The 3rd Avenue Elevated Train ("El") opened with service in Manhattan in 1878. Over the next 77 years, the 3rd Avenue "El" would provide rapid train transit for anybody wishing to go from…
Check out these vintage home videos shot by Nelson Sullivan showing typical street scenes in the East Village in the 1980s. More scenes like these can be found in the 5 Ninth Avenue Project,…
Just like Manhattan had for decades, the borough of Brooklyn also had several elevated train and trolly lines running through it at one point. In this lengthy video narrated by historian and…
New York City photographer Matt Weber has been capturing the streets of New York city since the early 1980s. Focusing on candid shots and shooting quickly without permission, Weber is able…
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 ⇒ Mapping Daily Work Travel:…
A long-forgotten section of Central Park called the Hallet Nature Sanctuary reopened to the public this week after being closed for nearly eight decades. Our friends at Gothamist recently…
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…
The author behind the excellent blog Livin' The High Line recently came across some amazing vintage footage from the 1930s showing street locomotives and the Urban Cowboys of pre-High Line…
Martin Scorcese is no stranger when it comes to making movies about New York City gangsters. Revenge of the Green Dragons is one such gangster movie, but not as you would expect. The movie…
The Scenic Spiral Wheel was a unique roller coaster installed in Coney Island's Luna Park back in 1917. It was a 45 ton, 70 foot diameter steel wheel that was tipped towards its heavier side…
