Check out this incredible vintage film collection from 1896 through 1901, showing black and white street scenes from all around New York City, including commuters, street cars, street…
Fort Wadsworth is a former military base on Staten Island's East Shore. Situated perfectly to guard New York Harbor, the fort has operated as a military base from the American Revolution all…
Eugene de Salignac was the official photographer of the NYC Department of Bridges from 1906 to 1934. During that time, Salignac captured over 20,000 photos as large, glass-plate negatives…
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…
It's insanely hot and humid out in the City right now, and you are probably sweating as you read this. They say that you can cool yourself down mentally simply by thinking of cold things, so…
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…
Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown has a violent history. Being one of the only streets in Manhattan where you cannot see the other end whilst walking through, it's bendy nature was the…
The pristine restoration of this Italianate loft building in Tribeca shows meticulous work by a team of preservation professionals. They succeeded in a minimally invasive scope of work that…
DAZE WORLD is a photo book featuring hundreds of photographs of the iconic New York City street artist's work. This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Ellis’s successful…
Indian Gharials are a highly endangered species with only about 2,500 in the entire world. While most of them are in their native habitat of Northern India, several more gharials are…