Did you know that underneath Manhattan's Bloomingdale's Department Store lies not one but two time capsules? Filled with treasures from a pristine signed Babe Ruth baseball worth at least…
This incredible photograph of 672 planes over Manhattan in 1931 almost seems fake. However, newspapers from New Jersey to North Dakota show that it was part of a mimic air war.
(Video: Matt Coneybeare for Viewing NYC. Music: Eli Filosov) Located on the southwest corner of 7th Avenue and Christopher Street, Hess Triangle is a tiny patch of land hidden in plain sight…
Captured on October 20th, 1903, this incredible vintage photograph shows the Union Square subway station under construction. Union Square station was built as part of the City's first major…
BLOCKS NYC is a cool new coloring book for adults featuring famous album covers taken in Greenwich Village in the 1960s and 1970s. The BLOCKS NYC Colouring Book includes artist illustrated…
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…
This bird's eye view of the construction of the Metropolitan Life Building from 1909 is incredible. From the workers standing on steel beams 700 feet over the ground, to a glimpse of horse…
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…
This hand illustrated birds eye view map of Midtown Manhattan was created by cartographer Hermann Bollmann for the 1964 New York World's Fair in Queens. One of the greatest cartographic…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. Hammers recently got a chance to film almost the entire…
