Shared by Redditor Perfect_Gas, this great vintage photograph from January 1964 shows the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge under construction, as seen from the Bay Ridge Side near Shore Road and…
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…
Captured by Vimeo uploader 1ntr in the summer of 1988, this shaky homemade film shows New York City street scene in both day and nighttime. It has a pretty annoying soundtrack overlaid…
The Empire State Building opened to the public with much fanfare on May 1st, 1931. As part of the celebrations, this group of acrobats were hired to perform at the top of the skyscraper,…
This great vintage aerial photograph shows the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building in 1929, the year it finished construction and opened to the public. Once the tallest building in Brooklyn,…
Premiering February 13th on PBS American Experience, a new one-hour documentary tells the story of how in 1920, a group of Galleanists—Italian anarchists—launched an attack on Wall Street by…
Snapped by photojournalist Marjory Collins in September of 1942, this great vintage photograph shows a busy Central Park lake filled with rowboats. Also captured in the foreground of the…
First opening in 1920, Nom Wah Tea Parlor on the bendy Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown is one of the oldest restaurants in the City. In this video from Bon Appétit, learn how current…
On December 17th, 1900, Ellis Island opened the doors to the iconic, main immigration building for the first time. Though the island had processed immigrants since 1892, the massive building…
