The New York Police Department has been around in the City since 1845. Starting with just patrolmen, the police force grew over time to include everything from mounted units to…
Untapped Cities recently published this great article about the history of this vintage subway car from the 1960s that is sitting inside of a vacant storefront on 42nd Street near Bryant…
This incredible aerial photograph was captured over Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor around 1906 by an unknown photographer. The tallest building in the world at the time, the Singer…
This vintage television commercial from the New York City Transit Authority (now the MTA) attempted to increase ridership by letting straphangers know they could get to the 1964-65 New York…
Recently dug up from the New York Public Library stereoview collection by our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About, this old vintage photograph shows 58th street in Midtown Manhattan around…
Due to the newly constructed subway system reaching into borough, The Bronx saw a massive explosion of population increase in the early 1900s. Several apartment buildings and homes were…
There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. 6sqft ⇒ Electric Buses Are Coming to…
The 3rd Avenue Elevated Train ("El") opened with service in Manhattan in 1878. Over the next 77 years, the 3rd Avenue "El" would provide rapid train transit for anybody wishing to go from…
Ed Koch was Mayor of New York City from 1977 through 1989. In this vintage campaign commercial from 1981, watch as the Mayor proudly states that the South Bronx was "coming back", something…
Marcel Duchamp is known for his "readymade" art that he created over 100 years ago, where he would select items at a store, or combine a few items, then present it as art. He was one of the…
