This Week's New York History Web Highlights

• Old Salt Blog: 250th Anniversary of the Spencer Riot
• NYCO’s Blog: Happy birthday, Fairmount Fair
• New York Public Library Blog: Charting the Future
• Inside the Apple: History of Yankee Ticker Tape Parades
• Virtual Dime Museum: The Coney Island Bowery
• Inside the Apple: William Jay Gaynor, Assassinated Mayor
• Ephemeral NY: The Squatters of 'Hardlucksville'
• Confessions of a Preservationist: Saving Main Streets
• Hemmings Auto Blog: Cars From The NYS Museum
• NY Public Library: Historic NY-Philly Baseball Images
• Rural Blog: New NPS Director On Global Warming Threat

Each Friday New York History compiles for our readers the week's best stories and links from the web about the history of New York. You can find all our weekly web highlights here.