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Vintage Photos: Inside the Cotton Club, One of NYC’s Leading Jazz Venues of the 1920s and ’30s
Image via Flickr courtesy of The Library of Congress The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz
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Vintage Photos: NYC Diners in the 1990s (Empire, Moondance, Cheyenne, Lost Diners)
The Empire Diner in the 1990s, all photos in this article by Grégoire Alessandrini New York City’s vintage diners
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Vintage Photos: The Earlier Versions of Madison Square Garden in NYC
The recent debate over what should become of the current Penn Station and Madison Square Garden might make it difficult
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Vintage Photos: Times Square’s Transformation in the ’90s
While the biggest complaint New Yorkers may have about Times Square today is the tourists, just over 20 years ago,
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History of the Los Angeles Palace Theater, A Beaux-Arts Masterpiece
Every year, the Los Angeles Conservancy hosts Last Remaining Seats, a series of screenings held in several of the historic
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Vintage Photos: Remnants of the 1964 New York World’s Fair
The 1939 World’s Fair in New York City may have the longer legacy in our collective memory, with its
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Beijing Through Sidney Gamble’s Camera: A Rare Glimpse into Chinese History
1917-1919, Tai Mountains, China. Young Sidney Gamble took a picture of himself, sitting on a human-powered chair and smiling with
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Vintage Photos: The Woolworth Building Under Construction
All photos via Library of Congress The Woolworth Building was designed to be the tallest building in the world and
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Vintage Photos: Jones Beach, New Yorkers' Summer Escape from the City
With summer around the corner, millions are expected to make a trip to Jones Beach on Long Island, the most
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Weekly Map: The Lower East Side in 1940 via “Welcome to 1940s New York”
Welcome to our new Weekly Map series, where we will highlight quirky urban maps, both vintage and present. It’s
