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…
Perhaps the most famous billboard to ever exist in Times Square, the Camel Cigarettes billboard used steam to fake the appearance of a smoking man. In 1941 a billboard was installed that…
This great vintage photograph from 1929 shows the Chrysler Building under construction, and without its signature Art Deco cladding and metal eagles installed. Here is how the completed…
Tourism in New York City has been a hot industry for centuries, evidenced by this great vintage photograph from 1904 showing a group of tourists on an electric tour bus. Touring with a…
On this day in 1909, the Manhattan Bridge opened to the public for the first time. It was the 4th bridge to cross the east river from Manhattan, and is newer than both the Williamburg and…
It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because…
This great vintage photograph from 1963 shows musician Bob Dylan and his former girlfriend Suze Rotolo hanging out in the West Village of Manhattan on a snowy winter day. It appears this…
This great vintage photograph from around 1900 shows 5th Avenue looking south from 66th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Central Park is on the right, and several fancy townhouses…
This great vintage photograph shows 42nd Street looking east from the intersection of 8th Avenue, at night in 1966. Here is a Google StreetView of how the same view looks today:
This fantastic video from January 9th, 1930 shows a day in the Upper West Side's Straus Park. It was restored and uploaded by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones and includes audio, something…
