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A century before LaCroix or Spindrift were refrigerator staples, factories in New York City were carbonating gallons and gallons of tap water each day Liza Weisstuch Seltzer is a high-pressure business. And you can see it—all 65 pounds per square inch of it—at the filling station at Brooklyn Seltzer Boys, New York’s last remaining seltzerContinue reading “The Effervescent History of Seltzer, From the Early Days of Home Delivery to Today’s Trendy Cans”

“Citizen Kane” was a titanic achievement in film but failed to be recognized as such until years later John Semley When Citizen Kane premiered on May 1, 1941, it wasn’t at some historic Hollywood theater, or even at one of New York’s fancy movie houses. Instead, the film destined to become the most admired of all timeContinue reading “How One of History’s Most Famous and Beloved Movies Was Almost Forgotten”