This great vintage photograph from around 1915 shows the view looking west from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. The most noticeable structure is the three-facaded Manhattan Municipal Building, still there today. Much of the photo has changed though, evidenced by this Google StreetView showing approximately the same view as it appears today:
Good afternoon! Wishing you a happy Thursday, March 17th, 2022 from all of us at Viewing NYC!
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Spring is almost here in New York City, and thus is time to start getting excited about the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual Cherry Blossom festival, Sakura Matsuri! Learn more about the festival in this short video from our friends at Time Out.
Sakura Matsuri (also known as New York’s Cherry Blossom Festival), is one of the city’s prettiest spring festivals highlighting the best of Japanese culture. At the Cherry Blossom Festival, NYC-folk and tourists enjoy a bunch of activities while being surrounded by gorgeous, pink-petal trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
