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Hubert's: freaks and fleas in Times Square
Coney Island wasn’t the only place New Yorkers could go to ogle side-show exhibits. From 1925 to 1969, Hubert’s Museum in Times Square—next door to the Amsterdam Theater on West 42nd Stree… more →
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Hubert's: freaks and fleas in Times Square
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wildnewyork wrote 12 hours ago: Coney Island wasn’t the only place New Yorkers could go to ogle side-show exhibits. From 1925 … more →
The rats of the Graybar Building
wildnewyork wrote 1 week ago: New York City buildings are decorated with images of horses, goats, elephants, birds, even squirrels … more →
Turn of the century Cooper Square
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wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: A web of elevated train tracks is flanked by sloped-roof buildings on the right and lovely Cooper Un … more →
The "Tree of Hope" of the Harlem Renaissance
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wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: During the 1920s and 1930s, Seventh Avenue in the 130s was nicknamed the Boulevard of Dreams, a stre … more →
Winged chariots and lions on West 30th Street
wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: Not too many Manhattan buildings feature terra cotta panels and friezes inspired by ancient Assyrian … more →
"20 Cent Movie" at a Times Square theater
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wildnewyork wrote 3 weeks ago: In the 1920s and 1930s, painter Reginald Marsh depicted scenes from the seedy side of the city: burl … more →
The horse heads left behind on old stables
wildnewyork wrote 3 weeks ago: Regal horse head statues like these still dot old buildings in every borough in the city, and it … more →
Where Greta Garbo was left alone
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wildnewyork wrote 4 weeks ago: In 1953, Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo purchased a 7-room apartment at The Campanile, a co-op at … more →
The Village Halloween Parade's humble start
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: For years, it’s been a colossal spectacle, with deep crowds lining Sixth Avenue, thousands of … more →
The topless cellist arrested by the NYPD
wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Charlotte Moorman, a native Texan, trained for a traditional concert hall career as a cellist. But a … more →
A crowd forms on Sixth Avenue and 14th Street
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: “Ashcan School” artist John Sloan really had a thing for the Sixth Avenue El. Several of … more →
A Brooklyn art exhibit for the Statue of Liberty
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Too bad this poster doesn’t provide any details on what, exactly, was being exhibited by this … more →
Central Park's Halloween carnival, 1936
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: As advertised on this nifty poster, designed and printed by the Works Progress Administration. I co … more →
Madison Square Garden on the move
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Ever wonder why it’s called Madison Square Garden—when it’s not near Madison Square? Th … more →
Mabel Dodge's bohemian salons in the Village
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Greenwich Village in the teens was a forward-thinking place, populated by artists and writers, anarc … more →
Two topless ladies in Chinatown
wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Greeting passersby and residents for more than 100 years, these legless (and partially armless) figu … more →
Hunger and hopelessness on the Bowery
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: If New York had to nominate one street as its most rock-bottom skid row ever, it would probably have … more →
The wrought-iron flowers on the Chelsea Hotel
wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: The Chelsea Hotel’s aesthetic appeal is pretty obvious: This 1883 structure—originally one of … more →
Greenwich Village's legendary Grapevine Tavern
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: Back in the early to mid-19th century, when the Village really was a country village north of the ma … more →
