Mostly vintage (up through 1980s) New York.

18th June 2013

Photoset with 68 notes

The Dakota, the luxury apartment complex where Rosemary’s Baby (1968) was filmed. (source)

Tagged: the dakota1960snew yorkmanhattanrosemary's baby

5th May 2013

Photoset with 84 notes

Electric Circus, St. Marks Place, 1967 (source)

Tagged: electric circusgreenwich villagenew yorkhippies1960s

22nd April 2013

Photo reblogged from Architecture of Doom with 183 notes

adventicemagazine:

A view of Levittown, N.Y., in 1948, shortly after the mass-produced suburb was completed on Long Island farmland.

adventicemagazine:

A view of Levittown, N.Y., in 1948, shortly after the mass-produced suburb was completed on Long Island farmland.

Tagged: 1940snew yorklong islandlevittown

Source: bagsofwine

2nd April 2013

Photo reblogged from Bygone Americana with 149 notes

bygoneamericana:

Heavyweight champ Joe Louis lies on the canvas at the original Madison Square Garden in New York after being floored by contender Jersey Joe Walcott in a December 1947 title match.
By Gjon Mili

bygoneamericana:

Heavyweight champ Joe Louis lies on the canvas at the original Madison Square Garden in New York after being floored by contender Jersey Joe Walcott in a December 1947 title match.

By Gjon Mili

Tagged: 1940smadison square gardennew yorkboxing

24th March 2013

Photo reblogged from A London Salmagundi with 1,835 notes

snowce:

Andreas Feininger, Times Square, 1942 

snowce:

Andreas Feininger, Times Square, 1942 

Tagged: 1940sandreas feiningertimes squarenew york

Source: mudwerks

23rd March 2013

Photo reblogged from SailAweigh with 790 notes

Tagged: 1940snew yorkrationingworld war iiroller skates

Source: pax-optima-rerum

22nd March 2013

Photo reblogged from (OvO) with 1,776 notes

liquidnight:

Vivian Maier
New York, NY, January 1953
[via My Modern Metropolis]

liquidnight:

Vivian Maier

New York, NY, January 1953

[via My Modern Metropolis]

Tagged: 1950svivian maiernew yorkriverside park

21st March 2013

Photo reblogged from The New Manhattanite with 154 notes

thenewmanhattanite:

Gala Opening, Metropolitan Opera, NY photo by Eve Arnold, 1950

thenewmanhattanite:

Gala Opening, Metropolitan Opera, NY photo by Eve Arnold, 1950

Tagged: 1950smetropolitan operanew york

20th March 2013

Photo reblogged from The New Manhattanite with 183 notes

thenewmanhattanite:

New York, 1954 by Vivian Maier. 

thenewmanhattanite:

New York, 1954 by Vivian Maier. 

Tagged: vivian maier1950scouplesnew york

19th March 2013

Photo reblogged from From Time to Time with 442 notes

ellysisland:

…wide-eyed in the big city!

ellysisland:

…wide-eyed in the big city!

Tagged: broadwayllamanew yorkshubert theater1950s