Construction on the Main Branch of the New York Public Library was completed in 1911, and while the building itself hasn't changed much, the surrounding area of Midtown definitely has. In…
This vintage photograph from 1895 shows Charles Westphalen and his family in front of their Midtown German specialty food store. You won’t find a trace of Charles Westphalen’s store today,…
Many fancy and popular dining spots in the City used to be sex clubs back in the day. Our friends at Paper Mag made this cool list of all the restaurants, including the Shake Shack in…
Hidden deep in the basement of the 1929 Art Deco Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, there is a secret tunnel that leads directly to Penn Station. The tunnel originally allowed guests of the hotel to…
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…
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…
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…
In this video from TIME, learn the story behind the iconic New York City photograph showing a row of construction workers having lunch on a steel beam 800 feet in the air while building 30…
This full color vintage photograph of Times Square in 1948 shows two soldiers admiring the lights and taking in the New York City nightlife. According to the original uploader, the "rare…
Amateur photographer and former porn actor John A. Mozzer was in New York City during the raunchy, dirty, "Old New York" and he loved it. In this series of photographs snapped while…
