NEW YORK (AP) — Receiving an award from one of Manhattan's oldest cultural institutions, The New York Historical, had Robert Caro thinking about childhood.

“It (New York Historical) has been a very integral element of my life since I was a little boy," Caro said Wednesday night during his brief remarks as he accepted the first-ever Historians' Laureate Medal in the organization's 221 year-old existence.

A native New Yorker who grew up near what was then called the New-York Historical Society and still lives just blocks away, Caro remembered many visits growing up as he walked around the neighborhood with a favorite aunt.

"Among the various honors I’ve been lucky enough to receive, this is an award that is very special," added Caro, whose awards range from the Pulitzer Prize for his epic

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