American photographer Carl Mydans (1907 - 2004) started in 1936 at Life Magazine as one of their earliest staff photographers. He captured photos around the City for the magazine for many…
From Harlem Bespoke: This is a rare aerial vista of Sugar Hill in Hamilton Heights with a view looking north starting at the former Lewisohn Stadium which was a grand space for public…
New York City in the 1980's wasn't the best place to be. Crime was up, the City was dirty, buildings were abandoned and squatters ruled the Village. But not everybody was having a bad time…
The Flatiron Building, originally called the Fuller Building, is so symbolic of New York City that it seems like it has always been here, but this vintage photo from 1902 showing the Fuller…
Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown has a violent history. Being one of the only streets in Manhattan where you cannot see the other end whilst walking through, it's bendy nature was the…
With the help of Mark Cantor from Jazz on Film, volunteers at Brooklyn's Bishop Henry B. Hucles Episcopal Nursing Home were able to track down video of 102-year-old resident Alice Barker…
This past wednesday, as part of an Earth Day awareness campaign, swimmer and environmentalist Christopher Swain swam across the nearly two-mile-long, heavily polluted Gowanus Canal. Swain…
New York City photographer David Allen Harvey is a full member of the Magnum Photos cooperative, and has photographed extensively for National Geographic over his long career. He won the…
All throughout May, for three glorious minutes between 11:57pm and midnight, Times Square will not show any digital ads at all. Instead, the Andy Warhol screen tests from the 1960's will be…
Last week, our Ravey Redd introduced you to the new Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Thanks to this great preview of the exhibition from Artnet, we can…
