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Andy Warhol Lou Reed - Screen Test 1966
Times Square Arts to Show Andy Warhol's 1960's Screen Tests on Every Billboard at Midnight
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All throughout May, for three glorious minutes between 11:57pm and midnight, Times Square will not show any digital ads at all. Instead, the Andy Warhol screen tests from the 1960's will be…

"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…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on Packed Coney Island Beach in 1975
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The Lively Morgue was 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…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on Packed Coney Island Beach in August, 1975
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The Lively Morgue was 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…

Twenty-five-cent peep shows were the first adult stores to arrive in Times Square beginning in 1966. Enormously profitable, they opened the door for adult movie theaters, strip clubs, and sex stores.
Photos: Take a Peek Back Into a Seedier Times Square
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Times Square was not always the iconic tourist destination it is today. In fact, for the latter half of the 20th century the intersection served as a symbol of New York's decay. In this All…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on a Packed Coney Island Beach in August, 1975
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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…

Inside a Painter's New York Loft that he Moved into in 1967
[VIDEO] Inside a Painter's New York Loft That he Moved into in 1967
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Step inside the incredible New York City loft of painter Jay Ells, a true testament to the city's artistic spirit. Jay shares his remarkable journey, from arriving in 1967 with just a…

The Jewish Market (Colorized) ca. 1895
[PHOTO] Vintage Colorized Photograph Shows an Old Jewish Market on the Lower East Side Circa 1895
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Colorization artist Dave Hart recently took this great vintage photograph, showing a Jewish Market on the Lower East Side around 1895, and applied his magic to it, presenting a street scene…

The last days of horse-cars in Manhattan, c. 1917, public domain archival image
This Vintage Photograph From 1917 Shows The Last Days of Horse-Drawn Carriages in New York City
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Skyrise Cities recently published a brief overview of the history of New York City street transit, including some great vintage photograph including this one showing a City street full of…

The Day New York City was Almost Destroyed: The 1943 Fire Aboard SS Elestero
[WATCH] The Day New York City was Almost Destroyed: The 1943 Fire Aboard SS El Estero
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On April 24, 1943 a fire started in the engine room of the Panamanian freighter SS El Estero. Fire can always represent a danger to a ship, but this fire offered particular concern. The El…