Redditor and photographer Coux22 recently captured this great street photograph showing Hung Kee Food Market on Canal in Manhattan's Chinatown on a typical night. Coux22 setup the shot with a Canon 650D, 17-70 mm Sigma lens, and edited it in Photoshop RAW.
[VIDEO] Learn the History of the Abandoned Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island
The Smallpox Hospital is an abandoned structure on the southern end of Roosevelt Island which is almost completely in ruins, yet somehow still stands. Built in 1850s to help keep New Yorkers with Smallpox from spreading the disease to others, the hospital was in use for 20 years before the epidemic subsided. After that, the hospital became a maternity ward, then was ultimately abandoned nearly 70 years ago. In this short video from Time Out New York, learn more about the history of the building, the island, and the conservation efforts currently underway.
In the 1850s smallpox was rampant in New York City. The epidemic caused the state of New York to build the first hospital devoted to the treatment of smallpox, The Smallpox Hospital. The hospital has now been abandoned for 70 years, with only its skeleton remaining
Meet Karl Zartler, the Peter Luger Steakhouse Waiter Who's Been There For 35 Years
Karl Zartler is head waiter at Peter Luger Steakhouse, one of New York City's oldest and best steakhouses. In this short profile video from our friends at Zagat, hear how Zartler started from the bottom at Peter Luger nearly 35 years ago in a very different New York City.
Karl Zartler has seen it all during his time at Peter Luger Steakhouse, yet he still arrives every day like it's his first on the job. The Austrian immigrant has made Peter Luger his home away from home since coming to New York City in 1972 and with the fun he's having, there's no plan to retire anytime soon.