The vital North River Tunnels, connecting Manhattan's Penn Station to Secaucus, NJ, are the most heavily trafficked rail tunnels in North America. Built in the early 1900s, these tunnels…
This interesting vintage photograph shows Longacre Square sometime in the 1870s, three decades prior to its renaming to "Times Square". Before the introduction of the subway station and New…
Due to the newly constructed subway system reaching into borough, The Bronx saw a massive explosion of population increase in the early 1900s. Several apartment buildings and homes were…
Our friends at 6sqft recently published this fantastic article titled Fallout Shelters: Why some New Yorkers never planned to evacuate after a nuclear disaster which dives into the 1960s…
Walking tour of Hudson Heights, a residential neighborhood of the Washington Heights area of Upper Manhattan, New York City. Most of the residences are in apartment buildings, many of which…
With video cameras getting smaller and more sophisticated, dashcam videos are ubiquitous nowadays. Back in 1900s however, can you imagine the size of the video camera mounted on the "dash"…
With video cameras getting smaller and more sophisticated, dashcam videos are ubiquitous nowadays. Back in 1900s however, can you imagine the size of the video camera mounted on the "dash"…
AD joins Robert Garneau of Architecture Workshop PC in Manhattan, NYC, to tour a 1920s apartment brimming with sleek designs and space-saving innovations. “We wanted to maintain its rich…
In this episode we're exploring the Bronx State Hospital buildings that have been abandoned since 2016. A brand new facility replaced the outdated structures that were built in the 1960s.
New York in 1920s, the jazz, commerce, and culture flourished. The city boasted nearly six million residents and served as a booming center for immigrants and migrants entering the through…