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A collection of vintage photos of Brooklyn from the summer of 1974.

Photos of New York City in the 1970s taken as part of a project to document environmental pollution in America that led to three decades of clean-up.

I could spend weeks without leaving the block in Brooklyn I lived on. Eighteenth Avenue was my world, complete as far as I was concerned. I knew every one of the 182 concrete squares on our sidewalk. There, where I fell and cracked my head open trying to learn to ride a two-wheeler. There, where before I was born, […]

Decades before Brooklyn became synonymous with hipsters, hip-hop and locavores, photographer Ed Clark caught the spirit of the place

Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Street has been a bustling shopping destination since the 19th century. Storefronts have changed hands many times, and signs have gone up and down over the years as…

Brownsville, Brooklyn.

1928 downtown Kittanning, Pa. Enjoying the reopening of The Arcade Dept. Store

“My pix, mostly developed by me in my Boro Park darkroom in the 70’s. Remember the snow storm of ’78?” – Anthony Catalano, Brooklyn, New York Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Anthony Catalano passed away suddenly on March 1st, 2014. He was 54. Thanks to his surviving brother, John Catalano, we … Continue reading "Brooklyn in Kodachrome – 1970s New York City In Color"

This historically Italian-American neighborhood has remained an immigrant hub, but with a different demographic.

3rd Avenue and 72nd Street. Bay Ridge Theatre, exterior. 1915.(via MCNY)