This great vintage photograph shows two men hanging out on the sidewalk in Harlem in the early 1970s. The view is from just north of W. 115th Street on Lenox Avenue, looking south. Here is a…
Local photographer and real estate agent Maggie Hopp captured these incredible color photograph of Times Square back in the 1970s, the essence of "Old New York." Experimenting in the 1970s…
This vintage footage from the 1970s shows an incredible glimpse into old New York. NBC News used a hidden night-camera to capture gang activity by the Devils Rebels in Bushwick, along with…
Decade of Fire is an interesting new documentary from directors Gretchen Hildebran and Vivian Vazquez that reexamines the history of South Bronx blight in the 1970s, from the perspective of…
This fantastic video showing bits of Harlem, the Cotton Club, and Duke Ellington in the 1930s was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber Guy Jones. Interesting captures of Harlem in the…
Back in the 1970s and 80s, graffiti on New York City's subway cars was commonplace. In recent years however, the sight of a tagged up subway car is quite rare. So when our friends at…
America in Color is an incredible documentary series from The Smithsonian that shows tons of colorized vintage footage from all round the nation. In this episode focusing on the 1930s, New…
The clash between big business elites and green-seeking environmentalists is not a 21st century development. Back in 1974, plans to turn Manhattan’s West Side into Westway, a waterfront…
YouTuber trainluvr recently came across a pile of old VHS tapes in the garbage of his/her apartment building and saved them, letting us get a glimpse into local television ads from 1977…
Artist Jane Dickson lived and worked in Times Square during the late 1970s and ‘80s, capturing what she saw and experienced through drawings, paintings, and photography. With the release of…
