“The area seen in these views was later filled with sand from the Bay and the new circumferential highway.” 1930; via NYPL
Before the Belt: Looking at Brooklyn’s lost bay in Gravesend
See the Bay back in time
“The area seen in these views was later filled with sand from the Bay and the new circumferential highway.” 1930; via NYPL
Clear Comfort, the Alice Austen House, photo by Alice Austen, via NYPL
Grand Central Terminal Lobby via Wikipedia
Photo via Kirti Poddar/Flickr
55 Washington Street in 1907, courtesy of the Skyscaper Museum
Photo via Clean Sweep Auctions
Photo of the Decker Building via Wally Gobetz on Flickr; photo of Andy Warhol via Wikimedia
Photo via Jeffrey Zeldman/Flickr
Photo via Wiki Commons
An 1870 newspaper illustration of Elizabeth Blackwell giving an anatomy lecture alongside a corpse at the Woman’s Medical College of New York Infirmary. Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress.