In this episode of “I Was There”, VICE meets Chris Pape, a renowned artist known for his graffiti work in the “Freedom Tunnel”. The tunnel runs under Riverside Park in Manhattan and was used…
It's 1983: Ed Koch is mayor, everybody's favorite movie is “Return of the Jedi,” and New York City's going through a street sign crisis. Think it’s hard to get around the city now? In the…
Now in its impressive 42nd year, the Atlantic Antic is an annual street festival on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn that covers from Hicks Street all the way to 4th Avenue. This year’s attendees…
Built in 1918, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (formerly known as the US Army Military Ocean Terminal) was the largest U.S. military supply base through World War II. It was used as an active…
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. Brooklyn Magazine ⇒ The Intersection…
Built in 1918, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (formerly known as the US Army Military Ocean Terminal) was the largest U.S. military supply base through World War II. It was used as an active…
Photographer Martha Cooper made a name for herself photographing the graffiti, subway and street scenes of the 70's and 80's for the New York Post. This shot, one of her more famous…
These man on the street interviews were recorded by me a long time ago. 1979. At the time, the concept of an information society, and information economy, the end of the industrial age, was…
This vintage film from filmmakers Carl Schlesinger and David Loeb Weis documents the last day of Hot Metal Typesetting at the New York Times, and older printing technology that dates back to…
On July 13–14, 1977, New York City was plunged into in the blackout the city was looted and burnt, over 3000 people would be arrested and hundreds of millions of Dollars of damage was…
