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…
Polish-American Josef Hofmann was a virtuoso pianist, composer, music teacher and inventor back in the early 20th century. In this photo from 1937, we see him playing to a sold out…
This incredible photograph shows Bowling Green Park — the oldest in the City — from above as it appeared about 115 years ago. The article won't be published online unless this is 'true'…
Mashable recently published a great little collection of vintage photographs from the 1940's and 1950's showing the City illuminated in neon lights, the pinnacle of advertising technology…
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…
When construction on the 57-story Woolworth Building was completed in April 1913, it became the tallest building in the world, holding the title until 1930 when the Chrysler Building took…
The latest Apple store isn't a glass and steel cube, but rather a restoration of a 1920's era bank in the Upper East Side on the corner of Madison Ave. and 74th St. The company painstakingly…
Brooklyn-native, musician, and photographer Paul Zone gave us a taste of the punk life in his exhibition Growing Up In The New York Underground: From Glam to Punk at the Leslie-Lohman Museum…
This amazing vintage photograph from 1911 shows Wall Street looking East from Nassau Street. On the left, George Washington gazes out over the intersection from Federal Hall, and on the…
This map, created and published in 1870 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Brooklyn and bits of Queens as seen from a birds eye view over New York Harbor. Zooming in, many…
