Located along FDR Drive in Manhattan, NYC is Waterside Plaza, built on a spit of artificial land. But what many New Yorkers don't realise is that beneath Waterside Plaza are the remains of a…
This map, created and published in 1875 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Governors Island, Brooklyn and bits of New Jersey as seen from a birds eye view over Hoboken.…
Captured on October 20th, 1903, this incredible vintage photograph shows the Union Square subway station under construction. Union Square station was built as part of the City's first major…
Meet the wealthy elite of the Gilded Age — and the struggling workers who challenged them. THE GILDED AGE presents a compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and…
Suspended NYC is an interesting site featuring a series of videos from Brooklyn filmmaker Solomon Billinkoff that show New York City neighborhoods and areas in super slow motion. Suspended…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. Hammers recently got a chance to film a long length of the F…
The Cloisters is a special museum in Washington Heights operated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses their collection of medieval Eurpoean art, architecture, and gardens. Built in…
These great vintage photographs from 1968 show the installation of the American Museum of Natural History's iconic 94-foot fiberglass and polyurethane blue whale. According to an article on…
The Cloisters is a special museum in Washington Heights operated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses their collection of medieval Eurpoean art, architecture, and gardens. Built in…
This iconic New York photograph, captured by the late photographer Paul Himmel, features a pensive man looking out off the Brooklyn Bridge towards lower Manhattan. This photo is just one of…
