Times Square is the first thing that many think about when New Year's Eve is mentioned, and for good reason. The tradition is over a century old, with the first celebration occurring way…
Ephemeral New York is a site that seeks to chronicle "an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts." In a recent post, the site shows a vintage postcard showing a colorized…
Inge Morath was a photographer with Magnum Photos who is perhaps most famous for these series of photos from 1957. Most notably, the photo of a llama in Times Square, sticking its head out…
Local photographer and real estate agent Maggie Hopp captured these incredible color photograph of Times Square back in the 1970s, the essence of "Old New York." Experimenting in the 1970s…
The Hippodrome Theater operated as a state-of-the-art theater in the Theater District from 1905 up until 1939. It was called the world's largest theatre by its builders and had a seating…
All throughout May, for three glorious minutes between 11:57pm and midnight, Times Square will not show any digital ads at all. Instead, the Andy Warhol screen tests from the 1960's will be…
If you are looking for an escape from reality, be sure to check out this 1930’s showbiz-themed, interactive show, Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic. Showcasing at the old Liberty Theater in Times…
Filmmaker and author Stefan Nadelman's father worked for 10 years as a bartender at Times Square's Terminal Bar, often dubbed as the "roughest bar in the City". Stefan's father snapped…
This is a vintage photograph from an unknown photographer dating back to about 1909. It shows the intersection of Broadway and 42nd St., right at the South end of Times Square. Before 1909,…
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…
