The clash between big business elites and green-seeking environmentalists is not a 21st century development. Back in 1974, plans to turn Manhattan’s West Side into Westway, a waterfront…
Take a peek at Spectacular New York & Chicago what life was like back in the 1930s-1940s, […] The ride is north on Eighth Avenue from about 39th Street.(New York 1940s) Video Restoration…
Everybody hates trekking out to La Guardia or JFK. It takes forever, there are limited transportation methods you can use to get there, and it is just the wrong way to start or end a trip.…
The author behind the excellent blog Livin' The High Line recently came across some amazing vintage footage from the 1930s showing street locomotives and the Urban Cowboys of pre-High Line…
On March 6th, 1912, the very first Oreo was sold to a man from Hoboken out of a 9th Ave. factory owned by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco). Today, 103 years later, that very same…
Visual artist Portia Munson's new exhibit is one that may contrast to your average contemporary art exhibit. "The Garden" is currently on display at PPOW Gallery in Chelsea, and highlights a…
Discover the intriguing story of New York's Lost Highline in this captivating video. Explore the rich history of railroads in the city, from their inception to the dangers of street-level…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
Chapters: 00:00 - The West Side Elevated Highway 00:48 - How Street Level Railways menaced NYC 01:48 - Proposals to alleviate NYC of it’s street-level railways 02:44 - Julius Miller’s…
![New York & Chicago (1930s-1940s) in color, Driving Downtown [60fps, Remastered] w/added sound](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/d3588dd23617e947e1968eb4e0f62873/elements/a5d2e07e27735691b0c6c4b100dfca71/xs/f04144fc-644b-4a1d-8ea2-c1e2f2a7491c_2x.jpg)
![New York City's Dream Airport | A spread from the March 18, 1946 issue of Life Magazine for a "$3 billion project [that] would place a landing deck in midtown Manhattan," proposed by William Zeckendorf.
This is two images stitched together crudely. Originals found at <a href="http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2010/02/rootop-airport-east-river-nyc.html" rel="nofollow">Ptak Science Books</a>.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/76a2cc64bf5f523ad0088e5931f87ea2/elements/ae399a787e3a7cbef0b85c073932a42e/xs/ee880253-5808-4cdf-bd37-81d291b6a417_2x.jpg)
