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The Prospect Theater in The Bronx. 1910 -2024

379 upvotes • chacabuo74

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Plan of the City of New-York as it appeared during the American Revolution. Drawn by David Grim, it also shows the extent of the damage caused by the Fire of 1776.

125 upvotes • discovering_NYC

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Mott St alley, 1967

116 upvotes • Sort_of_Frightening

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The Astor House, built on Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Street in 1836, seen here in 1913 with demolition of its southerly portion imminent. I have a City Hall walking tour next weekend, "Hoaxes, Hotels, & Humbugs" centering around John Astor, PT Barnum, and the Penny Press War. Info Below

73 upvotes • TheWallBreakers2017

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The heat wave in the USA. Soviet television report on July 23, 1980

51 upvotes • MoonlitCommissar

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The only known portrait of former New York Sun editor Richard Adams Locke. Locke was the man behind the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. Interested in learning more? I've got a walking tour in the area of City Hall this weekend.

22 upvotes • TheWallBreakers2017

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‘The drugs were so new, they weren’t illegal yet’: the debauched rise of New York’s wildest bar

21 upvotes • wholevodka

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Researching 143 Surf Ave Coney Island 1930's

18 upvotes • mediaseth

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Odd question for research I’m doing.

15 upvotes • Laughterglow

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“The Most Beautiful Suicide” - Evelyn McHale jumped to her death from the 86th floor of Empire State Building, 1947

14 upvotes • wholevodka

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Prospect Theater in The Bronx. 1910 -2024	379	chacabuo74
Plan of the City of New-York as it appeared during the American Revolution. Drawn by David Grim, it also shows the extent of the damage caused by the Fire of 1776.	125	discovering_NYC
Mott St alley, 1967	116	Sort_of_Frightening
The Astor House, built on Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Street in 1836, seen here in 1913 with demolition of its southerly portion imminent. I have a City Hall walking tour next weekend, "Hoaxes, Hotels, & Humbugs" centering around John Astor, PT Barnum, and the Penny Press War. Info Below	73	TheWallBreakers2017
The heat wave in the USA. Soviet television report on July 23, 1980	51	MoonlitCommissar
The only known portrait of former New York Sun editor Richard Adams Locke. Locke was the man behind the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. Interested in learning more? I've got a walking tour in the area of City Hall this weekend.	22	TheWallBreakers2017
‘The drugs were so new, they weren’t illegal yet’: the debauched rise of New York’s wildest bar	21	wholevodka
Researching 143 Surf Ave Coney Island 1930's	18	mediaseth
Odd question for research I’m doing.	15	Laughterglow
“The Most Beautiful Suicide” - Evelyn McHale jumped to her death from the 86th floor of Empire State Building, 1947	14	wholevodka