LaGuardia Airport is currently one of the worst, run-down airports in the country… though it wasn't always like this. In this vintage photograph from 1951, imagine how nice it would have…
This great vintage photograph from 1957 shows that things really haven't changed that much on the New York City subway, other than fashion. A packed train car filled with commuters during…
A recent WNYC piece entitled The Lament of the C Train Rider discussed the aging trains on the C-line, most of which date back to 1964. It's an interesting read on why the C-line is so…
Untapped Cities recently uncovered a 1927 Popular Science article detailing a proposal that would have ran a highway on top of a line of uniform 12-story buildings that ran from Battery City…
In this video uploaded by professional actor Emmett Fitzsimmons, a 1957 Times Square is presented long before the Disneyfication of recent years, and even a few decades before the crime and…
This is a 1987 home movie made by video artist Nelson Sullivan. There is no plot to this video, nor anything that really stands out as a main focal point... it is just a typical home movie…
Even though Coney Island refers to an entire Brooklyn neighborhood and peninsular area, when most people talk about it, they are usually referring to the world-famous Luna Park. This video…
New York City in 1976 was a much different place than it is today. Take a peek inside our City 40 years ago in this collection of Super 8 home movies put together by the Kino Library.
Local musician and filmmaker David Hoffman has been shooting video around the City for decades. In this video recently uploaded to YouTube, Hoffman conducts a "Man on the Street" interview…
Local musician and filmmaker David Hoffman has been shooting video around the City for decades. In this video recently uploaded to YouTube, Hoffman conducts a "Man on the Street" interview…
