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All across New York City, vestiges of the past can be found: some are hidden in plain sight or placed on public display, while others are buried way beneath the ground. Here we take a look at 12 unique time capsule that have been unearthed over the years.
From the Westinghouse Time Capsules (to be excavated in 6939) to one of the oldest known time capsules, these artifa...
Ellis Island is one of New York City’s biggest tourist attractions and is well known as being one of America’s first immigration stations, but as you step off the ferry and head towards the National Museum of Immigration, the building where upwards o...
The Borscht Belt, located in the Catskills in New York, was once a major vacation destination from the 1920s to the 1960s. Looking for respite from city life, New Yorkers would head to the Borscht Belt to sunbathe, swim,...
Few buildings in New York City are as recognizable as the Chrysler Building. Its shining silver spire and gleaming eagle heads that loom over 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue make this Art Deco skyscraper instantly identifiable. But if you look beyond these signature features, even more defining markers come into view.
The Chrysler Building was originally supposed to b...