Summer Wine: New York City and the Birth of the Rooftop Bacchanal
Hey everybody, Welcome back to out of the Archives and into the Streets, the Archive on Parade Blog. Today's post honors a summer tradition born and bred in New York City: the rooftop bar. Even before New York was a city of skyscrapers, citizens of Gotham liked to take their experiences to vertical extremes. And when it comes to partying, New Yorkers have been conquering new heights, drink in hand, since 1883. That year, impresario Rudolf Aronson debuted a roof-garden on the