Always toying with language, the original Knickerbocker called New York by the name ʺGotham ... Sir Walter Scott, The Sketch Book, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, etc. Full text available: 2007.

Knickerbocker, the first director of publicity, was hired in 1931. Mr. “Knick” (as he was known) served as the official SMU photographer for many years, and took many of the aerial views from the ...