The Twin Towers in a 1988 photo
It’s impossible not to guess the city… This photo was taken on July 9, 1988,incidentally, not from New York, but from the neighboring state of New Jersey. Photo by Jeffrey Johnson
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Brighton Beach, New York: a complete guide to Little Odessa
Brighton Beach is a completely different New York, where Cyrillic letters cover storefront signs, Russian and Ukranian speech fills the streets. The area has long been nicknamed “Little Odessa,” as it historically became a hub for Soviet immigrants and a center of the Russian-speaking community. It is located on the southern shore of Brooklyn, right…
Complete Guide to The Woolworth Building in New York City
Imagine this: it is 1913, and United States President Woodrow Wilson presses a button, causing 80,000 electric light bulbs to illuminate New York City all at once. That is how the world learned about its new record holder — The Woolworth Building. The structure that amazed the planet still stands in Lower Manhattan today, watching…
New Yorkers’ Favorite Skyscraper — The Chrysler Building
In 2005, the Skyscraper Museum conducted a poll to identify ten New York skyscrapers most beloved by city residents. First place went to the Chrysler Building. It is one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in New York, the skyscraper built for the Chrysler automobile corporation in 1930, and one of the city’s…
Top of the Rock Observation Deck (Rockefeller Center) in New York
The observation deck Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center welcomes more than three million visitors each year, offering breathtaking views of New York City. This is no surprise, as from the upper levels of Rockefeller Center you can see every corner of Manhattan. From here, you can admire Central Park and Times Square, as…
Freeman Alley — A Graffiti Alley in New York
Can an inconspicuous back alley turn into one of the most popular Instagram photoshoot spots in New York? Absolutely, if things unfold like this… In the 19th century, Freeman Alley was built as a service passage for horses and drainage, which was typical for that time. In the 20th century, it was mostly frequented by…
One World Observatory in New York
Located at the top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the One World Observatory in New York allows visitors to see the city from an airplane-like height. The One World Trade Center building itself has a deeply symbolic history. It was constructed next to the site of the destroyed Twin Towers as a…
Ground Zero in New York: the 9/11 Memorial, Museum, and One World Trade Center
Ground Zero is a site in the heart of Lower Manhattan where the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, taking the lives of nearly three thousand people. Today, it is home to the National Memorial, the 9/11 Museum, and One World Trade Center. It has also become an entire district that stands as a…
Park Avenue in New York: a complete guide
People often say, “I have heard this name all my life,” about Park Avenue, but few can actually explain what is there. Yet it is one of the most prestigious streets in Manhattan, running through the center of the city from north to south. It is home to major corporate headquarters and some of the…
Broadway in New York: the theatrical capital of the world
Broadway is not just a street and not just a theater district. It is an entire genre, an industry, and a cultural phenomenon. Forty-one theaters with more than five hundred seats each, fifteen million spectators per year, and two billion United States dollars in revenue per season. And yet only three of them are located…