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.…
Back in 1844, at Brennan Farm House on the Upper West Side, near the intersection of 84th and Broadway, author and poet Edgar Allan Poe wrote 'The Raven'. Before the implementation of…
NPR's Joe's Big Idea series features dozens of short stories explaining how everyday items we all use were first invented. In this short clip from the show, hear how an Alabama woman named…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this great vintage photograph from 1903 showing the intersection of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The photo was…
This great vintage photograph from 1875 shows the view of Battery Place in Lower Manhattan, as seen looking west towards the Hudson River from Broadway. On the right of this photograph, out…
This vintage photograph from September 10th, 1933, shows the Flatiron Building, looking south from the intersection of Broadway and 5th Avenue. Looking south from 26th Street and Fifth…
One Times Square, the famous building on the south end of Manhattan's Times Square built, was once the home of The New York Times. It was completed in 1904 and the Times stayed there for…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
On this day 107 years ago, March 30th, 1909, the world's first double decker bridge opened up connecting the borough of Manhattan with the borough of Queens. The Queensboro Bridge started…
Over 114 million vehicles travel over the George Washington Bridge each year, making it the busiest bridge in the City, the nation and even the world, but it wasn't always this busy. This…
