After learning photography in Paris, Berenice Abbott began documenting New York City in the early 1930s, tracking changes in its boroughs as part of an effort that would become "Changing New York." ...

Brother, can you spare a dime? -- The little flower and Goliath -- Trouble in the streets -- 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' -- All that jazz -- Gotham gets a facelift -- The thing about ...

Florence Mendheim “was dedicated to stopping the Nazi threat in this country,” said an archivist at the Leo Baeck Institute. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — There is zero evidence that Florence ...

NEW YORK-- Nostalgia rides on vintage subway trains will return this holiday season. The New York Transit Museum's 1930s-era train cars will be back on the tracks next month. They will run on the D ...

At 5 o’clock on Aug. 14, New York City turned its clocks back to the 1930s. The Taxi and Limousine Commission officially stopped issuing licenses to most for-hire vehicles, effectively declaring war ...

Samuel Leibowitz leaves for court with an armful of books during the Scottsboro case on Nov. 30, 1933, in Decatur, Ala. Thousands of men, women and children gather at Pennsylvania Station on Dec. 7, ...

Though we’ve already edged into autumn, it’s not been long since temperatures were sky-high, humidity was off the charts, and a quick dip was the only thing that just might offer a bit of respite from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — All aboard! Ride ...

The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.