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Vintage Photograph of the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park Circa 1916
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The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. In this vintage photograph from 1916, we are looking South down 5th Avenue…

Nostalgic in New York
Nostalgic in New York, an Amazing Black and White Time Lapse of Iconic New York City Locations
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Time-lapse photographer Aaron Keigher recently created this amazing time lapse video featuring modern scenes at iconic New York City locations, all in black and white over a timeless bit of…

Let’s have a look at ritzy Fifth Avenue. All the postcards depict scenes from about 1900 – 1935. Fifth Avenue has a long association with wealth and privilege. Several of these postcards capture the shifting tide of commercial intrusion into a neighborhood once dominated by private residences. As we look over the avenue, the one thing you will notice is how much traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular, increased after the 1920’s. We’ll start south and work our way north.
Vintage Postcards from Old New York in the Early 20th Century
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Our history-loving friends over at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently compiled a great collection of vintage postcards dating from the very early 1900s up to the late 1930s. Each postcard…

Deals: Tickets to the Big Apple Circus in Lincoln Center Starting at Just $15
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The Big Apple Circus returns to the Big Top at Lincoln Center for the company's 38th season with the World Premiere of its all-new show, The Grand Tour. The GrandTour transports audiences to…

1970 South Bronx.
Camilo José Vergara's Vintage Photographs of 1970's New York Show a Crumbling and Decaying City
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Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara was working on a graduate degree at Columbia University in the early 1970's. Vergara spent his time in the City photographing as much as he…

1964: Flamenco at Club 169 on Allen Street, which, as described by The Times, was a “onetime speakeasy on the lower East Side,” and which was on a mission to combat “juvenile delinquency,” limiting its membership to those from ages 16 to 21. “The hardest drink in the house,” read a caption to another photo, “is a 15-cent root beer.” Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times
The Lively Morgue Vintage Photograph of Underage Dance Hall 'Club 169' from 1964
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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…

Manhattan entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Vintage Photograph of the Manhattan Entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge Circa 1905
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The Brooklyn Bridge was built in 1883 to connect the City of New York with the City of Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed, and the…

1920s skyscrapers towering over Times Square
Vintage Aerial Photograph of Midtown Skyscrapers and Times Square Circa 1920
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Ephemeral New York is a site that seeks to chronicle "an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts." In a recent post, the site shows a vintage postcard showing a colorized…

Third Avenue at 148th Street in The Hub looking north towards Melrose in 1926. Many of the buildings in this image still stand including Immaculate Conception Church (minus its steeple). Long gone is the Third Avenue El which left a gaping transit desert in Morrisania and other points north / Image Credit: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. “Bronx: 3rd Avenue – 148th Street (East)” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1926.
Nearly Century-Old Vintage Photographs of The Bronx
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Thanks to The New York Public Library Digital Collections, the public has access to thousands of images of New York City from the 1870’s to the 1970’s. Today we’re sharing some of our…

Hats Abound in This Incredible Aerial Street Shot of NYC's Garment District Circa 1930
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Photographer Margaret Bourke-White, former associate editor and staff photographer of Fortune magazine, snapped this incredible aerial shot of a street in the Garment District around 1930.…