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r/nycHistory

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Exploring the history of New York City

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to r/nycHistory by Kain316
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Fun fact: 103rd Street and 116th Street on the 1 once had station houses in the middle of the street as their entrances. image
Fun fact: 103rd Street and 116th Street on the 1 once had station houses in the middle of the street as their entrances.
to r/nycHistory by Kain316
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Rare footage of Willie Mays playing stickball in NYC! (In honor of his birthday) image
Rare footage of Willie Mays playing stickball in NYC! (In honor of his birthday)
to r/nycHistory by AxlCobainVedder
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Local NYC ad for Sam Goody (Thursday, May 01, 1975) image
Local NYC ad for Sam Goody (Thursday, May 01, 1975)
to r/nycHistory by AxlCobainVedder
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Vintage ad for The Old Garden near Madison Square Garden (Thursday, May 01, 1975) image
Vintage ad for The Old Garden near Madison Square Garden (Thursday, May 01, 1975)
to r/nycHistory by cardboardocean
10 months ago
Help out a local 20 years old Chinatown Business
in China
to r/nycHistory by AxlCobainVedder
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The short-lived Toys R Us flagship store in Herald Center in Manhattan, NYC (from the 1990 annual report). The store would be outshined by its flashier Times Square successor that opened in 2001 image
The short-lived Toys R Us flagship store in Herald Center in Manhattan, NYC (from the 1990 annual report). The store would be outshined by its flashier Times Square successor that opened in 2001
to r/nycHistory by AxlCobainVedder
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Bottom Line in Greenwich Village circa 1987. image
Bottom Line in Greenwich Village circa 1987.
to r/nycHistory by waifive
8 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Young New Yorkers ride and review the Rockaways' Playland Rollercoaster (1982) image
Young New Yorkers ride and review the Rockaways' Playland Rollercoaster (1982)
in New York City
to r/nycHistory by AxlCobainVedder
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Outside Zion Delicatessen on Tremont Avenue in The Bronx around 1951 or 1952. image
Outside Zion Delicatessen on Tremont Avenue in The Bronx around 1951 or 1952.
to r/nycHistory by adrianawolfe
7 months ago
Preview thumbnail for E. Simms Campbell was the first African American illustrator to have a syndicated newspaper comic strip. But he's probably better know for this cartoon map of Harlem nightclubs, 1932. Cab Calloway used this as the endpapers in his 1975 autobiography. Big image, zoom in to see. image
E. Simms Campbell was the first African American illustrator to have a syndicated newspaper comic strip. But he's probably better know for this cartoon map of Harlem nightclubs, 1932. Cab Calloway used this as the endpapers in his 1975 autobiography. Big image, zoom in to see.