New York Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers Art & Design or you’re just getting started

or you’re just getting started

On a hot summer day

it’s a playful tribute to Revolutionary‑era New York—especially The Occupied City

and soon some of the biggest names of the era became regulars (SCORPIO

New York Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers Art & Design or you’re just getting startedThe 1890s was the tail end of the Gilded Age. It was not a Golden Age, it was a veneer, and although the decade is specifically called The Gay Nineties, the gaiety was generally reserved for the top ten percenters. If you were a common working stiffor worse, a common working stiffettelife was not so gay. Most New Yorkers played by the rules of the game, although some fudged a bit. Others, along with the managements of some businesses and some