One of the world's most famous skyscrapers has just been through a major 10-year modernisation project. See New York City's 1930s icon has been updated for the modern age.
According to LinkedIn, monotonous grey cubicles are out and funky shared spaces are in. Inspired by social-business clubs of the 1920s, LinkedIn has created an office space that incorporates…
Looking strangely out of place on 42nd Street, this is Grand Central Station (formerly Terminal) in the early 1900s, after a renovation of the original 1871 structure—which had become too…
Untapped Cities recently published this great article about the history of this vintage subway car from the 1960s that is sitting inside of a vacant storefront on 42nd Street near Bryant…
The large, red letters on Midtown's Essex House have been visible from Central Park since the 1930s. In this video from Switch Media, watch as the team from American Signcrafters explains…
Looking strangely out of place on 42nd Street, this is Grand Central Station (formerly Terminal) in the early 1900s, after a renovation of the original 1871 structure—which had become too…
Complete History of the Empire State building. As the victor of the 1930s’ race to the sky, the Empire State Building has long been hailed as one of America’s biggest landmarks and tourist…
From the early towers of the 1900s to the engineering marvels of today, the city has continually set the agenda for tall building design around the world. But while its skyline is now…
This vintage photograph was snapped in the 1940s near the corner of 51st Street and 5th Avenue, looking North. Here is a Google Street View of what the same view looks like today.
Dug up by Archive.org, this incredible vintage 35mm footage from 1945 shows a "Dashcam" style trip through Midtown Manhattan. The first half of the video is shot facing forward while driving…
