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This Vintage Photograph Shows Lower Manhattan Skyline from Manhattan Bridge Circa 1915
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This great vintage photograph from around 1915 shows the view looking west from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. The most noticeable structure is the three-facaded Manhattan…

The Multi-Level, No-Visible-Cars NYC That Might Have Been
1925 Proposal on What New York City Transportation Infrastructure Should Look Like
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Architect Harvey Wiley Corbett is perhaps best known for Bush Tower in Midtown, but he also designed some important City structures such as the massive New York City Criminal Courts…

Check Out This Vintage Photograph of the Oyster Bar Restaurant at Grand Central Terminal Circa 1915
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The Grand Central Oyster Bar, located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal, opened in 1913 to much fanfare as a pleasant way to spend your time waiting for a train while at the…

Sunbathing New Yorkers, Tudor City, 1943
Vintage Photograph Shows Rooftop Sunbathers in Midtown Manhattan, 1943
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Recently dug up in the Museum of the City of New York archives by Ephemeral New York, this great vintage photograph from 1943 shows a bunch of New Yorker lounging on a Tudor City rooftop in…

[WATCH] Vintage Waldorf Astoria Publicity Stunt Had Waiters Serve Construction Workers High Above Hotel in 1930
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Back in 1930, while the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was under construction at 301 Park Avenue, the hotel wanted to find a way to show the world how exceptional their service was. They devised a…

Canal Street and Broadway, New York, New York, 1984
Vintage New York City Photograph Shows Corner of Canal Street and Broadway in 1984
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Uploaded to OldSchoolCool by Redditor rachmaninoffkills, this great vintage photograph shows the southeast corner of Canal Street and Broadway on the SoHo/Tribeca border back in 1984. Here…

Vintage Photograph from 1957 Shows New York Rangers Playing at Home Without Helmets
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The 1957-1958 New York Rangers finished the season with a record of 32-25-13 for 77 points, leaving them with the second best record in the NHL. In this great vintage photograph from that…

Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City, ca. 1905
Vintage Photograph Shows Fifth Ave, Madison Square Park, and Flatiron Plaza Circa 1905
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This great vintage photograph from around 1905 shows Madison Square Park, Fifth Avenue, and Flatiron Plaza all from a vantage point within the Flatiron Building, only recently constructed in…

Dec. 29, 1946: “It’s a lark!” exclaimed a passenger on one of the last trips of one of New York City’s last five double-decker, open-top buses. “It’s a shame they’re taking them away. During the summer months they’d be wonderful,” the woman added. “The Fifth Avenue Coach Company had ordered the use of the old open double-deckers discontinued as of 1 p.m.,” reported The Times, which also noted that the buses had been running there since 1907 and that “some of the old machines would be sent to Argentina and Cuba,” and others would be scrapped for parts.
Vintage Photograph From 1946 Shows One of City's Last Double Decker Bus Rides Through Washington Square Park
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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…

Feb. 17, 1969: Celebrations on Mott Street to ring in 4667, the Year of the Rooster, favored the lion to the dragon, which, though “there is a tremendous difference between a dragon and a lion in the Chinese tradition,” The Times reported, the main difference to the casual observer “is that dragons are about 30 feet long and require 17 men or boys to operate, while the lions are short and need only two men.” Indeed, “to be chosen to play the head of a lion is, for a Chinese male interested in the martial arts, a matter of prestige.”
Vintage Photograph Shows Chinese New Year Celebrations on Mott Street in 1969
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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…