As part of their Old New York in Photos series, the team behind historical blog Stuff Nobody Cares About recently shared this large vintage photograph from 1907 showing a busy street scene outside of the old Casino Theater on Broadway and W 37th St.

We’re looking at the Casino Theatre on 39th Street and Broadway in a Detroit Publishing Co. photograph that the Library of Congress has labeled “Saturday Matinee circa 1900 – 1910.” By looking at the few details available we can narrow down approximately when this photograph was taken. The weather appears to be on the cool side, as some of the men and women wear coats over their dress attire.

Check out their excellent accompanying article for an in-depth analysis and breakdown of the photo.

Legendary local street artists TATS CRU was recently commissioned to paint the Houston Bowery Wall on the corner of Houston St. and Bowery. The wall has hosted hundreds of iconic artists over the past several decades, with the first one being painted by Keith Haring and Tony Goldman in 1982. The design of this new mural titled "I Love New York NY", pays tribute to that first one.

Strong Language—a sweary blog about swearing—recently shared some research from linguist and lecturer in forensic linguistics Jack Grieve that analyzed strong regional patterns of swearing preferences across U.S. states.

Hell, damn and bitch are especially popular in the south and southeast. Douche is relatively common in northern states. Bastard is beloved in Maine and New Hampshire, and those states – together with a band across southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas – are the areas of particular motherfucker favour. Crap is more popular inland, fuck along the coasts. Fuckboy – a rising star* – is also mainly a coastal thing, so far.

Here in NYC, we love to say "asshole", "fuck", and the new classic "fuckboy". Check out the accompanying article for more maps and analysis.