Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara was working on a graduate degree at Columbia University in the early 1970's. He spent his time in the City photographic as much as he could, and…
City Walk Television found this great footage of 23rd Street in the heart of the Flatiron District, filmed by the Thomas Edison Company in 1901. The uploaded it to their Vimeo channel, but…
Brooklyn-based photographer Steven Siegel has been taking photos of the City for a long time. In a recent interview with 12ozProphet, Siegel says: When young people today look at my shots…
Most people know Stanley Kubrick as the famous filmmaker, but did you know that before his directorial career, he was a staff photographer for Look Magazine in New York City? Between 1945…
Red Bull recently created this skate video showing local skaters in some classic NYC street spots. They talk about skating in spots like Brower Park in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows Park in…
Here is a fantastic photograph of Herald Square looking North from 34th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, circa 1908. You can see the original New York Herald Building (the namesake of the…
In what was probably considered to be an "Action Film" back in the 1920's, this short video above shows a horsecar plowing through parts of a busy Manhattan, narrowly avoiding pedestrians,…
Happy New Year! Times Square was just as packed last night as it was on December 31st, 1937. It does look a little cold, there doesn't appear to be any entertainment, and they are oddly…
Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City is an amazing 15 minute tour of Manhattan presented entirely in technicolor, and a fascinating peek back into the values and culture of 1940's New…
