Explore the seven years of NYC history when the city was occupied, brutalized, and eventually, liberated.
At first glance, the area around Tompkins Square Park seems like the quintessential New York City neighborhood, with its lively
Upper West Side in 1840. Image courtesy Sotheby’s. Vintage photos have an aura of mystery. It’s as if
During a seething summer evening in 1953, Lexington Avenue on the corner of 63rd Street received a sprinkling of clothing–
One of the fun facts we learned on our recent Openhousenewyork architectural tour of the Hudson River was that military
While researching unique fire escapes for our Cities 101 piece about the rules in New York City regarding these architectural
Jules Crow, Pennsylvania Station Interior, 1906. Watercolor, Ink and Graphite on Paper. New-York Historical Society, PR042, McKim, Mead & White
These vintage photos of the Bronx lend to its storied history, far before the days of the “Burning Bronx.” As
“New Chelsea Piers on the Hudson,” 1912 . Photo from Library of Congress. Chelsea Piers today might be known for its
“In 1900 the Fifth Avenue Bank in New York City featured a special row of tellers’ windows for the ladies.
Atlas Meats was located across from what is now The Standard Hotel. It was demolished in 2011. Of the neighborhood
The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but during the Harlem Renaissance that started after
The Empire Diner in the 1990s, all photos in this article by Grégoire Alessandrini New York City’s vintage diners
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