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The Brooklyn hotel that was cut in half
Shaw’s Hotel, Cypress Hills. Courtesy of the Center for Brooklyn History.
Before Shaw’s Hotel split in two, the land it stood on was already “halved” between brothers. The intersection on Jamaica Plank Road had two popular roadhouses on ei...
Manhattan's Mysterious Curiosity Shops
48 Third Avenue, 1937. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. Photo courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.
The Stuyvesant Curiosity Shop was one of a handful in Manhattan. What exact need this genre of shop met is up for debate, but Cha...
The crown jewel of JFK Airport
TWA Terminal, 1978. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.
In honor of the 78th anniversary of the dedication of the New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport), we’re dedicating this editi...
Central Park's Hidden History
Central Park, The Reservoir, 1955. Courtesy of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
Central Park is one of New York’s beloved public spaces. Sculpted by Olmsted and Vaux, millions have sheltered under its trees and wal...
Brooklyn's Forgotten Airport
Floyd Bennett Field looking east, 1946. Photo courtesy of the Center for Brooklyn History.
Floyd Bennett Field was New York City’s first municipal airport, where advances in air travel were celebrated and from which famous flights launched...
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