Exploring the history of New York City
1934 Rockefeller Center Radio City Side & Also Ladies Celebrating Something on the Building's Top
Posted 2nd May 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
1934 Beautiful Perfect Photo of the Skyline Reflected off the East River. Under The 'Bridge'.
Posted 1st May 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Construction in 1930 without safety gear
Posted 1st May 2026u/lilac2481
The Slocum is on Fire! - 1998 documentary about the sinking of the General Slocum, the worst catastrophe to hit NYC until 9/11, including interviews with the last survivors.
Posted 2nd May 2026u/crestdiving
Went on a tour of Central Park today and got to see a bucket list item, an 1811 Commissioners Plan marker!
Posted 1st May 2026u/bowzer087
Real NYC Subway Sign?
Posted 1st May 2026u/Decepticon_Knock_Out
My grandfather arrived on May 17, 1923 from Germany and took this photo.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/BoomOp
1948 Photo of a Couple on high, looking at the Chrysler Building & others on an overcast Day.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
The proposal for BQE and other Vital Gaps New York Metropolitian Arteries
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/ainik20
Gay pride NYC 1982. They were holding signs for the gay bar the Union Club.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/RealWorldForever
1980 gay band John Andress & The Urge often performed in NYC and found many gay fans with their cool original songs and hot looks.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/PeneItaliano
Canalboats: Coenties Slip in New York, or the Erie Basin in Brooklyn (1898)
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/VetalDuquette
Why Times Square’s Billboards Are Required By Law | Walking Tour | Architectural Digest
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
New York in 1987
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/zsreport
1889. West 52nd Street & 5th Avenue on a nice Sunday Morning, with St Thomas Episcopal & the Presbyterian Churches.
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Saturdays For Men Only at Private Eyes, 1988. NYC.
A group of Young women approach a group of guys to hang out with. Rockaway Beach, New York, 1946.
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/RealWorldForever
1958 Photo of People Enjoying an Evening out at the Crowded Waldorf Astoria Ballroom.
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Park Avenue.
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
Book Row in the 1960s
Posted 27th Apr 2026u/Consistent-Height-79
A group of Seamen visit NYC for the first time, 1957
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/PeneItaliano
The Beavers of Astor Place
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
A 1930 Photo of Macys' Thanksgiving Day Parade -Times Square. The Thanksgiving Day Parades had begun in 1924
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Men hanging out on Christopher Street Pier, 1976
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/PeneItaliano
Hilltop Park
Inside a bustling Italian-American coffee shop in Little Italy, where espresso, conversation, and wartime news filled the air. (NYC, 1943)
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/RealWorldForever
1933. Four Lovely Ladies Staying Warm in their Coats out Walking on the Street in Harlem
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
October1929 Photo of the Crowds outside the Stock Exchange on Wall Street after the Crash
Pennsylvania Station Interior, circa 1930
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Bugsy_Neighbor
Union Square, c. 1860
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/legovelt
Couple kisses as cops watch on West 14th Street, NYC. 1972
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/PeneItaliano
Man by his stand in Coney Island, 1969.
Early 1900s Photo of the El Train riding high above 3rd Avenue on a cloudy day.
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
MIck Jagger and Keith Richards stroll along St. Mark's Place in the East Village on July 2, 1981 during filming of their video "Waiting on a Friend" for the "Tattoo You" album. They moseyed down to the St. Mark's Bar on the corner of First Avenue where they held court and played a few numbers.
The rise, fall, and comeback of Brooklyn’s fanciest hotel: the Hotel Bossert
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/bowzer087
South Bronx Has a Wild History - Lecture at a Comedy Show
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
An 1877 Photo Looking at Horse-Pulled Buggies on 5th Avenue on a Cold & Icy Winter's Day
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Jerome Avenue
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
april 22 1970...the very first earth day and the first time (other than for a parade) that 5th avenue was totally closed to all traffic. saved this cover of the daily news since that day.
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/oldnyker
Boston Road
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/habichuelacondulce
A 1931 Photograph of the NYC Skyline as it appeared pictured from Brooklyn on a clear day.
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/OtherwiseTackle5219
Purefinder New York
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Miserable-Slice-6859
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