This vintage photograph from 1930 shows a brave construction worker carrying a heavy sack as he crosses a steel beam high above ground level, working on the 71-story neo-gothic skyscraper at…
A few years back, we shared a great vintage photo from 1926 showing the Nassau Street on a busy day, and nnow we have this amazing digitally altered photograph which merges that vintage…
YouTube uploader Sascha Sass captured this home video of the original World Trade Center back when he was studying in New York City as a foreign exchange student. My trip to the top of the…
The Gillender Building was built in 1897 on the NW corner of Wall Street and Nassau Street. The 20-story building was one of the tallest buildings in the City, and its elegant exterior was a…
This amazing vintage photograph shows West Street along the Hudson River, looking North from Cortland Street at the New York Marine Terminals and boathouses that lines the docks at that…
Premiering February 13th on PBS American Experience, a new one-hour documentary tells the story of how in 1920, a group of Galleanists—Italian anarchists—launched an attack on Wall Street by…
20 Exchange Place is one of New York City's best Art Deco skyscrapers. Once housing the City Bank-Farmers Trust, the building was decorated with marble, statues and ornate styling. Our…
This amazing vintage photograph shows West Street along the Hudson River, looking North from Cortland Street at the New York Marine Terminals and boathouses that lines the docks at that…
Trinity Church on Broadway and Wall Street is one of the City's oldest standing churches, opening in 1846. See how the church and surrounding area looked a century ago with this…
When construction on the 57-story Woolworth Building was completed in April 1913, it became the tallest building in the world, holding the title until 1930 when the Chrysler Building took…
