This great vintage photograph shows two men hanging out on the sidewalk in Harlem in the early 1970s. The view is from just north of W. 115th Street on Lenox Avenue, looking south. Here is a…
This fantastic video showing bits of Harlem, the Cotton Club, and Duke Ellington in the 1930s was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber Guy Jones. Interesting captures of Harlem in the…
Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara was working on a graduate degree at Columbia University in the early 1970's. He spent his time in the City photographic as much as he could, and…
This amazing vintage photograph shows a row of long-gone Harlem buildings, looking west down modern day Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Here is a Google Street View of the same location today,…
Here is a black and white vintage photograph showing the East side of Eighth Avenue / Frederick Dougless Boulevard, between 119th and 120th Streets from around 1970. For comparisons sake,…
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States so we would not be doing our part in honoring one of our Nation's great heroes without showing you a bit of MLK in New York City.…
Jack Garofolo (1923-2004) was a photographer for Paris Match magazine in the 1960's and 70's. During one trip to the United States in the summer of 1970, Garofalo captured these amazing…
In this video from Great Big Story, learn how the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s led to the creation of an essential late night food item: Chicken & Waffles. Nothing beats the sweet and…
Count Basie was a famous Jazz pianist, organist, band leader and composer. Basie started playing in the 1920s, performing at all the local Harlem jazz clubs. In this vintage film from 1948,…
Sugar Hill Creamery is a new ice cream shop in Harlem on Lenox that is the neighborhood's first mom-and-pop ice cream business to exist in the neighborhood since the early 1980s. In this…
