This great aerial photograph of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan was snapped in 1981 by George Lewis from an airplane. The most notable element in the photograph is the original World Trade…
Every day, more than 200,000 people hurtle beneath the Hudson River, unaware they are traveling through a pair of crumbling tunnels built before the Titanic even set sail. These narrow,…
Wheatfield - A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Lower Manhattan was an interesting public art project in 1982 by author and artist Agnes Denes in which a large wheat field was planted…
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…
"The Wondrous Isle of Manhattan" is an incredible vintage map showing an illustrated interpretation of the borough as it appeared nearly 100 years ago. Landmarks, parks, major streets and…
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…
This great vintage photograph from the Spring of 1952 shows Midtown Manhattan from above. Snapped from a helicopter over the East River, the view looks southwest, capturing both the U.N.…
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…
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? In this vintage shot from around…
(Video: Matt Coneybeare for Viewing NYC. Music: Eli Filosov) Located on the southwest corner of 7th Avenue and Christopher Street, Hess Triangle is a tiny patch of land hidden in plain sight…
