A 23 year old Orson Welles in a color CBS publicity photo in New York, 19384mo ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Passed this excavation activity at Wall Street and Water this afternoon. This would have been some of New York's earliest landfill. 400 years old?5mo ⋅ manhattanunlocked ⋅ r/nycHistory
Radio Row on the Lower West Side of Manhattan, as shot by Berenice Abbott in May of 1936. This entire block was later cleared for the construction of The World Trade Center.4mo ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Manhattan NYC 1994. Can anybody identify the location? I was going through some old photos of my first trip to New York City and came across this one. I always loved the image and now it seems very of it's time. I'd love to hear if anyone recognizes the place and can tell me the location. Thanks!4mo ⋅ CarolKirkwoodforPM ⋅ r/nycHistory
December 5, 1933. Rockefeller Center and RCA Building from 515 Madison Avenue.5mo ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Does anyone know the exact location? Lower east side in the early 70s3mo ⋅ realInjusticeaddict ⋅ r/nycHistory
TWA terminal at Idlewild Airport before the name was changed to John F. Kennedy Airport c.19623mo ⋅ lilac2481 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Cover of The New Yorker Magazine by Peter Arno — May 6th, 19441wk ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Me in Times Square today vs my grandpa in the exact same spot in the 70s8mo ⋅ FieryGamer123 ⋅ r/nycHistory
A 1924 Proposal Would Have Drained the Entire East River to Reduce Congestion5mo ⋅ wholevodka ⋅ r/nycHistory
View of Manhattan Bridge Plaza from the Canal St platform on the Third Ave El 📸 Rob Gales, circa 19541yr ⋅ mikeymiggz ⋅ r/nycHistory
A drawing showing how the spire of the Chrysler Building was secretly built and hoisted into place, 1930. It went up in only 90 minutes.3mo ⋅ discovering_NYC ⋅ r/nycHistory
Orson Welles in one of his only 1937 publicity photos for his one season as Lamont Cranston, AKA The Shadow, for the Mutual Broadcasting System. I covered Welles' one season as The Shadow in my podcast on US radio history (link below)4mo ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Tony Randall and Jack Klugman walking the streets of New York City during the filming of the pilot episode for “The Odd Couple”2mo ⋅ lilac2481 ⋅ r/nycHistory
West 36th street, looking east from just west of 8th avenue, Autumn 1966 12:10PM2mo ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Mystery photo: Where was this taken? Most likely early 1930s. Great-uncle, who lived in the Bronx, took the photo. Zig-zagging road/path seems distinctive.4mo ⋅ Loud-Grapes-4104 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Lucille Ball in a 1939 CBS radio publicity photo from New York4mo ⋅ TheWallBreakers2017 ⋅ r/nycHistory
TWA terminal at Idlewild Airport before the name was changed to John F. Kennedy Airport c.19622mo ⋅ struggageweshire ⋅ r/nycHistory
Temporary NYPD headquarters at a Burger King near the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. [800x1220]2yr ⋅ Two_Faced_Harvey ⋅ r/nycHistory
Supermarket employee handing out pound cake slices. A&P, New York City, circa 1975, from their annual report. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.2yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during construction, circa February 1964.3wk ⋅ statenislandadvance ⋅ r/nycHistory
Old City Hall Post Office. Built 1880, demolished 1938. Thought to be an eyesore, believe it or not.3yr ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Looking down from the F train on an unglamorous part of Coney Island, 19852yr ⋅ Sort_of_Frightening ⋅ r/nycHistory
President Ronald Reagan and Vice-President Bush Meet with Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev on Governor's Island New York 12/7/19881yr ⋅ Aeromarine_eng ⋅ r/nycHistory
The old Half-Way stagecoach stop at the junction of 59th Street, the Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway) and 8th Avenue, c. 1860.1mo ⋅ discovering_NYC ⋅ r/nycHistory
250 Delancey St., Manhattan (1940 vs. 2017) - A victim of urban renewal, this building and the others behind it on the now-closed Sheriff Street were razed to build the Masaryk Towers in the mid-1960s.1yr ⋅ TheBitterSeason ⋅ r/nycHistory
August 21, 1902 Major General Franz Sigel, German revolutionary turned US Army officer, passed away in New York City. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and an equestrian statue is on Riverside Drive1yr ⋅ Unionforever1865 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Unfinished, abandoned apartments at Breezy Point, Queens, New York, 19732yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
NYC Ancient Cemetery: From the time Peter Stuyvesant was “persuaded” by the Dutch West India Company in 1654 to allow 23 Sephardic Jews from Recife, Brazil to settle in New Amsterdam, there has been a Jewish presence in NYC. Their ancient cemetery, which was consecrated in 1683, still exists today1yr ⋅ As_It_Was_NYCHistory ⋅ r/nycHistory
‘Not The New York Times’ a parody published during the 1978 newspaper strike6mo ⋅ ValleyGrouch ⋅ r/nycHistory
PIZZA! My favorite pizza place in the 70’s and 80’s was Famous Ray’s Pizza. Not just any of the 2,347,642 Famous Ray’s in the city at the time, but the one in the Village at 6th Avenue and 11th Street. You know, the one you usually waited on a line to get into and sold mostly slices.1yr ⋅ As_It_Was_NYCHistory ⋅ r/nycHistory
Picked up this print at a yard sale. Any idea when the photo was taken? 1960s?2yr ⋅ AbeLynkin ⋅ r/nycHistory
In 1962, the MTA briefly put a bar on a subway 'dream' car. Also fresh flowers, plush carpeting & drapes. It was to help publicize a clean subways campaign2yr ⋅ Sort_of_Frightening ⋅ r/nycHistory
1876 View of Manhattan from Brooklyn with Brooklyn Bridge Under Construction2yr ⋅ khcampbell1 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Not Forgotten: I am a walking tour guide in New York City. I enjoy giving the tours just as much as the people taking them. One of my favorite tours to give is about the Synagogues of the Lower East Side. One example is the Museum at Eldridge Street, shown here, restored to its 1887 grandeur1yr ⋅ As_It_Was_NYCHistory ⋅ r/nycHistory
Bandit’s Roost by Jacob Riis, New York, 1888. (Although possibly taken not by Riis but by one of his assistant photographers, Henry G. Piffard or Richard Hoe Lawrence) More about their work photographing the Lower East Side in the comments.1yr ⋅ dannydutch1 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts on August 13. 1969. Pictured in the lead car are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.1yr ⋅ Aeromarine_eng ⋅ r/nycHistory
Can anyone tell me the original purpose of this structure on John Finley Walk under the Queensboro Bridge?2yr ⋅ selahselahselah ⋅ r/nycHistory
A crowd of New Yorkers make their way home during a power cut after a power station was struck by lightning July 13, 19772yr ⋅ NoahCharlie ⋅ r/nycHistory
The Best Honky Tonk North of Abilene - The Lone Star Cafe, 61 5th Ave (1976-1989)1yr ⋅ As_It_Was_NYCHistory ⋅ r/nycHistory
I was exploring the 'then and now nyc' history page and found this big house off the henry hudson parkway in 1924. does anyone know what happened here? seems like a cool place amongst the trees and now its all trees again...1yr ⋅ MonsteraBigTits ⋅ r/nycHistory
Most old pics of the Waldorf-Astoria lack the two antennae and lines. What were they for?3yr ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Map of New York from 1660. The border wall is where modern Wall Street is now.3yr ⋅ Background-Party6748 ⋅ r/nycHistory
Sorry but what is this- pre war building - this is on every floor- I want to open but tbh nervous what is behind there1yr ⋅ Hithisisjacob ⋅ r/nycHistory
Does anyone know what this is? I’ve seen a few 1800s pictures of this island looking thing at the tip of battery Park city and I don’t know what it is2yr ⋅ Lonely-Pollution-898 ⋅ r/nycHistory
For those who wonder how big the NYC Subway could truly have been, here is a 1920 proposal for its expansion. The already-built lines are black, those being proposed are red.2yr ⋅ BaldOrzel ⋅ r/nycHistory
The 9th Ave El's station at 110th St - highest point in the system, 73 ft above street level.3yr ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Anyone have any info on this photo from the 70s on Court St in Brooklyn? Would love to know more about the establishment and family.1yr ⋅ cjmainuomo ⋅ r/nycHistory
Do you recognize this NYC location from 1940s picture? How about the type or architecture of buildings in the background?3yr ⋅ Due_Draft1430 ⋅ r/nycHistory
The fence surrounding Bowling Green is the second oldest man-made object in Manhattan. (also bowling green was a park for bowling)3yr ⋅ Violated_Norm ⋅ r/nycHistory
Admission ticket for the Green-Wood Cemetery. I love the final two sentences.3yr ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Found this old guide to art in NYC. Wonder how many of these are still around...3yr ⋅ eldersveld ⋅ r/nycHistory
Living Streets Avenue C. in Alphabet City Lower East Side, 1978. Photo by Philip Pocock3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
Little Italy, NYC, San Genaro Festival (1952) Marvin E. Newman, photographer.3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
can anyone date these homes for me? 56th street west of Fifth Avenue. I'm guessing 1870s-1890s? None of these buildings would have been built in the 1920s, right?2yr ⋅ bobbyamillion ⋅ r/nycHistory
Spotted this old sign on Flatbush Avenue just north of Grand Army Plaza, top line appears to say South Brooklyn, any idea what the bottom line says?3yr ⋅ lampbane ⋅ r/nycHistory
77th St. and Broadway, NYC, Gitlitz Deli, now a long-gone Jewish Deli(1976) Frank Tozier, photographer3yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
What Was and What Is: This is a 1928 NYPL photo from somewhere in lower Manhattan. Can you guess what was demolished to make this empty lot and what was built on it? Here’s a hint. Both were buildings so it’s not like Yankee Stadium or Central Park or anything like that.1yr ⋅ As_It_Was_NYCHistory ⋅ r/nycHistory
Columbus Avenue in the mid to late 1980s. Photo by Stephen Harmon4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory
Children licking blocks of ice during a heat wave in New York City, July 1911.4yr ⋅ AxlCobainVedder ⋅ r/nycHistory