Constructed in 1848, the landmarked Brooklyn Borough Hall is one of the best Greek Revival buildings still standing in New York City. ONce operated as the independent city of Brooklyn's City…
With video cameras getting smaller and more sophisticated, dashcam videos are ubiquitous nowadays. Back in 1900s however, can you imagine the size of the video camera mounted on the "dash"…
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…
Back in 2015, time-lapse photographer Aaron Keigher created this amazing time lapse video featuring modern scenes at iconic New York City locations, all in black and white over a timeless…
Architect Harvey Wiley Corbett is perhaps best known for Bush Tower in Midtown, but he also designed some important City structures such as the massive New York City Criminal Courts…
The Steel Strike of 1919 was ordered by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers with the purpose of organizing the Steel Industry prior to World War I. Beginning in early…
This incredible aerial photograph was captured over Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor around 1906 by an unknown photographer. The tallest building in the world at the time, the Singer…
YouTube channel Wonderful Life recently uploaded this great video slideshow showing 55 vintage photographs of New York City street scenes in the 1950s. Check it out! Here is a collection of…
The Grand Central Oyster Bar, located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal, opened in 1913 to much fanfare as a pleasant way to spend your time waiting for a train while at the…
Colorized by expert colorist Dana Keller, this great vintage photograph shows elephants in Luna Park, and the Coney Island promenade around 1907, the way it probably looked as if you were…
