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 ⇒ Power to the People: Looking…
Imagine walking up to the corner of 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan and finding an office building instead of the world’s most famous concert hall. The 1960s nearly spelled the…
There are an estimated 550 exotic wild Monk Parrots living in Queens, according to the best guess by area ornithologists. Back in the 1960s, shipments of the exotic tropical birds from South…
In this clip from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, actor Chris Noth, best known for his playing Mr. Big on Sex and the City, talks about how the City has changed since 1990. Television…
Advertisement plastered subways, relentless news-feed checking, and a plethora of unknown scents all characterize a typical day in New York City. Is this really what it means to be a New…
Check out this collection of classic music videos set in New York City from the 1990s and 2000s gathered by DNAinfo. Many of those videos are set in our photogenic city, from They Might Be…
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 ⇒ In 1927, NYC Almost Got a…
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge when it first opened in 1964. The massive 693 foot towers are actually farther apart at the top by 1 and 5/8 inches due…
Snapped by photographer Willy Spiller in the 1970s, this great photograph shows a bunch of teenage school girls riding the graffiti-filled New York City subway in uniform.
Created by an anonymous artist back in 1970, this great illustrated vintage map shows New York City—well, mostly Manhattan—at the center of the world. The map is one of hundreds of unique…
