The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. Its grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
American photographer Stephen Salmieri has captured photographs around New York City since his early twenties. His photography has been featured in the MOMA, the Getty, the Brooklyn Museum…
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. 6sqft ⇒ 65-Story Condo Tower Designed…
Amateur photographer Augustus Sherman worked as a registry clerk on Ellis Island from 1892 until 1925. During the time spent processing immigrants passing through New York Harbor, Sherman…
Over 108 million vehicles travel over the George Washington Bridge each year, making it the busiest bridge in the City, the nation and even the world. In its first full year of operation,…
Check out this incredible vintage film collection from 1896 through 1901, showing black and white street scenes from all around New York City, including commuters, street cars, street…
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. 6sqft ⇒ Port Authority Announces…
Can you imagine riding down Broadway on a special sidewalk cart? In 1872, a proposal by Alfred Speer would have had the street lined with tracks and carts for the first moving sidewalk. Back…
Inge Morath was a photographer with Magnum Photos who is perhaps most famous for these series of photos from 1957. Most notably, the photo of a llama in Times Square, sticking its head out…
The Statue of Liberty is such a symbol of Americana, that often we forget it was cast, assembled and built in Paris years before it was disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and…
