The Steel Strike of 1919 was ordered by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers with the purpose of organizing the Steel Industry prior to World War I. Beginning in early…
David Bowie has inspired countless modern musicians with his innovative and exploratory musical style, his intellectual lyrics and shocking antics. Trent Reznor is one of the musicians…
Ellis Henican is currently a columnist for Newsday and AM New York, as well as a talk radio host and also appearing as a correspondant on major National news networks. 25 years ago however,…
The 3rd Avenue Elevated Train ("El") opened with service in Manhattan in 1878. Over the next 77 years, the 3rd Avenue "El" would provide rapid train transit fro anybody wishing to go from…
Our friends over at Gothamist recently dug up this vintage video of a news report following the 1947 blizzard in New York City. The large storm hit the City directly, with very little…
It's no secret that the New York City area used to be inhabited by Native American tribes before the Dutch and English pushed them out. The tribes had been settled here for centuries if not…
1980's New York City was a dark, disgusting and crime-filled place, full of graffiti, prostitution, crime and grit. This video features a fascinating peek back in time to 1981, where the…
Vintage stock footage firm Periscope Films recently published this "re-discovered" home movie from the mid 1940's that features an amazing look at New York City during World War II. And as a…
Alvin Langdon Coburn was a photographer who spent much of his life photographing New York City in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works appear in museums around the world…
This vintage photograph, published by the Detroit Publishing Company in 1905, shows the Financial District's Broad Street, looking North towards Wall St. For reference, here is how the same…
