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…
The Flatiron Building, originally called the Fuller Building, is so symbolic of New York City that it is tough to imagine a time when it wasn't there. But the building for which an entire…
Photographer William Meyers is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal since 2008, but before that he spent a lot of time capturing the beauty often overlooked in the outer boroughs…
Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series is quite realistic, but doesn't actually occur in any real city. In order to make the games more like real life, software engineers and code tweakers…
On January 7th, 1996, the Blizzard of '96 dumped 20.2 inches of snow as it passed through, prompting a City-wide shutdown of most transit and business. This resulted in the loss of tens of…
This great vintage photograph from 1972 shows Beatle musician John Lennon and his wife, artist/musician Yoko Ono on bicycles, grabbing a bite to eat from a New York City hot dog stand.
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…
Shared by Redditor Perfect_Gas, this great vintage aerial photograph from 1963 shows the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction in 1963, in color. When construction was finished in…
Following up on part 1, this additional vintage film from 1928 shows a collection of street scenes all around Manhattan, with sound. It was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber and…
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was one of three major private transportation companies operating independently before they merged to become the City agency eventually known as…
