Filmed in the mid/late 1990s and released in the year 2000, Dark Days is a fascinating documentary that follows several homeless people who lived in the abandoned "Freedom Tunnel" that runs…
Back in 1844, at Brennan Farm House on the Upper West Side, near the intersection of 84th and Broadway, author and poet Edgar Allan Poe wrote 'The Raven'. Before the implementation of…
Lower East and Upper West is an interesting new photobook containing the vintage street photography of Jonathan Brand capturing the street life in the Manhattan neighborhoods from 1957…
These great vintage photographs from 1968 show the installation of the American Museum of Natural History's iconic 94-foot fiberglass and polyurethane blue whale. According to an article on…
Opened to the public in 1897, the General Grant National Memorial in Morningside Heights is the largest mausoleum in North America, housing President Ulysses Simpson Grant and his wife,…
The American Museum of Natural History occasionally offers peeks into its inner working, on how it maintains and preserves millions of artifacts over thousands of collections from the past…
Since its founding in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has been a must-see destination for New York City school kids. In this excellent vintage silent film from the museum, watch…
Worth over $10 Million dollars and currently the world's most valuable coin, an ultra-rare 1933 Double Eagle gold coin sits inside the New-York Historical Society museum on the Upper West…
The 69th Street Transfer Bridge is a historic piece of urban industrial art sitting in the Hudson River off of Riverside Park on the Upper West Side. Once an integral piece of infrastructure…
The New York Landmarks Conservancy's Tourist in Your Own Town series explores some of New York City’s best hidden gems as well as some of the classic iconic landmarks. In this video from the…
