The Old Slip piers along the East River, just below the end of Wall Street, used to be known as the Banana Docks for its frequent fruit shipments from around the world, including ships…
Recreated in 1942 based on the old Castello Plan and Maccoun's Map, this great illustrated map shows the Dutch colony of "Nieuw Amsterdam" as it likely would have appeared in 1662. Many of…
Long before Charging Bull landed controversially at the Northern tip, long before the destruction of Fort Amsterdam which lied on its Southern face, long before it housed public protests…
At the time, New York City had a population of 5.7 million - the population had doubled in just 30 years due to mass immigration. The city was developing rapidly, and more than a quarter of…
Long before Charging Bull landed controversially at the Northern tip, long before the destruction of Fort Amsterdam which lied on its Southern face, long before it housed public protests…
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…
