Captured by iconic New York City street photographer Arthur Felig (better known as Weegee), this fun vintage photograph shows a bunch of kids playing in the spray of an opened fire hydrant…
The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. Its grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
This vintage map from 1958 shows the New York City subway system, separated by the three service division (BMT, IND, and IRT) before they were combined to form the MTA in 1965. While there…
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…
There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. 6sqft ⇒ A Mini-Smorgasburg Is Coming…
The Lively Morgue was a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives were reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
Back in the early 1980s, when the New York City subway was a dirty, grimy, and crime-ridden place, the red-beret wearing Guardian Angels would protect commuters by establish a presence on…
Whether you know him as Morpheus, Cowboy Curtis, Tyrone Miller, or some other character completely, actor Lawrence Fishburne is one of the most recognizable faces of the past several…
Captured sometime in the early 1940s, this vintage photograph shows the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and East 45th Street, in Midtown East. Bickford's was once a major restaurant…
This amazing cartoon map pretty much sums up how most New Yorkers still see the City today, nearly five decades after it was originally drawn. Everything to the North of Westchester is…
