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The History Behind the Two Revolving Statues on the Brooklyn Side of the Manhattan Bridge in NYC

Too Many Zoos, Lucky Chops, and High & Mighty Brass Band Perform Badass Brooklyn Cover of ‘I Will Survive’

How to Prepare Popular Classic Whiskey Cocktails

Why Tenth Avenue in Manhattan Was Widely Known as ‘Death Avenue’ in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Dublin Teenager Recreates Manhattan in LEGO
Alex Bailey, a 14 year old teenager in Dublin, Ireland quite remarkably recreated a freestyle model of the entire island of Manhattan in LEGO. This…

A Wonderful Interactive Map Featuring Photos of Every Building in New York City Taken Between 1939-1941
Proud New Yorker Julian Boilen has put together a wonderful interactive map that displays photographs of every building within the five boroughs of New York…

Vintage Footage of Summer and Winter Sports at Jones Beach, Long Island, and Other Areas in New York City
MattiasN shared a compilation of vintage footage taken from 1939 to 1940. The film starts out with people enjoying summer sports on Jones Beach, which…

The True Scale of the World’s Tallest Buildings
Architectural blog The B1M, who previously explored the very controversial subject of height amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the world, took the measurement of world…

Urban History Expert Follows Clues to Figure Out the Exact Date of Three Vintage New York City Photos
Urban history expert Jordan Liles followed a number of clues that allowed him to discover more about three different vintage photos of downtown Manhattan and…