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As 2016 comes to its end (finally!), we thought we would review the 10 Viewing NYC articles our readers loved most this year. #10November 11, 2016 Naked Man Moons Protesters and Flips the…

Our friends at Ephemeral New York recently dug up this great print from 1930 showing author and poet Edgar Allan Poe walking across The Bronx's High Bridge. After he moved from a farmhouse…

With sports dominating much of our current television lineups, it's hard to imagine a time when they weren't on the TV. Prior to this game featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees…

Back in the 1970s and 80s, graffiti on New York City's subway cars was commonplace. In recent years however, the sight of a tagged up subway car is quite rare. So when our friends at…

As you may have heard, Netflix's newest critically acclaimed series, The Get Down features the 1970s Bronx. While investigating the real life inspirations for the Get Down's origins, Bustle…

Since the early 1960s, the large East River island we know today as Randalls Island used to be three completely separate islands. In this vintage photograph from 1948, take a peek at…

A new original series from famed director Baz Luhrmann on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hip-hop in South Bronx during the 1970s. "The Get Down is a mythic saga of how…

The Universal Hip-Hop Museum is a highly anticipated museum dedicated to the history, preservation and celebration of Hip-Hop culture worldwide. The museum has yet to find a home, but are…

A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970s. Summer 1977. New York City is broken down and beaten-up. Armed only with…

Technically speaking, The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge is the oldest in the City, dating back to 1848. It was built 35 years before the Brooklyn Bridge, but portions of it have been replaced…