It's 1983: Ed Koch is mayor, everybody's favorite movie is “Return of the Jedi,” and New York City's going through a street sign crisis. Think it’s hard to get around the city now? In the…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
Long before Charging Bull landed controversially at the Northern tip, long before the destruction of Fort Amsterdam which lied on its Southern face, long before it housed public protests…
This 1905 shot of Herald Square is much different than what it looks like today. You can see square's namesake, the original New York Herald Building, the Elevated 6th Avenue IRT line, old…
Cooper Square is the lesser-known public space (that has been undergoing eternal construction) just south of Cooper Union's main building and Astor Place. It sits on the border of NoHo,…
The Bowery is one of only two roads in Manhattan that have no suffix. It's not Bowery Street or Bowery Avenue, it's simply Bowery. Can you name the other? (Answer) In this vintage photograph…
Our friends at vintage photography site Vintage Everyday recently posted some great pics in an article titled Early Photos of Construction and Evolution of the NYC Subways. A collection of…
Sumptuously shot in richly contrasting black and white, this lyrical series of vignettes provides a window into the hidden workings of the Museum. Employees punch time clocks; janitors dust…
The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. In this vintage photograph from 1905, just 3 years after its opening, we are…
The New York Public Library was established in 1895 and quickly housed one of the largest collections in the world. It is currently the second largest collection in the United States, and…
