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Unearthed photos of Central Park show its gritty past
[WATCH] Here Is How Much Central Park Has Recovered From Its Gritty Past
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It's no secret that 1980's New York City was not a very nice place to be. The streets were filled with trash and graffiti, crime was rampant, public areas were underfunded and neglected. One…

Unearthed photos of Central Park show its gritty past
[VIDEO] Here's How Much Central Park Has Recovered From Its Gritty Past
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It's no secret that 1980's New York City was not a very nice place to be. The streets were filled with trash and graffiti, crime was rampant, public areas were underfunded and neglected. One…

Midtown Manhattan from above, 1925
Vintage Aerial Photograph Shows Midtown Manhattan From Above in 1925
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This incredible vintage photograph from 1925 shows an aerial view of Grand Army Plaza, Central Park, 5th Avenue, and Midtown Manhattan on a sunny day over 93 years ago. The photographer was…

Jan. 4, 1962: Throngs of skaters took to the Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, and those who braved the crowds that day might have been satisfied to see their picture above an article citing a report that estimated that 77 billion persons had walked the earth since the beginning of humankind. “World population is gaining now at the rate of 50,000,000 a year,” reported The Times, which noted that the report’s authors called the growth “enormous” and “phenomenal.”
Vintage Photograph of Ice Skaters at Central Park's Wollman Rink in 1962
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The Lively Morgue is a 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 historical…

Vintage Photograph Shows Peak Beatlemania Outside the Plaza Hotel in 1964
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The Plaza Hotel is one of the most recognizable hotels in the world for its elegance and stunning facade, but on this day in 1964, something else took the attention of New Yorkers in the…

June 21, 1954: Plans to build on Columbus Circle required demolition of 1819 Broadway, a tower of offices that would be “the tallest building ever to come down anywhere in the world,” according to H. B. Mack, president of Wreckers and Excavators Inc. The demolition, which displaced pigeons and others, was to make space for the New York Coliseum, a convention center that stood there from 1956 till 2000, when the Time Warner Center moved in.
New York Times' Lively Morgue Posts a Vintage Aerial Photograph of a Razed Columbus Circle
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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…

Stairs to Central Park's hidden cave
There's a Hidden Cave in the Middle of Central Park's Ramble
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There is a natural cave hidden deep in The Ramble woods of Central Park, only found when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were planning the area. In New York City's Central Park, just…

Ramble Cave, Central Park
There is a Hidden Cave in the Middle of Central Park's Ramble
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Hidden deep in The Ramble woods of Central Park, only found when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were planning the area. In New York City's Central Park, just below the 79th St.…