The Lower East Side went back in time this week
Was this photograph taken yesterday on the set of Steven Soderbergh’s new mini-series The Knick, or was it taken back in the 1910s? The answer is at the bottom of this blog post! This week, a little...
View ArticleKnickerbocker Hospital: An inspiration for Cinemax’s The Knick
Photographed dated 1886, the institution was called Manhattan Hospital then, changing its name to J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital, then to Knickerbocker Hospital in 1913 (Picture courtesy the Museum...
View ArticleThe cocaine fiends of the Gilded Age: New York stages an intervention for its...
We once lived in a world when cocaine was in nearly everything — pain relievers, muscle relaxers, wine, fountain drinks, cigarettes, hair tonics, feminine products. It was therapeutic, a “nerve...
View ArticleThe tale of two hospitals: Enjoy the “inexpressibly nauseating” aromas of...
Syms operating theater at Roosevelt Hospital in 1900, perhaps one of the cleanest places in Manhattan! (Picture courtesy Museum of the City of New York) It was not a fair fight. In 1895, in celebrating...
View ArticleChecked In: On the set of ‘The Knick’
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate to be given a tour of the set of The Knick, the Cinemax’s historical drama set within the fictional Knickerbocker Hospital (which shares some traits with the actual...
View ArticleThe Knick Season 2: A History Recap from the brothel to the freak show
Pictured above: Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) explore several experimental procedures in the second season of The Knick, some more successful than others. This post contains light spoilers of general...
View ArticleThe Knick is now on HBO Max: Our guide to this twisted medical series
The grim, bloody wonderful business known as The Knick — primarily set in a New York City hospital at the start of the 20th century — only got two seasons but they were great fun. This virtuoso dark...
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