Explore NYC history with oldnyc.org

Jun 20, 2015

This website is just great! Wherever is your favorite part of New York, just point at it on the map and discover old pictures from this very place. A website to enjoy without moderation, visit the city from another age at oldnyc.org. For instance, see pictures from Times and Union squares below:

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Screen Shot 2015-06-16 at 08.26.55 pm

General view - Manhattan - Broadway - 43rd Street (North). No Date
General view - Manhattan - Broadway - 43rd Street (North). No Date

North on Fifth Avenue from S. W. corner of 42nd Street, 1912
North on Fifth Avenue from S. W. corner of 42nd Street, 1912

Fifth Avenue, west side, north,from a point to the south of W. 42nd Street and across same, about 1910
Fifth Avenue, west side, north,from a point to the south of W. 42nd Street and across same, about 1910

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Screen Shot 2015-06-16 at 08.31.54 pm

Union Square West, north from East 15th Street, showing removal of the 8roadway streetoar tracks by the Works Progress Administration, 1937.
Union Square West, north from East 15th Street, showing removal of the 8roadway streetoar tracks by the Works Progress Administration, 1937.