Redditor kiddopro recently inherited a box of hundreds of old slides from the mid-1950s and is starting to digitize them, showing a fresh look at New York City and other cities six decades…
Dreamland was one of several amusement parks on Coney Island in the early 1900s. It lasted from 1904 through 1911 when it was destroyed by a fire after a worker accidentally kicked over a…
This vintage footage from the 1970s shows an incredible glimpse into old New York. NBC News used a hidden night-camera to capture gang activity by the Devils Rebels in Bushwick, along with…
Our friends over at Bowery Boogie recently found this great vintage film from the 1940s showing the luxurious check-in process of the (then) state-of-the-art La Guardia airport. Note how…
Over 114 million vehicles travel over the George Washington Bridge each year, making it the busiest bridge in the City, the nation and even the world, but it wasn't always this busy. This…
For many New Yorkers, pigeons are a nuisance: dirty, thieving, and constantly in our paths. But artist and animal rights advocate Tina Piña Trachtenburg, better known as Mother Pigeon, is…
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge when it first opened in 1964. The massive 693 foot towers are actually farther apart at the top by 1 and 5/8 inches due…
Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter Neil Diamond got his start in the 1960s by writing songs and playing them for other musicians and record labels on Tin Pan Alley on W. 28th St. By the time…
Dating back to the 1950s, the Gowanus Batcave is one of the City's oldest graffiti havens. Similar to its Queens counterpart 5 Pointz, the Batcave is being demolished and converted into…
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…
