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The perfect Christmas present in 1934
Radios were kind of like the iPod of the Depression. The December 19, 1934 edition of the Daily News is thick with ads for them—like this model, which features “foreign reception.” What ha… more →
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The perfect Christmas present in 1934
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wrote 1 week ago: Radios were kind of like the iPod of the Depression. The December 19, 1934 edition of the Daily News … more →
When trolleys cut through Union Square
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wrote 5 months ago: Judging from the lack of automobile traffic on 14th Street, Broadway, and University Place—as well a … more →
Shopping along Ladies' Mile: then and now
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wrote 7 months ago: The Bed Bath & Beyond store on Sixth Avenue and 18th Street isn’t an ordinary big-box reta … more →
Must-have fashion of Spring 1966
wrote 10 months ago: It’s the middle of Fashion Week 2009, where designers show off what they hope will be the hot … more →
When Tiffany & Co. moved "uptown"
wrote 10 months ago: This is the time of year when Tiffany & Co. gets lots of traffic; Valentine’s Day is a pri … more →
Defunct department store: Russeks
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wrote 12 months ago: Brooklyn’s Fulton Street used to be a department store mecca, home to one-time big-name retail … more →
Last-minute Christmas deals and steals!
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wrote 1 year ago: Terrific bargains on quality merchandise could be had on 14th Street—74 years ago, that is. Here … more →
A faded ad reappears in the East Village
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wrote 1 year ago: When old buildings are rehabbed, long-lost ads come back into view. This one is on Third Avenue in t … more →
B. Altman's Skunk Coat: Only $395
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wrote 1 year ago: For the sophisticated New York City woman circa 1941: her very own “greatcoat” made from … more →
All that's left of the Kesner Department Store
wrote 1 year ago: Sixth Avenue at 23rd Street has been the center of a prime shopping district since after the Civil W … more →
A shuttered subway passageway at 14th Street
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wrote 1 year ago: This pedestrian tunnel, which links the 7th Avenue 1-2-3 station to the 8th Avenue A-C-E-L lines, re … more →
The kid glove craze of the 1860s
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wrote 1 year ago: Kind of like the trucker-hat fixation among urban hipsters a few years ago, kid gloves were a style … more →
All dressed up and ready to party
wrote 1 year ago: Say it’s 1939, and you splurged ($49.95!) on this tafetta dress from Nelson-Hickson, a hot wom … more →
The wheelmen (and women) of New York
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wrote 1 year ago: Today marks the start of bike month in New York City. But cruising around on two wheels en masse is … more →
Defunct department stores: Gimbels
wrote 1 year ago: The G is a little faded, but this ad on the side of a building on West 30th Street is remarkably wel … more →
