In 1894, New York University purchased a campus at University Heights in the Bronx because of overcrowding on their established campus in Lower Manhattan. The University Heights NYU campus…
As 2016 comes to its end (finally!), we thought we would review the 10 Viewing NYC articles our readers loved most this year. #10November 11, 2016 Naked Man Moons Protesters and Flips the…
Ghetto Brother is a new graphic novel from author Julian Voloj and illustrator Claudia Ahlering that highlights Benjy Melendez's improbable transformation from gang leader to peace broker to…
The amazing short movie from 1928 features a crazy taxi cab driver navigating the chaotic streets of Manhattan. He narrowly avoids other automobiles and pedestrians, eventually getting…
This vintage photograph from 1925 shows New York Yankee Babe Ruth—perhaps the greatest player of all-time—posing in Yankees Stadium with a group of fans. According to the photo's uploader on…
This great vintage film from 1934 shows 18-minutes of a New York Yankees game versus the Philadelphia Athletics with original audio. Restored by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones, the film…
This vintage photograph from 1925 shows New York Yankee Babe Ruth—perhaps the greatest player of all-time—posing in Yankees Stadium with a group of fans. According to the photo's uploader on…
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam…
In a detailed study titled Here Grows New York, Columbia University student Myles Zhang used publicly-accessible data from the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress to create…
The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge recently opened up to pedestrian traffic after over four decades of inoperation. Originally built to supply the flow of water from the Croton Aqueduct to…
