Robert Gair was an entrepreneur in Tribeca back in the mid-1800s, making paper products and other paper goods. In 1879, one of his workers accidentally created the product which would…
Before motion pictures were a thing, the pinnacle of visual technology was the Stereoscopic Image, a process where two images are produced of the same subject which have a very slightly…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this recent video, he captures the MTA's rare de-icer…
The Bowery is one of only two roads in Manhattan that have no suffix. It's not Bowery Street or Bowery Avenue, it's simply Bowery. Can you name the other? In this vintage shot from around…
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…
This vintage photograph was snapped in the 1940s near the corner of 51st Street and 5th Avenue, looking North. Here is a Google Street View of what the same view looks like today.
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,…
You can now live in this 1920s Riverdale castle literally built by a Christian cult for Jesus to live in once resurrected. It was built in 1928 by Genevieve Ludlow Griscom, the wife of…
YouTuber Jeff Altman recently uploaded this amazing footage that his grandfather took when visiting NYC back in 1957. It's a great peek at the City over 50 years ago, and it's even in color.…
