This great vintage film from 1930 shows the deconstruction and demolition of the old Casino Theater on Broadway and West 37th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. During the demolition, watch as an…
This great vintage photograph shows the Lower Manhattan skyline as seen from across New York Harbor on Governors Island, around 1938. View looking north of Lower Manhattan’s Fiancial…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
