Local blogger Flaming Pablum recently came across this post on the NYC 1950 to Present Facebook page where the original poster, Jay Singer, describes the video: The south platform at Bowery…
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…
All New York City subway platforms have a black and white striped sign mounted facing the tracks. When the subway conductors, who ride in the middle of the train rather than the front, see…
One year ago today, on Groundhog Day 2014, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the groundhog, perhaps sparking last years horrible, horrendously long winter. The fall gave Chuck the…
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States so we would not be doing our part in honoring one of our Nation's great heroes without showing you a bit of MLK in New York City.…
Brooklyn-based photographer and urban explorer Stuart McAlpine recently published some fantastic photographs of his adventures for a photo-series called Heights & Depths. The series…
In a photograph taken today by a helicopter belonging to New York City's local CBS radio station, WCBS, you can just feel the frigidity in the air. The snow in the park, the steam from the…
Brooklyn's Kai Feder was flying into New York City on December 31st, 2014 and, due to a recent change in airplane electronics policy during takeoff and landing, was able to capture this…
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…
