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Nov. 5, 1980: A Grand Central Terminal bust receives a facelift of sorts, as workers remove dirt with sprinklers and steam.
Get Up Close and Personal With a Grand Central Roof Sculpture in This Vintage Photo From 1980
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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…

Jan. 4, 1962: Throngs of skaters took to the Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, and those who braved the crowds that day might have been satisfied to see their picture above an article citing a report that estimated that 77 billion persons had walked the earth since the beginning of humankind. “World population is gaining now at the rate of 50,000,000 a year,” reported The Times, which noted that the report’s authors called the growth “enormous” and “phenomenal.”
Vintage Photograph of Ice Skaters at Central Park's Wollman Rink in 1962
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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…

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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April 1, 1968: Stock-watchers observed the numbers on Broad Street, which showed signs of good news “as securities markets around the world generally placed a bullish tag on President Johnson’s bid for peace in Vietnam,” reported The Times. “Brokers said that markets hungering for good news in recent months seized upon the speech Sunday night by President Johnson,” which called for a halt to bombing in Vietnam and invited its government to “join him in a ‘series of mutual moves toward peace.’ ” The war lasted until 1975.
Vintage Photograph Shows Stock Watchers on Broad Street Looking for Good News Surrounding Vietnam Peace Calls
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Aug. 7, 1959: A 15-foot clock hung over the bustle of Grand Central Terminal, sporting an advertisement for its maker, Westclox (appearing on Page 19 of this issue). The clock would bear the logos of several companies through the years; eventually, it was removed.
Vintage Photograph From 1959 Shows a Different Clock Dominating Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse
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July 4, 1967: Psychedelic times at the Electric Circus, on St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan, where one might observe “a model in a purple and silver polka dot jump suit” sailing into “the arms of a man dressed as a gorilla,” as one reporter did in The Times later that year. “Then, as the walls crawled with protoplasmic blobs of colored light throbbing with the beat, the model and the gorilla began to frug.” The frug (pronounced froog) being one of many dance crazes sweeping the nation.
Vintage Photograph Shows Famous Music Club Electric Circus on St. Marks Place in 1967
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Mayor Temporarily Renames 42nd Street Jimmy Breslin Way
Mayor de Blasio Temporarily Renames Stretch of 42nd Street to "Jimmy Breslin Way"
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From NY1: The city has temporarily renamed a Manhattan block to pay tribute to a famed journalist. East 42nd Street between Second and Third Avenues is now Jimmy Breslin Way in honor of the…

Jan. 22, 1966: Chinese New Year celebrations in Manhattan, which was the Year of the Horse. At a hotel, the Roosevelt Raceway recognized the event with an award created for the occasion, which was given to racer Dick Thomas. “A porcelain horse, reputed to be from the collection of Mott and Pell, was presented to Thomas, who was prevailed upon to say, ‘Gung hay fat choy.’ What did he say? Happy New Year!” reported The Times. “For those twin-double horse fans, who seek omens in almost everything, the year — for the Chinese — is 4,664.”
Vintage Photograph of Chinese New Year Celebrations in Manhattan's Chinatown, 1966
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October 3, 1979: An ebullient pontiff, thrown a ticker-tape parade by overjoyed New Yorkers, was shielded from the rain by an umbrella held by Terence Cardinal Cooke, the Archbishop of New York. At a gathering at Madison Square Garden, Pope John Paul II was cheered by thousands of teenagers. “If he’d put that guitar around his neck,” said one headmaster of a Catholic high school, “the kids would have blown the roof right off the Garden.”
Vintage Photograph of Pope John Paul II's 1979 Ticker-Tape Parade Through NYC
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July 9, 1976: “Queen Elizabeth II came to New York yesterday to make speeches, shake hands, become an honorary citizen, wave to thousands of New Yorkers — and collect 279 years’ worth of back rent,” The Times reported. “The rent, 279 peppercorns in a Steuben glass container, was paid to Her Majesty on the steps of Trinity Church, at Broadway and Wall Street. The church received its charter from William III, an ancestor of the Queen, in 1697, for a nominal yearly rent of one peppercorn. Until today, the rent had never been paid.”
Vintage Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II Visiting New York City in 1976
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