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 ⇒ Travel on a 1920s Ocean Liner…
YouTuber trainluvr recently came across a pile of old VHS tapes in the garbage of his/her apartment building and saved them, letting us get a glimpse into local television ads from 1977…
At first glance, this vintage photograph from the early 1940s seems like any other standard nightclub filled with drinkers, smokers, and a singer. But what this photograph is showing is the…
This great vintage photograph from 1941 shows the famous "S-Curve" at Coenties Slip, in Lower Manhattan, December of 1941. In this spot, the former 2nd and 3rd Avenue elevated trains ran…
Snapped by Swiss photographer Willy Spiller in the 1970s and '80s, this great collection of vintage photographs really capture what it was like on the NEw York City subway during that time.…
New York City has always been a city of immigrants. Using data from the NYC Planning and Comptroller Departments, the team over at Liberty Cruise recently plotted out the top-twenty…
This great vintage photograph from 1946 shows World War II refugee children viewing Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty National Monument as they enter the United States through New…
This great vintage film from 1928 shows the Staten Island Ferry arriving to, and departing from, Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan. The boat seen here is the Bronx, commissioned by the…
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 ⇒ Plans, New Renderings…
You may recognize the City Hall Station above, but probably not from riding the Subway. The IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) City Hall Station was the very first subway station in NYC. It…
