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Frank Staropoli of the New York City Police Aviation Unit scoured SoHo rooftops in the growing search for Etan Patz, the boy who disappeared on his way to a bus stop on May 25, 1979. Nearly 36 years to the day of the disappearance, a judge declared a mistrial in the case after jurors — who had deliberated for three weeks — could not reach a verdict.
New York Times' Lively Morgue Posts a Vintage Aerial Photograph Over Lower Manhattan
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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…

"Chain Gang" of New York Stock Exchange Officers Carries Traded Securities Each Day to Banks and Brokerage Houses, New York, 1937 by Carl Mydans.
Vintage Photograph of a New York Stock Exchange Officers Chain Gang Circa 1937
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American photographer Carl Mydans (1907 - 2004) started in 1936 at Life Magazine as one of their earliest staff photographers. He captured photos around the City for the magazine for many…

#TodayinHistory: In 1870, the #BeachPneumaticSubway, a single car moved by compressed air, opened to the public. http://t.co/xXhCzUChZP
145 Years Ago Today, a Single Car Pneumatic Subway System Opened in the Financial District
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Our current subway system, an amalgamation of the old privately owned Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company (BMT), and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit…

Aerial of the Financial District, taken from a balloon, 1906
Amazing Aerial Photograph of the Financial District Captured From a Balloon Circa 1906
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Here is an amazing shot taken by balloon from the Southern tip of Manhattan facing North over the Financial District. The built-up area in the top of the photograph is Wall Street, and the…

Broad Street exchange and curb brokers
Vintage Photograph of the Broad Street Exchange and Curb Brokers in New York City Circa 1905
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This vintage photograph, published by the Detroit Publishing Company in 1905, shows the Financial District's Broad Street, looking North towards Wall St. For reference, here is how the same…

View of the World Trade Center under construction from Duane Street, Manhattan, 1970
1970 New York City Was a Rundown, Derelict Place
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Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara was working on a graduate degree at Columbia University in the early 1970's. He spent his time in the City photographic as much as he could, and…