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Vintage Photograph Shows Peak Beatlemania Outside the Plaza Hotel in 1964
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The Plaza Hotel is one of the most recognizable hotels in the world for its elegance and stunning facade, but on this day in 1964, something else took the attention of New Yorkers in the…

Dec. 8, 1929: Thirty-foot-tall cartoon Katzenjammer Kids marched — or rather, floated — in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to “an unknown destination.” The Katzenjammer Kids was a popular comic strip by Rudolph Dirks (later joined by Harold H. Knerr), who also created the spin-off strips Hans and Fritz and, eventually, The Captain and the Kids.
Vintage Photograph of Creepy Katzenjammer Kids Floats in the 1929 Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
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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…

Jewish gangsters in New York City
[WATCH] History of Jewish Gangsters in New York City
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Many people today may not know about the role one infamous Jewish mobster played in fighting fascism in the five boroughs.

New York's Original Penn Station: The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark
[BOOKS] New York's Original Penn Station: The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark
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The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. Its grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…

New York's Original Penn Station: The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark
[BOOKS] New York's Original Penn Station: The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Landmark
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The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. Its grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…

Frank Lloyd Wright at 150
Check Out the "Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archives" Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art
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From Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art: Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most prolific and renowned architects of the 20th century, a radical designer and intellectual who…

Radio City Music Hall | Built in 1932, Radio City Music Hall is a prime example of art deco architectural style that has withstood the test of time. With tons of gold, reflective surfaces and geometric design, walking through the venue is a bit like stepping back in time. Most of the fixtures, furniture and ornamentation are original, and any replacements are exact replicas of how the theater looked 80 years ago. Read more here: <a href="https://viewing.nyc/i-braved-a-walkthrough-of-radio-city-music-hall-meant-for-tourists/" rel="nofollow">viewing.nyc/i-braved-a-walkthrough-of-radio-city-music-ha...</a>
I Braved a Walkthrough of Radio City Music Hall Meant for Tourists
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Radio City Music Hall is one of those things you know exists, but because it is in midtown and a tourist magnet, you tend to avoid like the plague. I recently had some relatives visit me…

June 21, 1954: Plans to build on Columbus Circle required demolition of 1819 Broadway, a tower of offices that would be “the tallest building ever to come down anywhere in the world,” according to H. B. Mack, president of Wreckers and Excavators Inc. The demolition, which displaced pigeons and others, was to make space for the New York Coliseum, a convention center that stood there from 1956 till 2000, when the Time Warner Center moved in.
New York Times' Lively Morgue Posts a Vintage Aerial Photograph of a Razed Columbus Circle
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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…

Field of Vision - A Night at the Garden
[WATCH] Mini-Documentary Shows Shocking Footage of the 1939 Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden
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We've showed you photos of the horrible American Nazi Rally that took place in Madison Square Garden in 1939 before, but this new mini-documentary film from Marshall Curry of FieldofVision…

Field of Vision - A Night at the Garden
Mini-Documentary Shows Shocking Footage of the 1939 Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden
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We've showed you photos of the horrible American Nazi Rally that took place in Madison Square Garden in 1939 before, but this new mini-documentary film from Marshall Curry of FieldofVision…