The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. It's grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
The current New York City bus system was created by the MTA in 1953, but buses have been around the City for much longer than that. The bus system in New York dates back as early as the…
Everybody has seen Marilyn Monroe's iconic flying skirt scene in The Seven Year Itch, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent underneath her. Here instead is a more…
This great vintage aerial photograph shows the Empire State Building and its surrounding area looking northwest in the Fall of 1972. Captured only 47 years ago by photographer James Doane…
If you thought Sunday's 1954 Columbus Circle Photograph was special, wait until you check out this one… Snapped sometime in 1907 by Geo. P. Hall & Son, this amazing stitched panorama of…
The Steel Strike of 1919 was ordered by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers with the purpose of organizing the Steel Industry prior to World War I. Beginning in early…
If you thought Sunday's 1954 Columbus Circle Photograph was special, wait until you check out this one… Snapped sometime in 1907 by Geo. P. Hall & Son, this amazing stitched panorama of…
American photographer Slim Aarons photographed people, places and things his entire life. He was a military photographer in World War II, a celebrity photographer in Los Angeles in the 50's,…
LIFE magazine photographer Andreas Feininger snapped this amazing aerial photograph of Midtown Manhattan in July of 1944. This shot amongst countless other, contributed to Feininger's…
It's been a few decades since Midtown Manhattan's 42nd Street—a.k.a. The Deuce—had any adult theaters, adult bookstores, or sex shops on it, so this great vintage photograph from around 1972…
