York River that now bears his name. Hudson’s voyage attracted Dutch traders to the area, leading to the establishment of diverse, relatively tolerant settlements: New [...]
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Three Dutch American Presidents
Martin van Buren (1837-1841) was the eighth President of the United States and came from a Dutch family of immigrants. His ancestor Cornelis van Buren had been among the first settlers in the New World. In 1837 Van Buren became President of the United States. He’s the only president to date whose [...]
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New York Nights in Amsterdam*
MARCH 30, 2009 – APRIL 07, 2009
Location
Different sites in Amsterdam
Within the scope of the festivities around New York’s 400th anniversary and Dutch-American relations, the city of Amsterdam celebrates the occasion by hosting various activities and events in early April, exactly 400 years after Henry Hudson set sail for New York. Locals, [...]
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Location
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Tel: 212.534.1672
Saturday • April 4 • 1:00 PM
Gallery Tour: Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson
Co-curator Kathleen Benson will lead a gallery tour of the Museum’s Hudson Quadricentennial exhibition. The tour will highlight the European Age of Exploration as the context for English explorer [...]
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