The current New York City bus system was created by the MTA in 1953, but buses have been around the City for much longer than that. The bus system in New York dates back as early as the…
Brooklyn photographer Samuel Gottscho is well known for his New York City photography in the 1930's. We have featured his photos on Viewing NYC a few times before, and now we have this gem…
American photographer Slim Aarons photographed people, places and things his entire life. He was a military photographer in World War II, a celebrity photographer in Los Angeles in the 50's,…
The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. It's grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
In 1968, Jefferson Airplane setup and performed sans permits on top of the Schuyler Hotel in Midtown on West 45th Street. In this vintage — and sometimes nausea inducing — handheld video,…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
New York Magazine recently posted this great collection of newsstands as captured in 1994, a dirtier, grittier time in New York City. It wasn't the City's darkest days but the grit was still…
Brooklyn photographer Samuel Gottscho is well known for his New York City photography in the 1930's. We have featured his photos on Viewing NYC a few times before, and now we have this gem…
Polish-American Josef Hofmann was a virtuoso pianist, composer, music teacher and inventor back in the early 20th century. In this photo from 1937, we see him playing to a sold out…
This 1905 shot of Herald Square is much different than what it looks like today. You can see square's namesake, the original New York Herald Building, the Elevated 6th Avenue IRT line, old…
