vintage photos
Vintage Photos: 5Pointz’s Original Past as the Neptune Meter Company
Brownstoner Queens has some awesome photos and history of what 5Pointz was way before it was the beloved graffiti hotspot.
Vintage Photos: Celebrities in 1990s NYC by Gregoire Alessandrini
Photographer Gregoire Alessandrini, who we’ve previously featured in our vintage photo column on the Meatpacking, Times Square and Iconic
Vintage Photos: Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian is on the Site of Fort Amsterdam in NYC
In a fitting twist of fate, the site currently occupied by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian was
Vintage Photos: Downtown Brooklyn’s Albee Theater
Located along Dekalb Avenue, an area that once had a theater presence comparable to Times Square, the Beaux-Arts Albee Theater
Untapped Mailbag: This Vintage Photo of Columbus Circle is Misattributed in LIFE Magazine
Our article on vintage photos of Columbus Circle was super popular, but we got a good number of comments saying
Vintage Photos: John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign in New York City
Senator Kennedy on Jack Paar’s The Tonight Show in New York City, 1959. Image via Wikimedia. As the anniversary
Vintage Photos: Columbus Circle in NYC Over the Years Since the 1900s
Columbus Circle c. 1907. Photo from Library of Congress. Ever since Columbus Circle was redesigned in conjunction with the Time
Vintage Photos: Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris and NYC
Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi’s Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head. Winter
Vintage Photos: 50th Anniversary of Demolition of the Original Penn Station
Photograph by Norman McGrath Designed and built by McKim, Mead & White in 1910, the original Penn Station was built
Jeff Cowen’s Photography of Prostitutes in the Meatpacking District in the 1980s
A recent article on Vanishing New York shines the spotlight on Jeff Cowen’s photographs of transgender sex workers in
Vintage Photos: 1920s Traffic Towers Along Fifth Avenue
By now all of us are familiar with traffic lights, from the functionality of crosswalk buttons in New York City
Video: What Goes into Picking Vintage Photos for The Antiques Garage in Chelsea
Robert’s Photos from Redux Pictures by Michael Kasino. If you haven’t stopped by The Antiques Garage, an annex
