The New Old New York. Splicing film stills with their real-life locations, an amateur photographer decided to find. New York — originally named Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland), as it was a Dutch colony — is not exactly named for the city of York in England.
These remnants of the early Dutch farming days can be spotted throughout the five boroughs, as can churches, apartments and "skyscrapers" from earlier times. New York City has a long and sprawling history, but looking at the city today, it's hard to tell what it looked like in the past. Find breaking US news, local New York news coverage, sports, entertainment news, celebrity gossip, autos, videos and photos at nydailynews.com.
New York City: Nostalgia for the Old Neighbourhood.
New York City has a long and sprawling history, but looking at the city today, it's hard to tell what it looked like in the past.
Perhaps surprisingly, many of those buildings are actually houses (yes, like real houses). New York's most spectacular apartment building. Before The New York Times moved from Park Row to their new headquarters, this area was known as Longacre Square.
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