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The Seventh Regiment mustering in Washington Square, 1851. Although it had been designated as a park, it was still being used as a parade ground.
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7 train Hunters Point Station abandoned building question
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.
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The victim of--and major suspects in--the 1799 Manhattan Well murder all lived in a boardinghouse at 208 Greenwich Street. This map shows that road, which ran along the Hudson and led to Greenwich Village.
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Teens on Staten Island cover each other with shaving cream, Halloween 1995
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NY Subway 1905
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NYC then and now
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Pan Am’s Inaugural Trans-Atlantic Jet Flight. An Army band at New York’s Idlewild Airport serenaded passengers as they boarded the Pan Am Clipper America for its maiden transatlantic flight on October 26, 1958
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Fifth Avenue & 65th Street in 1904, New York City, NY. The main subject of the photo being the mansion of the widowed Caroline S. Astor, completed in 1896 and demolished in 1926. None of these pictured Gilded-Age mansions survived to the present day.
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Does NYC have a historical map overlay?
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.
15:15 UTC
This 1798 watercolor by Archibald Robertson depicts the Collect Pond, one of several bodies of fresh water that used to dot the landscapes of Manhattan. New York has changed a bit over the years, hasn't it?
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View of the East River and New York from Brooklyn Heights, 1848.
15:11 UTC
Aaron Burr at the Trial of Levi Weeks (1800). Burr teamed up with Alexander Hamilton to represent the defendant in the first sensation murder trial of the 1800s.
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Reading while aboard the Staten Island Ferry, 1982
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Staten Island chef puffs a cigar while holding a beer in March 2003, a night before the NYC smoking ban went into effect
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Five Points
NYC specifically Five Points pre Civil war. This is so interesting to me. Any info is welcome.
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What was New York like in the 1930's?
I have been reading my late grandfather's boyhood letters from the 1930's. He lived in Manhattan and I would love to know more about the world he lived in, if anyone has leads or resources or knowledge. Thank you!!!
20:22 UTC
Manhattan skyline in background as a Staten Island Ferry rider looks on. March 2001
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What was NYC like during t/ early 90s Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle days?
i was in Texas at t/ time and we were all hype win t/ first film was released
i imagine NYC must've been 10x more wild then in comparison
Anyone here from back in those days?
How was it? <_<
02:52 UTC
The Belmore Cafeteria on 28th Street & Park Avenue South, c. 1975
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St. Vartan Park Documentary
This historic park in Manhattan has a unique story which is told in this short documentary about this place and features New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and New York City Council Member Keith Powers along with an appearance by US Congressman Jerry Nadler
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