Captured around 1954 by photographer Marvin E. Newman, this artistic photograph shows the world famous Roseland Ballroom surrounded by Times Square's neon lights and vintage cars of the day.…
This great vintage photograph from around 1915 shows the view looking west from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. The most noticeable structure is the three-facaded Manhattan…
Opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is a large steel cantilevered-truss bridge spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, directly over Roosevelt Island.…
David Wojnarowicz saw the outsider as his true subject. Largely self-taught, he created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. His…
Captured by photographer Jamie Kalikow in the summer of 1981, this great vintage photograph shows a little girl (Kalikow's niece) reading a book on a graffiti-filled 1 train headed to South…
Snapped by photographer Willy Spiller in the 1970s, this great photograph shows a bunch of teenage school girls riding the graffiti-filled New York City subway in uniform.
Recently dug up in the Museum of the City of New York archives by Ephemeral New York, this great vintage photograph from 1943 shows a bunch of New Yorker lounging on a Tudor City rooftop in…
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. 6sqft ⇒ Grow a Green Thumb This…
When the Queensboro Bridge first opened in 1909, the Queens neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria were relatively undeveloped. There were some industrial sites along the East River,…
Opening in June of 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the only bridge spanning the East River that is not a suspension bridge, but rather a five-span cantilever truss. From opening day until…
