In this video from Great Big Story, learn how the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s led to the creation of an essential late night food item: Chicken & Waffles. Nothing beats the sweet and…
This vintage photograph shows the corner of West 114th Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem back in 1910. At the time, this impressive building belonged to Ansche Chesed Synagogue, however the…
Our friends at Ephemeral New York recently dug up this great print from 1930 showing author and poet Edgar Allan Poe walking across The Bronx's High Bridge. After he moved from a farmhouse…
This great vintage photograph shows the construction of subway tunnels in Harlem around 1901. A wonderful photograph on August 10th, 1901, the photographer is looking on the downtown side of…
This amazing vintage photograph shows a row of long-gone Harlem buildings, looking west down modern day Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Here is a Google Street View of the same location today,…
Count Basie was a famous Jazz pianist, organist, band leader and composer. Basie started playing in the 1920s, performing at all the local Harlem jazz clubs. In this vintage film from 1948,…
This 1933 map illustrated by cartoonist Simms Campbell shows the vibrant nightlife of a Jazz-age Harlem. IF NEW YORK is the city that never sleeps, then this map shows you where it used to…
Here is a black and white vintage photograph showing the East side of Eighth Avenue / Frederick Dougless Boulevard, between 119th and 120th Streets from around 1970. For comparisons sake,…
This fantastic video showing bits of Harlem, the Cotton Club, and Duke Ellington in the 1930s was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber Guy Jones. Interesting captures of Harlem in the…
Technically speaking, The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge is the oldest in the City, dating back to 1848. It was built 35 years before the Brooklyn Bridge, but portions of it have been replaced…
