This 1905 shot of Herald Square is much different than what it looks like today. You can see square's namesake, the original New York Herald Building, the Elevated 6th Avenue IRT line, old…
Brooklyn photographer Samuel Gottscho is well known for his New York City photography in the 1930's. We have featured his photos on Viewing NYC a few times before, and now we have this gem…
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…
Amateur photographer and former porn actor John A. Mozzer was in New York City during the raunchy, dirty, "Old New York" and he loved it. In this series of photographs snapped while…
On July 28th, 1945, bad weather and extremely low fog caused a B-25 bomber heading to Newark from the Northeast collided with the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing at least 14…
The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. It's grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
Just the other day, we shared an incredible photograph showing the quick progression of the construction on the Empire State Building, and here we have another great vintage photograph from…
Captured on December 2nd, 1932, this vintage photograph shows two workers on Rockefeller Center's RCA Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza) taking a smoke break near the edge of an unfinished…
This great vintage photograph show a busy Fifth Avenue and 51st Street looking north up the Avenue, full of pedestrians and horseless carriages. Here is a Google StreetView of what that…
Many fancy and popular dining spots in the City used to be sex clubs back in the day. Our friends at Paper Mag made this cool list of all the restaurants, including the Shake Shack in…
