Ephemeral New York recently dug up this great old photo from 1955 showing some men transporting clothing through the streets of the busy Garment District in Midtown. Around the time this…
The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. This incredible vintage video from 1903 shows the building shortly after…
1970's New York City was a dirty, crime-ridden place, especially in the East Village. In this vintage photograph from photographer Manel Armengol, we get to see Saint Mark's Place at Third…
Our friends at Mashable recently compiled this great collection of vintage photographs of the Easter Parade, dating back over a century ago to 1898. In the late 1800s, New York's churches…
On this day 107 years ago, March 30th, 1909, the world's first double decker bridge opened up connecting the borough of Manhattan with the borough of Queens. The Queensboro Bridge started…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up these great vintage photographs showing Broadway and Times Square at night circa 1911. The glow of streetlights wash out some portions…
The large, red letters on Midtown's Essex House have been visible from Central Park since the 1930s. In this video from Switch Media, watch as the team from American Signcrafters explains…
This amazing vintage photograph shows West Street along the Hudson River, looking North from Cortland Street at the New York Marine Terminals and boathouses that lines the docks at that…
This vintage photograph from around 1905 shows the R.H. Macy and Co. building on 34th Street and Broadway in Herald Square, long before it swallowed the whole block and became a tourist…
This fantastic vintage photograph from around 1915 shows Broad Street looking North towards Wall Street, and the many curb brokers that traded throughout the day. Here is a Google Street…
