▲ 201 r/nycHistoryThe Empire State Building looming over Midtown Manhattan, 1939.u/discovering_NYC — 7 days ago
▲ 21 r/nycrailThe UAC TurboTrain, in Amtrak livery, on its way to Penn Station in 1972u/discovering_NYC — 8 days ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 9.5k r/nycHistory+1 crosspostsTIL that in 1917, over 10,000 African Americans marched in total silence down New York’s Fifth Avenue to protest lynching. It was one of the first mass civil rights protests in U.S. history, yet it is rarely mentioned in standard textbooks.en.wikipedia.org u/blessedopera — 15 days ago