**Mike Wallace *is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Gotham Center for New York City History. He is the co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 *, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Histor...

**Mike Wallace *is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Gotham Center for New York City History. He is the co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 *, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, and the author of Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919.