Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Alice Sparberg Alexiou is a New York City–based historian and journalist. She is the author of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary (Rutgers University Press, 2006), The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Extraordinary City That Arose with It (St. Martin’s Press, 2013), and Devil’s Mile: The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery (St. Martin’s Press, 2018). Among the publications where her articles have appeared are the New York Times, Lapham’s Quarterly, and Lilith Magazine, where she is also a contributing editor. In 2014, Alexiou coproduced a documentary based on The Flatiron for the WNET/PBS series Treasures of New York.