Lower East and Upper West is an interesting new photobook containing the vintage street photography of Jonathan Brand capturing the street life in the Manhattan neighborhoods from 1957…
Berenice Abbott (1898 — 1991) was a prolific street photographer of early New York City. In this vintage photograph from about 1935, see the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway, long before…
King in New York is a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York which traces and highlights all of the civil rights leader's encounters with the City between the early 1950s…
This interesting vintage photograph shows Longacre Square sometime in the 1870s, three decades prior to its renaming to "Times Square". Before the introduction of the subway station and New…
Starting on March 2nd at the Whitney Museum of American Art, see American artist Grant Wood's iconic American Gothic painting on display as part of an entire exhibition of the artist's work.…
This great vintage photograph from the early 1930s shows the view from the 86th floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, towering over Midtown Manhattan. In the distance, see the…
For ten months after it was completed in early 1930, the Chrysler Building in Midtown Manhattan was the tallest in the world. In this fantastic vintage film from the Smithsonian's America in…
Photographer Margaret Bourke-White, former associate editor and staff photographer of Fortune magazine, captured this great aerial photograph showing a low-flying DC-4 plane over Midtown…
This great vintage photograph from 1929 shows the Chrysler Building under construction, and without its signature Art Deco cladding and metal eagles installed. Here is how the completed…
Not that long ago, commuters would fly to and from New York City airports from the tops of tall skyscrapers in Midtown, including the former Pan-Am Building (now the MetLife Building). In…
