Our friends over at Bowery Boogie recently found this great vintage film from the 1940s showing the luxurious check-in process of the (then) state-of-the-art La Guardia airport. Note how…
This vintage photograph shows the quiet residential Queens neighborhood of Middle Village back in the early 1940s. Here’s what the street scene looked like on Metropolitan Avenue near 74th…
Here’s a pretty cool subway, rail, and trolley map from the early 1900’s. This particular map was commissioned by Cord Meyer, an attorney who developed a large portion of Forest Hills
Compiled by YouTubers Wonderful Life, this great video slideshow shows 30 incredible vintage photographs from all around New York City in the 1910s, with captions. Check it out!
Compiled by YouTubers Wonderful Life, this great video slideshow shows 30 incredible vintage photographs from all around New York City in the 1910s, with captions. Check it out!
There are an estimated 550 exotic wild Monk Parrots living in Queens, according to the best guess by area ornithologists. Back in the 1960s, shipments of the exotic tropical birds from South…
Seed bombs, the "tree lady of Brooklyn," and the roots of urban gardening. […] New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
