Before DUMBO was home to multi-million dollar residential lofts, fancy restaurants, and upscale retail stores, it was an old industrial and manufacturing neighborhood. This vintage…
Captured by the famous photographer Eugene de Salignac on April 24th, 1933, this incredible vintage photograph shows the view of lower Manhattan from the top of one of the Brooklyn Bridge's…
Berenice Abbott (1898 — 1991) was a prolific street photographer of early New York City. In this vintage photograph from about 1935, see the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway, long before…
Captured by photographer Walker Evans, this great vintage photograph from 1960 shows an abandoned and desolate Brooklyn waterfront in the neighborhood that is now known as DUMBO. Here is a…
Brooklyn urban explorer and transit enthusiast Bob Diamond is most well-known for rediscovering, exploring, and offering unauthorized tours in, an abandoned subway tunnel under Atlantic…
Colorized by artist jecinci, this great vintage photograph from 1908 shows the construction of the Manhattan Bridge, as seen from Washington St. and Water St. in the neighborhood that is now…
Captured on March 23rd, 1909, this fantastic vintage photograph shows the construction of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River. This shot was taken from Main Street, in Brooklyn. Here is…
This great vintage photograph from around 1934 shows the view from Brooklyn's Fulton Ferry Landing looking across the East River towards lower Manhattan. This would be right at the edge of…
Captured around late 1908 or early 1909, this fantastic vintage photograph shows the construction of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River. This shot was taken from Main Street, in…
Bridge Over Tree is a new public art exhibition from Iranian-born American sculptor and architect Siah Armajani which was conceived nearly 50 years ago, but under-appreciated in its original…
