Greenwich Village and Washington Square Park have changed greatly over the years. Long before the some of City's wealthiest inhabitants took over, the area was full of artists and musicians,…
In this video uploaded by professional actor Emmett Fitzsimmons, a 1957 Times Square is presented long before the Disneyfication of recent years, and even a few decades before the crime and…
German photographer Franz Grasser who travelled to the United States in 1938, capturing some amazing photos of a pre-war New York City. Sadly, when he returned to Germany he was drafted into…
The New York Times Archives on Twitter is a great official New York Times account which posts photographs and newspaper clippings from the newspaper's vast collection of print archives. In a…
English graphic designer Oli Town recently created this great little stop motion video detailing a very brief demonstration of how the red-beret wearing Guardian Angels helped clean up the…
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade sits over the 278 freeway and offers one of the best views in the City. Once a place where wealthy Manhattan business men, lawyers and other prominent figures…
This is a 1987 home movie made by video artist Nelson Sullivan. There is no plot to this video, nor anything that really stands out as a main focal point... it is just a typical home movie…
The MTA released this fantastic film entitled Rapid Transit to their official YouTube channel a few years back. The short 10 minute film seems to have been produced as a training/recruitment…
Here is an amazing shot taken by balloon from the Southern tip of Manhattan facing North over the Financial District. The built-up area in the top of the photograph is Wall Street, and the…
Everybody has seen Marilyn Monroe's iconic flying skirt scene in The Seven Year Itch, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent underneath her. Here instead is a more…
