Professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige is considered one of the all-time greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. He started playing before Jackie Robinson, in an era before black…
This vintage map of Manhattan from 1932 may not be the most accurate depiction of the borough we have ever seen, but it's a great map none-the-less. Printed onto a puzzle, the map's large…
This great vintage photograph shows the view down Fifth Avenue from the east sidewalk between 35th and 36th streets in Midtown around 1910. Fully colorized by Imbued With Hues, the artist…
The Cloisters is a unique museum in Washington Heights operated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses their collection of medieval European art, architecture, and gardens. Built in…
This great vintage photograph captured around 1900 shows Mott Street in Chinatown looking north from the corner of Worth Street. Here is a Google StreetView of the same view today, showing…
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…
This great vintage video showing New York City trolley service on the corner of Broadway and 17th Street in Union Square way back in 1901 was recently restored and uploaded by YouTuber Guy…
The Skyscraper Museum has an interesting new exhibit titled Millennium: Lower Manhattan in the 1990s which, amongst other things, includes this silent slideshow documenting the creation of…
Rodriguez drove a cab from 1977 to 1985, and in the last two of those years, he was studying to be a photographer. He lost his first set of gear in a classic ’70s New York stabbing and…
This great vintage photograph from 1918 shows underneath the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge, and appears looking west towards the rest of Manhattan. A sunny, foggy day provides a…
