This incredible vintage photograph from 1925 shows an aerial view of Grand Army Plaza, Central Park, 5th Avenue, and Midtown Manhattan on a sunny day over 93 years ago. The photographer was situated somehow over the southeast corner of Central Park, and the view is looking south down 5th Avenue, past 59th Street and beyond. Most of the structures you see in this photograph have since been replaced with large towers and skyscrapers.

Many New Yorkers are thrilled with retail-giant Amazon's choice to open its second headquarters in Long Island City, many are not. Whatever side you are on, here is a rundown of the incentives the state and City offered the company, courtesy of our friends at New York real estate news site The Real Deal.

Amazon announced it will split its second headquarters between Queens and Northern Virginia, but the incentives given to the company have inspired a backlash. Here are some of the biggest tax breaks and subsidies the e-commerce giant is getting from state and local governments.

Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery was built in 1882 on the Williamsburg waterfront. In 2004, after operating for 148 years, the last bag of sugar was refined and the doors shuttered. New York Based developers Two Trees have torn down most of the old factory to make way for a billion-dollar mega-project, and this architect is in charge of the operation.

Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti takes us through the redesign of the former Domino Sugar Refinery building located in Williamsburg, BK.

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