Dreamland was one of several amusement parks on Coney Island in the early 1900s. It lasted from 1904 through 1911 when it was destroyed by a fire after a worker accidentally kicked over a…
Back in the 1970s and 80s, graffiti on New York City's subway cars was commonplace. In recent years however, the sight of a tagged up subway car is quite rare. So when our friends at…
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…
YouTube uploader Sascha Sass captured this home video of the original World Trade Center back when he was studying in New York City as a foreign exchange student. My trip to the top of the…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this incredible vintage photograph showing the Manhattan skyline at night as seen from under the Brooklyn Bridge circa 1928. The…
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was one of three major private transportation companies operating independently before they merged to become the City agency eventually known as…
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. Bronxmama ⇒ Checking Out STOMP at the…
Our friends at Vintage Everyday recently posted this great vintage film (with a modern audio recording overlaid) showing scenes filmed in New York City around 1939, in full color!
Our friends at 6sqft recently published this fantastic article titled Fallout Shelters: Why some New Yorkers never planned to evacuate after a nuclear disaster which dives into the 1960s…
