The Pierre Hotel is one of the City's fanciest. Lining Central Park East on the Upper West Side, the hotel and building has an interesting history, outlined here by television producer Burt…
These two amazing vintage photographs from 1906 show the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge. In them you can see the old trollies that used to run…
The United Palace in Washington Heights is one of the most stunning theaters in the World. Built in 1930 as a vaudeville house and premier movie theater, the theater's glory years were brief…
This 1933 map illustrated by cartoonist Simms Campbell shows the vibrant nightlife of a Jazz-age Harlem. IF NEW YORK is the city that never sleeps, then this map shows you where it used to…
The Roaring Twenties is an interesting interactive audio/visual website which display all of the vintage noise complaints in New York City nearly a century ago. These complaints are linked…
Edit 02/03/2016 2:56pm After hearing from the Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, it appears that Viewing NYC readers are not to see this preview image photo. So, in full compliance with the…
There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. Brownstoner ⇒ Young Photographer…
This amazing vintage photo was snapped on March 3rd, 1926. It shows a lively and crowded Nassau Street in the Financial District, looking south from Fulton Street down to John Street. Here…
This vintage photo from 1899 shows the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. It lasted for a few decades until sold off to be demolished, later becoming the site for…
