90s new york

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…

Princess Diana tabloid covers and ads for $2.50 packs of cigarettes.

Times Square, then Long Acre Square. Photo from Library of Congress, circa 1898-1900. We’ve been doing a bit of research about Times Square these days, in a forthcoming book about the history of Broadway that we’re working on. The Library of Congress has as great repository of vintage photographs and we’d thought we’d share the striking evolution of Times Square from 1898 to today. Times Square had its humble beginnings as Long Acre Square prior to 1904. The Astors owned much of the land…

The streets of New York City as a photo studio. That is the idea. Nearly 9 million people live in New York and another nearly 2 million travel to New York

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Retro New York on Instagram: “31st and 3rd Avenue, 1952. 📸: Ernst Haas”