Okay, so here's the story.

I grew up in a small town in East Germany. Mühlhausen in Thuringia - you can google that if you want.

All my life, I only wanted one thing: to move away from there. There were no big sports clubs there, no city centre with cool clothes shops and so on. It just wasn't cool there.

Everyone just wanted to do their job. My parents always said: ‘You need a solid life.’

That was true, as I realised over time, but I still moved away when I was 18.

In 2012, I travelled to New York City – for the first time in my life. The world lay before me and nothing made me think of home – that's what I thought at the time.

Then I stood there. On the Brooklyn Bridge. It was more of a coincidence that made me look at the brass plaque. And there I read the name John A. Roebling.

Roebling, Roebling, Roebling – that was the name of my school, I thought.

I ran back to Manhattan as fast as I could and, without ordering a coffee, sat down in a corner of the Starbucks on Park Row - you had to know where you could get quick and cheap internet.

And then I read it: Johann August Röbling (his German spelling) - born in Mühlhausen / Thuringia in 1806 - was the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.

That's how small this damn world can be. Since then, I have walked across the bridge many times and have fondly remembered my home.

Reddit first timer so I hope im doing this right - im looking for anyone that may remember a steakhouse located in Brooklyn in the 1960s that was owned by Jim McMullen and Merv Griffin - the building today is a bank. My father used to work at the restaurant and it would make his 79th birthday if I could get the name of it. Thank you for any leads!!

The first building to be erected on Fifth Avenue in New York was probably Henry Brevoort's (a successful farmer) mansion, which was built around 1834. At that time, Fifth Avenue was still an undeveloped and underdeveloped area, but it soon became a prestigious street for wealthy New York families. Henry Brevoort was a wealthy landowner and prominent figure in the city whose property was located at the intersection of today's Fifth Avenue and 9th Street.

In the 19th century, Fifth Avenue began its rise to become a famous boulevard with many villas and mansions built there by wealthy New Yorkers. The street soon became synonymous with wealth and elegance in Manhattan.

Ill be in nyc in a few days. Can someone recommend a history tour ?

This is not too historic, but does anyone know what is up with this building? It is where the entrance to the 7 train Hunters Point Station in LIC, Queens is. It looks like it used to be a diner, but as long as I can remember taking the 7 train here (25 years) it has been boarded up.

Someone made an Arcgis site for Pittsburgh which has historical city maps and aerial photography in layers overlaid onto a modern satellite image. (https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=63f24d1466f24695bf9dfc5bf6828126)

I was wondering if anyone knows of any similar resource for NYC/Manhattan? Based on Google searches I'm guessing not (except for the 1836 one) but thought I'd ask.