[WATCH] Six Short Stories About Unique New York City

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Unique New York, unique New York. You know you need unique New York.

Watch as the famous tongue twister becomes reality in this collection of short videos from our friends at Great Big Story.

Beyond Times Square and Central Park, there's a whole other New York City. In this reel, meet an underground opera singer, book a table (the only table) at the city's smallest restaurant and get wild with the parrots of Brooklyn.

This Vintage Photograph Shows Two Old Men Playing Chess in Central Park May 1946

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Two oldtimers playing chess on a Central Park bench in New York City, May 1946.
Two oldtimers playing chess on a Central Park bench in New York City, May 1946.
Photo: National Archives

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has a great digital collection titled American Cities which "depicts the city, its development, and its people and their way of life from the early 19th century to recent times."

This photograph from the American Cities series (specimen #306-NT-726C-11) features two "old timers" playing chess with a fold-up board on a park bench in Central Park, May 1946.