Members of the Central Park Conservancy talk about the history of the Belvedere and its iconic castle and discuss the 15-month, $12 million restoration project. Courtesy of the Central Park…
There is a natural cave hidden deep in The Ramble woods of Central Park, only found when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were planning the area. In New York City's Central Park, just…
This great vintage aerial photograph from 1927 shows Midtown, the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Central Park from above. Captured from around Park Avenue and the high 30s, the wide…
This incredible vintage photograph from 1925 shows an aerial view of Grand Army Plaza, Central Park, 5th Avenue, and Midtown Manhattan on a sunny day over 93 years ago. The photographer was…
It's no secret that 1980's New York City was not a very nice place to be. The streets were filled with trash and graffiti, crime was rampant, public areas were underfunded and neglected. One…
Captured from atop an old building on 56th or 57th street looking north, this great vintage photograph shows the Plaza Hotel, the Vanderbilt Mansion, Central Park, and 5th Avenue as it…
Snapped by photojournalist Marjory Collins in September of 1942, this great vintage photograph shows a busy Central Park lake filled with rowboats. Also captured in the foreground of the…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this amazing vintage photograph from around 1870 that shows the very beginnings of The Mall in Central Park. The newly-planted…
Video artist Nelson Sullivan went everywhere and filmed just about everything in New York City in the 1980s. In this recently uploaded video from the 5 Ninth Avenue Project — the NYU-run…
When it opened in April of 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was in an isolated section of Central Park. This incredible vintage photograph from around 1900 shows the humble beginnings of…
