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Vintage Photograph Shows a Crowded Nassau Street in Winter of 1926
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This amazing vintage photo was snapped on March 3rd, 1926. It shows a lively and crowded Nassau Street in the Financial District, looking south from Fulton Street down to John Street. Here…

Vintage Photograph of Lower Manhattan Marine Terminals and West Street Circa 1905
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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…

Vintage Photograph Showing Broad Street and Financial District's Curb Stock Brokers Circa 1915
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This fantastic vintage photograph from around 1915 shows Broad Street looking North towards Wall Street, and the many curb brokers that traded throughout the day. Here is a Google Street…

Vintage Photograph Shows New York Skyline From Atop the Manhattan Bridge Circa 1915
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This incredible photograph of Manhattan's Civic Center and Two Bridges neighborhoods was snapped around 1915 from atop the pedestrian path of the Manhattan Bridge. Here is a Google Street…

Vintage Photograph of Bowling Green and Broadway Office Buildings Circa 1900
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Long before Charging Bull landed controversially at the Northern tip, long before the destruction of Fort Amsterdam which lied on it's Southern face, long before it housed public protests…

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Check Out This Vintage Subway Train From 1910s Passing Through Fulton Street Station
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Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this recent video he captures a vintage train used in the…

July 9, 1976: “Queen Elizabeth II came to New York yesterday to make speeches, shake hands, become an honorary citizen, wave to thousands of New Yorkers — and collect 279 years’ worth of back rent,” The Times reported. “The rent, 279 peppercorns in a Steuben glass container, was paid to Her Majesty on the steps of Trinity Church, at Broadway and Wall Street. The church received its charter from William III, an ancestor of the Queen, in 1697, for a nominal yearly rent of one peppercorn. Until today, the rent had never been paid.”
Vintage Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II Visiting New York City in 1976
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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…

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Vintage Aerial Photograph Shows One of the World Trade Center Twin Towers Under Construction Circa 1972
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This vintage aerial photograph shows the South Tower of the original World Trade Center under its final stages of construction in 1972.

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Vintage Home Video Shows Original World Trade Center in 1990
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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…

20 Exchange Place, NYC | Off Broad Street
Peek Inside the Off-Limits Banking Halls at Art Deco Skyscraper on 20 Exchange Place
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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…