Thanks to The New York Public Library Digital Collections, the public has access to thousands of images of New York City from the 1870’s to the 1970’s. Today we’re sharing some of our…
Local street photographer Meryl Meisler has a new exhibit titled LES YES!, displaying her photographs of the Lower East Side during the 1970s and '80s, and presented in celebration of Lower…
The 2016 Freestyle Frisbee World Championships are returning to its home on August 3rd - 6th. Freestyle Frisbee is a niche gymnastics-like sport invented in New York City during the 1970s.…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
This segment of the Second Ave Subway was constructed in the 1970s underneath East Harlem. Construction was halted in 1975 due to the city's fiscal crisis, but was continued to be inspected…
For those of you that didn't already know, the entire neighborhood of Battery Park City in lower Manhattan was created only in the 1970s using dirt excavated for the construction of the…
The Deuce is an upcoming television series from HBO which focuses on the sex industry in Times Square during the 1970s and 80s. The series will star actors James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal,…
The Deuce is an upcoming television series from HBO which focuses on the sex industry in Times Square during the 1970s and 80s. The series will star actors James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal,…
There’s a 550-foot skyscraper in Lower Manhattan with no windows, no logos, and no obvious purpose. Officially, it was built in the 1970s as a telecom switching hub—but behind its Brutalist…
