Nyc history

Mulberry Bend and Moscow Street in Five-Points 1900 Photo: Eugene Armbruster

Before Manhattan formed its grid, its residents raised hogs and chickens. The Museum of the City of New York reveals what NYC looked like as farmland.

Pictures hold something truly special—a speck of time that once was and shall never be again. They’re the closest thing we have to a time machine, allowing us to glimpse through a window of film and into the past.

Checker taxi cabs on 34th Street. I found Dad's diary and he wrote on August 16, 1938: “We swung across town and in a bit were on the Henry Hudson highway leading south. And believe it or not, first thing you know we were once again at the Hotel New Yorker. On the way down, we had a thrill as we passed by a huge ocean liner, all lit up, as it lay at the dock. It was the Normandie.”

1920's - NYC, Lower East Side

From NYC in the Sixties by Klaus Lehnartz (1978)

Paramount Building 1927

Please also see: ARCHITECTURE AND MANHATTAN BUILDINGS - PART 1 - The Reservoir / Central Park Somewhere in the "photo district" (near Chelsea) View from Avenue A and 12th street roof ConEd Plant / East 14th street View of avenue B from Tompkins Park. Charlie Parker was actually living in this corner building. My friend Stella (owner of Cafe della Pace on 7ht st.) was renting his old apartment (with a great terrace) in the mid-90's. 22nd st / 7th ave. East Houston street East 12th street…

I found this photo in my bookcase some months ago, but tehre is no date on it!

Times Square, New York City, NY, USA in 1900 & 2021 📷 chazwazzle

New York City contains a ton of history and played a part in founding the US. You can easily spend two days just visiting the historic sites in New York City.

We are on our way back home to England, stopping in New York and travelling home by ship to Southampton.