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Dec. 29, 1946: “It’s a lark!” exclaimed a passenger on one of the last trips of one of New York City’s last five double-decker, open-top buses. “It’s a shame they’re taking them away. During the summer months they’d be wonderful,” the woman added. “The Fifth Avenue Coach Company had ordered the use of the old open double-deckers discontinued as of 1 p.m.,” reported The Times, which also noted that the buses had been running there since 1907 and that “some of the old machines would be sent to Argentina and Cuba,” and others would be scrapped for parts.
Vintage Photograph From 1946 Shows One of City's Last Double Decker Bus Rides Through Washington Square Park
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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…

Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City, ca. 1905
Vintage Photograph Shows Fifth Ave, Madison Square Park, and Flatiron Plaza Circa 1905
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This great vintage photograph from around 1905 shows Madison Square Park, Fifth Avenue, and Flatiron Plaza all from a vantage point within the Flatiron Building, only recently constructed in…

Bicycle Racing at Coney Island Velodrome - circa 1930
Check Out This Vintage Footage of Bicycle Racing at the Coney Island Velodrome Circa 1930
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This vintage home movie, uploaded to YouTube by David W. Haas, M.D., shows the bicycle races at the famous Coney Island Velodrome around 1930. The film was captured by Haas' grandfather, a…

Feb. 17, 1969: Celebrations on Mott Street to ring in 4667, the Year of the Rooster, favored the lion to the dragon, which, though “there is a tremendous difference between a dragon and a lion in the Chinese tradition,” The Times reported, the main difference to the casual observer “is that dragons are about 30 feet long and require 17 men or boys to operate, while the lions are short and need only two men.” Indeed, “to be chosen to play the head of a lion is, for a Chinese male interested in the martial arts, a matter of prestige.”
Vintage Photograph Shows Chinese New Year Celebrations on Mott Street in 1969
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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…

Pushcarts of the Lower East Side, Circa 1903
Vintage Video From 1903 Shows Police Officers Cracking Down on Illegal NYC Street-Side Carts
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This incredible vintage film captured in the Lower East Side in 1903 shows a row of illegal street-side food carts being told to "move on" by a Police officer walking past. Filmed in New…

A man sits on a girder above New York City at night, ca. 1935
Vintage Photograph of a Man Sitting on a Construction Girder Over Manhattan Circa 1933
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This vintage photograph from around 1932-33 shows a hatted man sitting on a steel girder of a skyscraper under construction, looking out over the Midtwon and Lower Manhattan skyline. The…

104 years ago, the nation’s first public Christmas tree went up in Madison Square Park
Vintage Photographs From 1912 Show Nation's First Public Christmas Tree in Madison Square Park
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On December 21st, 1912, the Nation's first public Christmas Tree display was setup in Madison Square Park, complete with 2,300 colored electric lights and a giant illuminated star on top.…

March 3, 1960: Blizzard conditions in Times Square as a system of storms blanketed much of the United States, wreaking customary havoc by grounding planes, halting transit and burying suburbs.
Vintage Photograph From 1960 Shows Winter Blizzard HItting Times Square
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The Lively Morgue is a 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 historical…

The Brooklyn handicap-1904
Check Out This Vintage Footage Showing Horse Racing in Gravesend, Brooklyn in 1904
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Captured on May 26th, 1904, this vintage film shows the old Gravesend Race Track leading up to a big horse race. To film this event, the camera was placed inside the rail, on the track…

Check Out This 1930 Architectural Concept of Manhattan From Renzo Picasso
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Renzo Picasso was an Italian architect, engineer, and urban planner of the 20th century. In this blueprint from 1929, titled American Multiple Highway, Picasso proposes a stacked roadway…