German-born, New York based photographer Thomas Hoepker has taken photos of the City for over 4 decades. After moving to New York in 1976, Hoepker worked as a photographer and correspondent…
Lexicon Valley is an interesting Slate podcast all about language, lexicology and etymology. In this recent episode, the podcast covers the origins of the popular tourist label for our City:…
Grand Central Terminal is an amazing work or architectural and design wonder of the City, one of our crown jewels of functional space. One of it's more well know design features is the…
Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely presented a wooden sculpture at the MoMA back in 1960 that was, unbeknownst to the museum, designed to self-destruct by fire. In March 1960 Jean…
Staten Island is one of our most beautiful boroughs. With wide open and undeveloped lands, the forgotten borough has always been a place where you can find one with Mother Nature. In this…
Fall is just around the corner, so get prepared with this cool reversible wool blanket showing 1916 Brooklyn. There are many ways to show your pride of place, but how many can also keep you…
One of our favorite local documentary makers and story tellers Nicolas Heller — creator of the excellent Queens of Kings — is back at it again with an excellent video made for a recent…
The electric glamor of New York by night shines out in this shot looking southeast from the roof of the Hotel New Yorker at 34th Street and 8th Avenue. Directly below is Pennsylvania…
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…
Dutch vacationer Ed Sijmons first visited New York City with his wife back in 1980 and snapped all of these amazing vintage photos. Over their two-week trip, Sijmons took hundreds of…
