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Vintage Photograph Shows Fifth Avenue in Midtown Fully Colorized Circa 1910
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This great vintage photograph shows the view down Fifth Avenue from the east sidewalk between 35th and 36th streets in Midtown around 1910. Fully colorized by Imbued With Hues, the artist…

March 28, 1967: Firemen at the scene a fire on a track at Grand Central Terminal, where a fire on a train of the New Haven line sent smoke billowing through the station and into the Pan Am building and prompting evacuations. “The smoke was pouring out, and people kept demanding to know when their rains were leaving,” one witness reported to The Times.
Vintage Photograph Shows FDNY on Scene of Fire at Grand Central Terminal in 1967
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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…

A view of the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn, with the view from 1970 on the left and today's view on the right.
These GIFs Show Iconic New York City Locations 100 Years in the Past and Now
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Vancouver based photographer Andrew Farris is CEO of On This Spot, a cool app that allows you to compare vintage photography with modern day views from thousands of spots around the globe.…

Madison Square Park and Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, 1907
Vintage Photograph Shows Madison Square Park and Metropolitan Life Insurance Building in 1907
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This great vintage photograph from 1907 shows the intersection of 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, as seen from the base of the Flatiron Building. You can see Madison Square park with snow on…

Jan. 4, 1962: Throngs of skaters took to the Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, and those who braved the crowds that day might have been satisfied to see their picture above an article citing a report that estimated that 77 billion persons had walked the earth since the beginning of humankind. “World population is gaining now at the rate of 50,000,000 a year,” reported The Times, which noted that the report’s authors called the growth “enormous” and “phenomenal.”
Vintage Photograph of Ice Skaters at Central Park's Wollman Rink in 1962
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The Lively Morgue is a 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 historical…

The Tent of Tomorrow in the New York State Pavilion from the 1964-65 World’s Fair. At what is now Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. On the floor the largest map in the world at the time, a 130-by-166-foot map of New York State.
Vintage Photograph Shows Original Map Floor of the New York State Pavilion at 1964-65 World's Fair
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You would never know it now, but the floor of the "Tent of Tomorrow" in the New York State Pavilion at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park used to have an impressive map across the entire floor,…

Harlem nights, An annotated map of the hippest, hottest nightspots in uptown jazz-age New York
Vintage Night Club Map of Harlem Shows the Hottest Nightspots in Jazz-Age New York City, 1933
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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 New York Public Library as seen from the intersection of East 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. July 14, 1915
This Vintage Photograph Shows The New York Public Library in 1915
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The New York Public Library was established in 1895 and quickly housed one of the largest collections in the world. It is currently the second largest collection in the United States, and…

Around The Flatiron Building, 1906
This Vintage Photograph Shows Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park in 1906
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The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this great vintage…

The New York Public Library as seen from the intersection of East 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. July 14, 1915
Vintage Photograph Shows The New York Public Library in 1915
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The New York Public Library was established in 1895 and quickly housed one of the largest collections in the world. It is currently the second largest collection in the United States, and…