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1964 (and 1939) World's Fair: Modern Ruins
A wonderful array of photographic images of the World's Fair site (often in ruins) and observations....
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1964 New York World's Fair: Exploring America's Space Age World's Fair
An extensive site. Take a few minutes to learn how to navigate the site and then spend hours discovering its delights!
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1964 New York World's Fair: Wikipedia
A good overall article on the 1964 World's Fair.
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| 4. |
1964 World's Fair
Extensive descriptions of 1964 World's Fair
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| 5. |
1964 World's Fair at NIGHT
A small, but lovely collection of nighttime images of the 1964 World's Fair
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| 6. |
1964 World's Fair: Disney at the 1964-65 World's Fair
A site addressing the Disney connections with the 1964-65 World's Fair
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| 7. |
1964-65 New York World's Fair Carousel
History of the Carousel at the 1964-65 World's Fair
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| 8. |
African American History in Photos
Wide-ranging images. Very nice!
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| 9. |
Alice Austen House
Historic home of one of America's first female photographers.
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| 10. |
Alice Austen House Museum
The gingerbread cottage of one of America's first female photographers.
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| 11. |
American Architectural Survey
Great site! Numerous images, drawings, etc. of historic New York and nationally noted buildings
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| 12. |
Architectural Photographs by Ezra Stoller, Peter Mauss & others
Various grand photographic images of noted architectural statements - a number of which are from New York City (including WTC)
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| 13. |
Architectural Styles from Realtor Magazine
A simple and easy to comprehend description of basic architectural styles.
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| 14. |
Architecture of New York City
Great details about major New York City buildings. Good photographs.
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| 15. |
Audrey Munson: Muse, Model, Forgotten, Remembered
A website devoted to the model who posed for the female figure in many of the great Beaux Arts statues in Manhattan. Fascinating!
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| 16. |
Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (Upper West Side)
A local history organization with regular lectures, tours, and other public programs
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| 17. |
Bridge and Tunnel Club
A fun photographic series of walks throughout all five boroughs of New York City.
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| 18. |
Bridges of New York: Dave Frieder, Photographer
A photographer's website documenting the various bridges of New York City. Niice images.
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BRIDGES OF NEW YORK: Photographer Dave Frieder
Amazing photographs of New York bridges!
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| 20. |
Brill Building
An excellent site about many of the musicians who have worked at this famous Theatre District music-making cen ter.
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| 21. |
Brooklyn Bridge: Wikipedia
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| 22. |
Brooklyn Historical Society
Magnificent building, magnificent collections, and one of America's finest genealogical collections.
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| 23. |
Brooklyn Images Classic
This site has numerous Brooklyn photographs to purchase or to simply enjoy!
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| 24. |
Brooklyn On-Line
Histories and fun
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| 25. |
Brooklyn Pix.com
A remarkabletreasure trove of historic photographs of a wide range of Brooklyn neighborhoods.
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| 26. |
Building Photographs: Search Engine for Historic American Buildings Survey
National Archive of Buildings. Excellent for photographs of historic buildings.
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| 27. |
Building Style Identification
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| 28. |
Captain Bob's Coney Island
An introduction to the rich history of Steeplechase, Luna Park, DreamLand and all the wonderful fantasy surrounding Coney Island.
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| 29. |
Chicago World's Fair: World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Al right! So it's a little odd to note the Chicago World's Fair - but it was very influential in New York City. FABULOUS SITE!
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| 30. |
Chinatown: A Journey Through Chinatown: Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens
Excellent site about Chinatowns in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn with maps and photos. Even a chocolate tour! Intelligent commentary about Five Points.
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| 31. |
Chrysler Building Radiator Cap / Imperial Web Pages
Finally! The answer to the Radator Cap story!
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| 32. |
Chrysler Building / Silver Spire: How Two Men's Dreams Changed the Skyline of New York
Lovingly written information about the Chrysler Building
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| 33. |
Chrysler Building / The Social Construction of the Skyscraper
Remarkable website about the Chrysler Building and its interrelationship with its time. Great historic images.
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| 34. |
Church of the Incarnation
Click on "Tour the Building" for a self-guided walking tour of this magnificent 19th century Murray Hill church.
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| 35. |
City Hall Historic Images
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| 36. |
City Revies
A diverse website on numerous topics about New York. Particularly good for individual histories of buildings.
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| 37. |
Colgate Clock in Jersey City, NJ
History of the Colgate Clock on the New Jersey waterfront
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| 38. |
Conference House
Site where an historic, but failed conference to resolve the American Revolution took place
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| 39. |
Curbed: An Edgy (or maybe "Quirky") Real Estate "Blog"
Diverse and often intersting articles and web-links about New York neighborhoods
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| 40. |
Digital Archive of American Architecture
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| 41. |
Douglaston / Little Neck Historical Society
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| 42. |
Drive to Protect the LADIES' MILE District
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| 43. |
East Harlem Preservation
History, curent information, famous residents, landmarks with wonderful photos, links, and more.
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| 44. |
Eldridge Street Synagogue
Includes Architectural Tour
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| 45. |
Faded Signs in New York by Artist/Photographer Frank Jump
A delightful website of historic (hence, faded) painted wall advertising in New York City. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria!!
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| 46. |
Five Points Archeological Website
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| 47. |
Forgotten New York: New York Neighborhoods
Illustrated tours of New York neighborhoods. Great websites!
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| 48. |
Forgotten NY
Fantastic series of websites with historic street scenes, neighborhoods, buildings, and oddities. You'll spend hours touring on these sites!
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| 49. |
Fort Greene Park Conservancy
Nice site with good historic information. Great postcard images of Fort Greene Park.
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| 50. |
Frederic Schwartz Architects
A range of projects are posted on site including a number in NYC: Harlem, Gramercy Park, WTC Site, Chelsea, SoHo, etc.
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| 51. |
Friends of Terra Cotta
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| 52. |
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
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| 53. |
Ganesh Hindu Temple, Flushing
Hand-built temple dedicated to the Hindu god, Ganesh.
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| 54. |
Gargoyles of New York
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| 55. |
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Devoted to legendary Italian hero, Giuseppe Garibaldi and the inventor of the telephone, Antonio Meucci.
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| 56. |
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
Great library
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| 57. |
Germany in New York
A website pertaining to all things German in New York. Constantly changing. A very good site.
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| 58. |
Gotham Center for New York City History at CUNY
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| 59. |
GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP
Business Improvement District in Grand Central Neighborhood for whom I conduct a neighborhood tour every Friday.
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GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP MIDTOWN TOUR
Tour of Neighborhood of Grand Central Terminal sponsored by Grand Central Partnership.
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| 61. |
Grand Central Terminal 360 Degrees
360 Degree visual images of Grand Central
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| 62. |
Great Gridlock
New York Skyscrapers; Development of Square-Rigged Ship
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| 63. |
Great Images along the Sixth Avenue Elevated (Demolished in 1938)
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| 64. |
Greater Astoria Historical Society IMAGES
Great images of the Long Island City / Astoria area of Queens County
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| 65. |
Green-Wood Cemetery Official Website
The website of my favorite New York area Garden Cemetery - and the prototype for Central Park.
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| 66. |
Harbor Defense Museum
The only army museum in New York City - located in 19th century Fort Hamilton.
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| 67. |
Harlem Prison: New York City's Oldest Prison
An armchair sightseeing tour of New York City's oldest prison: The Harlem Courthouse
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| 68. |
Harlem: A Walk Aboout Sugar Hill
Site seems odd. Just place the cursor on the arrows and the information will start scrolling.
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Historic Districts Council
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| 70. |
Historic House Trust
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| 71. |
Historic Photos of Early 20th Century Manhattan
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| 72. |
Historic Richmond Town
The site of Staten Island's remarkable collection of very historic houses. Like Williamsburg, Virginia - only authentic.
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| 73. |
How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
The complete text, including many of the original illustrations.
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| 74. |
Hudson Valley: Illustrated Books and 19th Cent. Domestic Design
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| 75. |
Hudson View Gardens
Learn about this remarkable 1920s Tudor-style Garden Apartment Complex overlooking the Hudson River.
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| 76. |
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Staten Island's noted TIbetan Art Museum
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| 77. |
James Maher New York Photographs - New and Old
A great series of web articles interspersing historic and new images of major NYC landmarks. Wow!
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| 78. |
Jewish Heritage Walking Tour of the Lower East Side on the Web by Joyce Mendelsohn
Four Self-Guided Walking Tours by the noted Lower East Side historian, Joyce Mendelsohn
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| 79. |
JOE ZITO: NYC Architecture & Musings by Joe Zito
Delightful articles about all sorts of New York topics! Very enlightening!
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| 80. |
John Bowne House Historical Society
Bowne House (ca. 1661) is the oldest house in Queens and among the oldest in New York City. Inspired Religious Freedom in the US.
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| 81. |
Landmarks Preservation Commission
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| 82. |
Lewis H. Latimer House
Home of the African American inventor of the carbon filament lightbulb and other major creations.
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| 83. |
Lewis Hine: Construction of Empire State Building
Classic photographs of the building of the Empire State Building.
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| 84. |
Library of Congress Gottscho-Schleisner Collection of Archtectural Images
Great Images of Works of Various Architects and Designers
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| 85. |
Long Island Attractions and Places of Interest
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| 86. |
Long Island Motor Parkway
The first motor parkway in the nation to use reinforced concrete, landscaping, banked turns for high-speed driving, safety guard rails, and more.
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| 87. |
Lower East Side Conservancy
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| 88. |
Lower Manhattan Walking Tour: National Geographic
SoHo, NoLIta, Lower East Side Interactive Map
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| 89. |
Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue): A Virtual Tour
Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue): A Virtual Tour
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| 90. |
Manhattan & Bronx Art Deco
A Berkley, California Real Estate website, by someone who really loves New York!
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| 91. |
Manhattan Photographs: Historic American Buildings Survey
National surveyn with exellent historic photographs.
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| 92. |
Manhattan Timeformations
Interactive skyscraper modeling
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| 93. |
Mansions of Manhattan: Historic Photographs
Great photographs of some of the elite mansions of old Manhattan.
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| 94. |
Maritime Industry Museum
Maritime History at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx
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| 95. |
Mark Lentz: Roving Rube Galleries
A nice photographic website with lots of great New York Images!!!
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| 96. |
Masters of Photograpy: Jacob Riis
Remarkable collection of images by reformer/photographer Jacob Riis.
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| 97. |
Medieval New York
A wonderful student site that consists of a range of artices about numerous churches, plus Temple Emanu-El, the Woolworth Tower, the Kingsbridge Armory, and many others.
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Metronome Clock at Union Square
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| 99. |
Metropolitan Historic Structures Association
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Morningside Heights Historic District Committee
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| 101. |
National Academy of Design
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National Arts Club
Includes Interior Tour
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| 103. |
New York Architecture Images
Images new and historic of buildings throughout Manhattan plus good commentaries. Also section on no-longer-extant buildings.
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| 104. |
New York City Building Department
A good source of information about individual buildings in all five boroughs. Click on "Certificates of Occupancy" for PDFs of original documents.
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| 105. |
New York City Contemporary Photographs by Galen Singer
These are interesting photographs by a visitor to New York...well conceived and well executed.
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| 106. |
New York City in Black & White Photos: From 1890 on....
Magnificent photographs of old New York
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| 107. |
New York City Subway Art Guide
Great photographic selection of the Arts for Transit projects in the New York City subway system.
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| 108. |
New York City Subway Tiles: Part One - Guastavino Tiles
Nice site about NYC subway tiles and their makers
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| 109. |
New York City Walk
New Yorker, Caleb Smith's photographic walks through Manhattan. "Chock Full of Nuts" graphics and often captivating photographs.
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New York City Walk (With photographs)
Between May 2002 and December 2004, I walked every street on the island of Manhattan. Every darn street.
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New York City Website
Research NYC Building Finances (click "Property History"), learn buildings "Block and Lot," or tour Gracie Mansion...It's all here!
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| 112. |
New York Heritage Digital Library Collections
More than 160 digital collections from New York State, via libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.
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New York History Info
history, pictures and e-cards too
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| 114. |
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Excellent site that also includes a comprehensive list of diverse Historic Preservation organizations.
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New York Post Cards from the Past
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| 116. |
New York Public Library Photo Archives
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| 117. |
New York Public Library: Catalog of Free Digital Images
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| 118. |
New York Songlines: A Virtual Walking Tour of Manhattan neighborhoods
A site-map and virtual walking tour guide of Manhattan south of 48th Street
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| 119. |
New York's Original Subway: Alfred Ely Beach's Pneumatic Transit System
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| 120. |
Nineteenth-century Views of Manhattan
Uptown Views
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| 121. |
Noticing New York Blog Page
A blog page, by a Brooklyn-based Urban Planner, that addresses many New York topics.
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| 122. |
NYC Atelier
An incredible printable interactive map series of Greenwich Village and SoHo with art, architecture, restaurants and more.
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| 123. |
NYC Municipal Archives
Nice on-line photo gallery in various areas. Great research institution.
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| 124. |
nylocations.com - Panoramic Views of New York sites
A remarkable array of 360-degree panoramic images of unusual New York City sites.
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| 125. |
NYU: Architecture in NY/Self-guided Walking Tours
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| 126. |
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
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| 127. |
Old Kew Gardens: A Picture History
What a beautiful and detailed site! Enjoy the vintage postcards,
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| 128. |
Old Staten Island
Numerous historical images of Staten Island
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| 129. |
Old York Library
A wewb version of developer Seymour Durst's New York collection, now located at CUNY Graduate Center. Great e-mailable post cards!
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| 130. |
Olde Yorkville
A Web-Log about old Yorkville with some useful links. A work in progress, so drop by and visit!
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Park Slope (Brooklyn) Civic Council
The website for one of Brooklyn's oldest neighborhood civic groups.
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| 132. |
Penny Postcards from New York
An excellent site with historic images of New York State and New York City sites.
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| 133. |
Photographic Walking Tours of Manhattan Neighborhoods
A wide range of photographic walks throughout Manhattan
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| 134. |
Photographs of New York Art, Architecture, Holiday Windows, and more
A wonderful website by New Yorker Mark Lentz
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| 135. |
Place Matters
Places of social and cultural importance in New York City. Not your usual landmarks. Click on "Tours" or "Featured Place of the Week."
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| 136. |
Port of New York: WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
Waterfront histories and images of the New York Port
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| 137. |
Postcards of the Past from Old New York
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| 138. |
Property Shark
A web resource that includes an amazing amount of building information. Try free trial to see if you are satisfied.
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| 139. |
Prospect Park Photograph Archives
Impressive historic photographs of Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
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| 140. |
Public Art in the Bronx
An excellent site with lots of tips for teachers and students.
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| 141. |
Queens Websites
This unfortunately named website has a remarkable list of weblinks for Queens Neighborhood and Preservation organizations.
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| 142. |
Queens, Long Island City: Historic Photographs
National survey with excellent historic photographs.
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| 143. |
Sailor's Snug Harbor
This is an excellent book preview of a history of Sailor's Snug Harbor in Staten Island
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| 144. |
Save America's Clocks
pictures of National & NYC clocks
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| 145. |
Skyscraper Museum
Includes Downtown New York Webwalk
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| 146. |
Skyscraper Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan
Four nIce "download-able" descriptions and self-guided walking tours of some of the world's great skyscrapers.
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Skyscrapers.com
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| 148. |
Slavic Alphabet City: A Walking Tour
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| 149. |
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Staten Island's noted Cultural Complex at historic Sailor's Snug Harbor
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| 150. |
Staten Island: Historic Photographs
National survey with historic photgraphs
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| 151. |
STATEN ISLAND: Vintage Postcards
Vintage postcards of Staten Island
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| 152. |
Streets That Bend: New York City streets built before the "Grid Plan"
A fun photographic sightseeing tour of streets that bend in Manhattan
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| 153. |
Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance
History, Neighborhood Plans, and other items about this remarkable planned community in Queens.
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| 154. |
Sunshine Theater: A History
From church, to immigrant meeting hall, to boxing venue, to nickelodeon, Yiddish theater, to hardware shop, to graffiti showcase, and an indie-rock playroom to hip movie theater.
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| 155. |
The Chrysler Building: Wikipedia
A remarkably detailed, yet brief, description of the Chrysler Building. Includes some interesting Chrysler web-links.
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| 156. |
The City Concealed: an online video series exploring the unseen corners of New York City.
An online video series exploring the unseen corners of New York City.
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| 157. |
The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
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| 158. |
The Unofficial JFK Airport Anniversary Page
Aviation aficionados will like the photos from JFK's past: Stratocruisers, the Saarinen terminal under construction, and a female air traffic controller in 1948.
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| 159. |
Tudor City History
A delightful site in the making. The note card images of Tudor City are wonderful!
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| 160. |
Victorian Homes in Elmira, New York (Chemung County, in the Finger Lakes)
Very nice website about Elmira, New York's Victorian Home Historic District
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| 161. |
Vintage Diners in Miniature
A varied and wonderful selection!
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| 162. |
Voelker Orth Museum Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden
Historical middle-class home with excellent gardens. An unexpected delight!
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| 163. |
Walking Tours of Manhattan: Self-Guided
An interesting array of self-guided Manhattan walks with Google Maps and photographs and sometimes explanatory text.
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| 164. |
Welcome to TriBeCa
History, Architecture, Maps, and more...
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| 165. |
Women's City Club of NY
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World Trade Center Photo Tour
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World Trade Center Virtual Reality Photo Tour
The company has various Virtual Reality Tours on its website - many focusing on the WTC site
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