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Photos of Deteriorating Central Park in the 1980s v. Now
Photo by the Central Park Conservancy. Yesterday, Gothamist had a great photo series on what Central Park looked like in
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Take Video Tour of NYC in 1949 in Full Technicolor
In this clip from the 1949 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film Mighty Manhattan – New York’s Wonder City you get to
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Vintage Photos of NYC Christmas Tree Lightings: Rockefeller Center, Madison Square, Prospect Park, Washington Square
Construction workers waiting to receive their paychecks on Christmas Eve, 1931. They erected the tree spontaneously in gratitude for their
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When Holland Tunnel Police Rode in Adorable Miniature “Catwalk” Cars
In the Old Images of New York Facebook group today, a member posted this fabulous image of a Holland Tunnel
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Vintage Photographs: Construction Workers High Above NYC
#2639110 / gettyimages.com The fact of life here in New York City is such that if you want buildings that
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Vintage Photos: The Evolution of Times Square from 1898 to Today
Times Square, then Long Acre Square. Photo from Library of Congress, circa 1898-1900. We’ve been doing a bit of
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Vintage Photos: The Original Penn Station Would Have Turned 104 Years Old in 2014
Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress Tomorrow, September 5th marks what would have been the 104th Birthday of the
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Vintage Photographs of 5 Famous NYC Museums in Their Original Incarnations
In a city where nothing is sacred and almost every architectural landmark is liable for an overhaul (take 5 Pointz
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8mm Film of A Bus Ride Through Harlem Is A Real Trip Back In Time
Take a trip back to the ye old days of A.D. Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three (1993). Harlem still had
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Where the Subway Won’t Go: A Brief Transit History of Fifth Avenue, New York City
Fifth Avenue Coach Company’s double-decker bus Fifth Avenue has it all: opulent retail, national embassies, corporate headquarters–but no
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Vintage NYC Photography: The Swanky Stork Club Where Hemingway, the Vanderbilts and the Kennedys Hobnobbed
On any given night at the swanky Stork Club in New York City, you could see the Vanderbilts mingling with
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Photographs of “Dirty Old 1970’s NYC” Then and Now: East Village, West Village, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, and Alphabet City
Not surprisingly, a lot has changed since the 70s — it’s hard to believe that “back in the day” there