Jennifer Maravillas spent three years of working on a map made of collected trash from Brooklyn, now on display at BRIC Arts Center in Mapping Brooklyn.
Despite the official answer from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection whether alligators exist in the sewers, we dig into the legend of the creatures.
On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali battled Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in one of the most anticipated showdowns in sports history, the Fight of the Century
A video by Yestervid with clips containing what could be the oldest surviving film footage of NYC, including some of the city's most recognizable landmarks
Albert Maysles, known for such doc's as 'Gimme Shelter' and 'Grey Gardens' opened a Documentary Center in Harlem in 2005 where he shares his love of film in a packed calendar of screenings, educational programs, workshops and internships.
Known for both large-format murals, Trompe-l'oeil and exacting diorama's depicting street scene's in SoHo, New York Artist, Richard Haas exhibits at one of the oldest print shops in New York, The Old Print Shop - still located on Lexington Avenue and still run by the same family since 1925.
Five proposed and in-progress subway and rail lines in NYC: the Second Avenue subway, East Side Access, Triboro RX, Rockaway Branch, Metro North Expansion
A recent episode of Blueprint by Office of NYCMedia on the Loew's Wonder Theatres takes us into the heyday of these veritable palaces of entertainment.
The United States was in the darkest of the Great Depression in 1933, when FDR declared a “Bank Holiday,” shutting down banking system for more than a week.
In Brooklyn an abandoned level in the Bergen Street station is a favorite of urban explorers, one of many NYC subway stations that have abandoned platforms