This great vintage photograph shows two men hanging out on the sidewalk in Harlem in the early 1970s. The view is from just north of W. 115th Street on Lenox Avenue, looking south. Here is a…
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…
This great vintage photograph from 1970 shows the World Trade Center's steel skeleton under construction. The building in the back is the North Tower, which began construction in August of…
From VICE News: Air pollution now causes more than 4 million deaths a year. And it might be having a surprising impact on one group in particular: the 86,000 New Yorkers who commute by bike…
This great vintage film from 1928 shows the Staten Island Ferry arriving to, and departing from, Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan. The boat seen here is the Bronx, commissioned by the…
This great vintage photograph from 1984 shows Dave's Restaurant, a classic New York Diner that existed on the southeast intersection of Broadway and Canal Street. While there used to be a…
This great vintage photograph from 1917 shows some of the last horse-drawn public transportation trams in New York City. The photographer was standing just north of the intersection of…
This great vintage aerial photograph shows the Empire State Building and its surrounding area looking northwest in the Fall of 1972. Captured only 47 years ago by photographer James Doane…
This great vintage photograph from the Spring of 1952 shows Midtown Manhattan from above. Snapped from a helicopter over the East River, the view looks southwest, capturing both the U.N.…
This fantastic video from January 9th, 1930 shows a day in the Upper West Side's Straus Park. It was restored and uploaded by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones and includes audio, something…
