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Thanks to The New York Public Library Digital Collections, the public has access to thousands of images of New York City from the 1870’s to the 1970’s. Today we’re sharing some of our…

Popular Netflix original series The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970s. The series is back with the highly-anticipated second half of season 1, and a…

A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970s. Summer 1977. New York City is broken down and beaten-up. Armed only with…

A new original series from famed director Baz Luhrmann on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hip-hop in South Bronx during the 1970s. "The Get Down is a mythic saga of how…

From stereographs of New York State 1860-1910 You can find all original source photos at the Library of Congress.

Due to the newly constructed subway system reaching into borough, The Bronx saw a massive explosion of population increase in the early 1900s. Several apartment buildings and homes were…

In this episode we're exploring the Bronx State Hospital buildings that have been abandoned since 2016. A brand new facility replaced the outdated structures that were built in the 1960s.

Since the early 1960s, the large East River island we know today as Randalls Island used to be three completely separate islands. In this vintage photograph from 1948, take a peek at…

You can now live in this 1920s Riverdale castle literally built by a Christian cult for Jesus to live in once resurrected. It was built in 1928 by Genevieve Ludlow Griscom, the wife of…

A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970's. The 13-episode show is hosting an open casting call looking for extras…