The 3rd Avenue Elevated Train ("El") opened with service in Manhattan in 1878. Over the next 77 years, the 3rd Avenue "El" would provide rapid train transit for anybody wishing to go from…
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…
This vintage photograph from 1955 shows a non-politically-correct "Sig Klein's Fat Men's Shop" in the East Village. Sometime since then, all of these types of shops have been renamed to a…
Created by producer/director Carson Davidson in 1955, this incredible vintage film provides a portrait of the Third Avenue El in its final year. Once present up most of Manhattan's numbered…
In this great vintage film from Alan Steinfeld, take a 45-minute tour through the* "fashionable East Villaaage"* with host Barbara Lehman as she explores Cooper Square, St. Marks Place,…
This great vintage photograph shows iconic New York City rappers The Beastie Boys hanging out in front of Stromboli Pizza in the East Village on St. Marks Place and 1st Avenue. The photo is…
This great vintage photograph from June, 1936, shows two men chatting on the stoop of 133 Avenue D on Manhattan's Lower East Side. At that time, the storefronts were occupied by a coffee…
Created by producer/director Carson Davidson in 1955, this incredible vintage film provides a portrait of the Third Avenue El in its final year. Once present up most of Manhattan's numbered…
We meet with Spark Pretty founder Amanda Dolan, former stylist of Betsey Johnson, and her co-owner and friend Meagan Colby, to talk about the inspiration behind their store and ask them to…
Mr. Throwback is an East Village vintage shop that stocks sports apparel, shoes, video games, and other nostalgic items from the 1990s. In this video from Fuse, watch as the host heads on…
