This great vintage photograph from 1909 shows the view looking north up Broadway from the southern tip of Herald Square. The 6th Avenue El can be seen crossing the square, and the original…
Madonna has been making headlines and selling out stadiums for decades, but she wasn't always that big. Check out this vintage home video recording of her performing at the Danceteria in…
The amazing short movie from 1928 features a crazy taxi cab driver navigating the chaotic streets of Manhattan. He narrowly avoids other automobiles and pedestrians, eventually getting…
Members of the Central Park Conservancy talk about the history of the Belvedere and its iconic castle and discuss the 15-month, $12 million restoration project. Courtesy of the Central Park…
Created by producer/director Carson Davidson in 1955, this incredible vintage film provides a portrait of the Third Avenue El in its final year. Once present up most of Manhattan's numbered…
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 ⇒ Leaking Skylight of World…
This great vintage photograph from around 1900 shows the Washington Bridge—not the George Washington Bridge that opened in 1931— and the "speedway" underneath as it spans the Harlem River…
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…
The Lively Morgue was 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…
Our friends at Ephemeral New York recently dug up this great guide printed sometime in the 1960s which details exactly how to find the cross street for any Manhattan avenue's address. For…
