Wheatfield - A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Lower Manhattan was an interesting public art project in 1982 by author and artist Agnes Denes in which a large wheat field was planted…
Since its founding in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has been a must-see destination for New York City school kids. In this excellent vintage silent film from the museum, watch…
This great vintage photograph shows the intersection of West 47th Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square back in 1957, in full Kodachrome color. The view looks south down the square, with One…
The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. This great vintage photograph shows the building from its most famous angle…
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…
NPR's Joe's Big Idea series features dozens of short stories explaining how everyday items we all use were first invented. In this short clip from the show, hear how an Alabama woman named…
This great vintage photograph shows a group of street cart food vendors selling frankfurters and lemonade on the corner of Broad Street and Beaver Street around 1906. Typical of the era, you…
Posted recently on reddit to Old School Cool, this great vintage photograph showing an officer in the NYPD playing Duck Duck Goose on the Harlem streets with a group of children. The photo…
This great vintage photograph from around 1905 shows Madison Square Park, Fifth Avenue, and Flatiron Plaza all from a vantage point within the Flatiron Building, only recently constructed in…
A recent article on Future Travel explores how the Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca has changed over the past hundred years through side-by-side photographs comparing the same vantage…
![Flat-Iron [i.e. Flatiron] Building, Fifth Avenue and Broadway, New York, 1902](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/3m267zx8csxfno3yowz5lo2zd4lj)
