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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:55:04 -0500

We happened upon Tammany Hall on our way to that evening's theater. It actually IS a hall. The Tammany society was named after a native American chief in 1786 and formed in resistance to Alexander Hamilton's elite Federalists. After moving further uptown from its earlier "wigwams," this headquarters was built during Al Smith's run for President, a highpoint in it's history. Just four years later, however, Tammany's difficult colleague, Franklin Roosevelt, withdrew its power over federal patronage and a long decline began. They downsized from here in the 1940s and died in the 1960s.