The Apollo Theater c. 1946, via Library of Congress
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The Apollo Theater c. 1946, via Library of Congress
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta being greeted by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (left) and labor leader A. Philip Randolph (right) at the Pan American World Airways terminal, in New York City: Image: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1950 – 1959).
First Earth Day, April 22, 1970. View of crowds in Union Square, NYC Parks Photo Archive, Neg #53262_28. All of the photos in this post are courtesy of the Parks Department.
The area in the 1840s, via Wiki Commons
Photo of Federal Hall and the George Washington statue, via John Schiller/Flickr cc
Gum, and Gum disposal, advertising on the 8th Avenue IND, via The Municipal Archives
Goat carriages in Central Park via Library of Congress
All photos included in this post were taken at Co-op City in the early 1970s and are courtesy of Co-op City
Photo of 801 Broadway by Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons
Andy Warhol in 1968, via Wiki Commons
Via Wiki Commons
“Manhattan Island in the Sixteenth Century,” from the Memorial History of New York, 1892, via NYPL
Plans for a never-built “Italian Fountain” at the Bronx Zoo, disapproved by the Commission Feb. 10, 1903; DC French’s “Brooklyn” and a Guide to Prospect Park via PDC
Yorkville Theater, 86th Street between Lexington and Third, via Wikimedia