This vintage photograph from 1895 shows Charles Westphalen and his family in front of their Midtown German specialty food store. You won’t find a trace of Charles Westphalen’s store today,…
Our friends at the New York City Historical Blog recently published Ellis Island related pieces from their historical photograph collection. These photographs show off the island,…
Greenwich Village and Washington Square Park have changed greatly over the years. Long before the some of City's wealthiest inhabitants took over, the area was full of artists and musicians,…
New York publishers Taschen printed the photograph this amazing colorized photo for their An American Odyssey photo book. It shows the daily life of residents on Mulberry near the turn of…
While it's rare that conservative tabloid The New York Post would share an opinion with us at Viewing NYC, it does happen from time to time. For instance, in this video from the Post, watch…
On a recent episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon highlights the recent NYPD slowdown. Then, in a segment paid for by the made-up "New Yorkers for a Shittier New York", watch…
This great vintage photograph shows the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in 1973, completely framing the Woolworth Building in between. Snapped by an unknown photographer from across the…
Our current subway system, an amalgamation of the old privately owned Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company (BMT), and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this vintage photograph captured from atop the old IRT Second Avenue Elevated ("El") train tracks. Despite being named for 2nd Avenue,…
On January 6th, 1915, New York City saw it's first Subway disaster when a small electrical fire near Broadway and 52nd Street caused a blackout under the surrounding midtown stations and…
