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RETRO KIMMER'S BLOG: THE GILDED AGE: RICH MAN POOR MAN 1866-1900

See how Times Square transformed from seedy to safe during the 1990s in these vintage photos.

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Cow Tunnels Under 12th Avenue%0AIf you think traffic is bad in New York today, just imagine what it was like getting stuck on 12th Avenue thanks to a herd of cows crossing the street. Long before Chelsea and the Meatpacking District were cleaned up, the area became so overrun with cows heading to the slaughterhouses that it was necessary to come up with a solution to keep them out of the way. Though cow tunnels are often believed to be an urban legend, it’s been proven that they existed at…

A marvelous melding of art and history, Central Park NYC is the long awaiting new volume from artists/authors Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams.

Before Manhattan formed its grid, its residents raised hogs and chickens. The Museum of the City of New York reveals what NYC looked like as farmland.

I found this photo in my bookcase some months ago, but tehre is no date on it!

By the end of the 19th century, two-thirds of New Yorkers lived in dark, crowded tenement houses—the city’s answer to the housing needs of the working-class and poor. As bad as some tenements…