Back in 1987, a garbage barge full of 3,000 tons of New York City garbage was sent down the Atlantic to be dumped in a North Carolina landfill for disposal. Upon arrival, the barge was…
For better or worse, almost nothing about Times Square and 42nd Street is like it was in the 1970s, when it carried the nickname "The Deuce". Once full of adult video stores, peep show…
No matter how much the City has changed over the centuries, New Yorkers have always had to deal with snow the same way: by shoveling. This great vintage photograph shows a bunch of workers…
Hailing from the Queens neighborhood of Hollis, Run-D.M.C. is one of the boroughs most famous rap groups. After forming in 1981, the group rose to International fame with hits like It's…
This great vintage photograph from around 1901 shows Herald Square and its namesake New York Herald newspaper headquarters, along with the old 6th Avenue Elevated Train, several streetcars…
This great vintage photograph from 1963 shows musician Bob Dylan and his former girlfriend Suze Rotolo hanging out in the West Village of Manhattan on a snowy winter day. It appears this…
Video artist Nelson Sullivan went everywhere and filmed just about everything in New York City in the 1980s. In this recently uploaded video from the 5 Ninth Avenue Project — the NYU-run…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this recent upload, DJ Hammers took a ride on the New York…
This great vintage photograph from around 1900 shows the Washington Bridge—not the George Washington Bridge that opened in 1931— and the "speedway" underneath as it spans the Harlem River…
Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this amazing vintage photograph from around 1870 that shows the very beginnings of The Mall in Central Park. The newly-planted…
