Just-appointed Manhattan Borough Historian Robert W. Snyder chats with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at the Fire Museum in Soho on Dec. 3. Some 200 local historians and neighborhood activists gathered to celebrate. And that's a map of Manhattan on his tie. ( Photo courtesy of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer's office) Meet Your Manhattan Historian His first vivid memory of Manhattan came as a three-year-old in the late 1950s when he visited the city from suburban New... Newsletter 18 Dec 2019 | 09:55