Secrets of NYC
✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE
Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving.
Horn & Hardart
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Secrets of NYC
Remnants of NYC’s First Automat in Times Square
Construction recently revealed pieces of the original Horn & Hardart, NYC's first automat, in Times Square!
New York
The Lost Automats and Cafeterias of NYC
“Automats were right up there with the Statue of Liberty and Madison Square Garden,” Kent L. Barwick, former president of
Architecture
10 Ghost Signs of Uptown Manhattan
Ghost signs — faded reminders of businesses that have long vanished — are hiding in plain sight across New York City. As
Film Locations
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Recreates the Automat in Season 5
The automat holds a hallowed spot in New York City and every history buff has flirted with automat obsession. It’
