The Old Slip piers along the East River, just below the end of Wall Street, used to be known as the Banana Docks for its frequent fruit shipments from around the world, including ships…
In 2013, filmmaker Amanda Murray created this amazing 20-minute documentary titled World Fair about the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens. Using sparkling, rare, colour film footage –…
Hot Bagels is an interesting vintage 1979 video from the Brooklyn Public Library video collection that shows how to make a Brooklyn bagel by hand. Filmed in Brooklyn, this shows the process…
This fantastic video showing bits of Harlem, the Cotton Club, and Duke Ellington in the 1930s was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber Guy Jones. Interesting captures of Harlem in the…
Ephemeral New York recently posted a small collection of vintage signs from the 1960s and 1970s that still exist in the City. They’re an endangered species, these 1960s and 1970s store…
Vinyl is a new HBO drama that is based on the 1970s music scene in New York City. From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new drama series is set in 1970s New York. A ride…
Not much is known of this performer, but apparently he was known as the "Human Squirrel" and would climb up cables attached off of very high buildings in order to fundraise for various…
Looking strangely out of place on 42nd Street, this is Grand Central Station (formerly Terminal) in the early 1900s, after a renovation of the original 1871 structure—which had become too…
Hidden deep in The Ramble woods of Central Park, only found when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were planning the area. In New York City's Central Park, just below the 79th St.…
News from Home is a 1976 documentary created by filmmaker Chantal Akerman that uses scenes of the City as a backdrop for the reading of letters written to the filmmaker from her Mother while…
