These 58 Stunning Photos Show Just How Much New York City Has Changed
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In less than a century, NYC has transformed from a humble melting pot to a towering metropolis at the center of the world. These incredible photographs showcase how it came to be…
Men cut ice from Kissena Lake in Queens, ca. 1860-1900
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Lady Liberty being assembled in Paris in 1885
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Girls hold hands and walk along 42nd Street in the 1890s
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Little Italy in 1900
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Madison Square ca. 1900
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Times Square, 1903
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Children, adults, and a herd of sheep visit Central Park ca. 1900
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Delancey Street, 1906
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Workers dig along Delancey Street, 1908
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Painters hang from the wires of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1914
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A pyramid of German army helmets outside Grand Central Terminal during World War One
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Grand Central ca. 1920
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The Lannier Hotel, 1921
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Sunbathers swarm on Coney Island, 1922
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The New York Fire Department shows off its new steam powered fire engine
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Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, 1923
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Children play on 50th St., 1924
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Workers lay bricks to pave 28th St., 1930
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A Brooklyn Hooverville in Red Hook Park during the Great Depression
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A crowded market underneath Park Avenue, 1932
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The Cathedral of Saint John ca. 1935
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Midtown Manhattan ca. 1935
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Carnegie Hall ca. 1935
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The S.S. Normandie on it’s way to dock ca. 1935
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42nd St. with the Chrysler Building in the top right ca. 1935
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A man looks over the Hudson from the George Washington bridge, 1936
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A woman buys vegetables on Bleeker Street, 1937
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The view from the Chanin Building, 1937
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An elevated subway tracks, 8th St., Brooklyn, 1938
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Downtown, 1944
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The outfield at a Yankee’s game ca. 1935
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Astoria Public Pool, 1940
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Times Square, 1954
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A skyjector shines an eye on the side of a building, 1960
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Chinatown, 1960
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Over 10,000 young couples gather in Central Park for an Easter Love-in, 1961
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Police pursue gang members, 1961
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Two young women in Central Park, 1961
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A window cleaner at work on the RCA Building, 1961
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A lifeguard in Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, 1961
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World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow, Queens, 1964
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Entrance to the Wall Street Stock Exchange, 1964
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The 3,000 builders of the Chase Manhattan Bank as they near the end of construction, 1964
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The World Trade Centers under construction, ca. 1966 – 1970
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The New York subway, 1969
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The Bowery, 1970s
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Times Square, 1972
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Judy Collins plays to a crowd at the Schaefer Bandstand in Central Park, 1973
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Midtown congestion, 1973
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Bronx, 1973
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Harlem, 1973
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Brooklyn, 1974
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A family walks down 32nd Street, 1981
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Subway at rush hour, 1982
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Picnic in Central Park, 1984
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Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, 1987
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The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, 1989
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