Extraordinary 1939 color film of New York City compared to present day
(Photo: Rock Center / Romano Archives)
We got to see a vivid reminder this week that New York City never stays the same with an extraordinary color film that surfaced thanks to the Romano Archives. The crowning moment of the film is the at-the-time-brand-new Rockefeller Center rising up from Midtown Manhattan.
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Manhattanhenge! A skyscraper sunset stops traffic in New York City
(Photo: Edgar Gonzalez via Flickr)
New Yorkers were wowed on Wednesday by a sunset that was perfectly framed by skyscrapers, thanks to an urban astronomical phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
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‘I hope I get a second chance’: Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
(Photo: Elsa / Getty Images, file)
Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he’s running for mayor of New York City.
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NYC artist’s photos of unknowing subjects raise privacy concerns
(Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP)
To the well-known photographer who shot them with a telephoto lens, the pictures of people going about their daily lives in the building across the street constitute art.
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Bird’s eye view of WTC spire being positioned
(Photo: Port Authority of NY & NJ)
The Port Authority of NY & NJ has released a video of the view from the One World Trade Center spire as it was being placed atop of the building making it the tallest in the western hemisphere.
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World Trade Center becomes tallest US building at 1776 feet
(Photos: NBC News)
A crane lifted the last of a 408-foot tall spire on top of One World Trade Center on Friday, a capstone to an emotional 12-year effort to replace the twin towers destroyed by terrorists.
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Cheers erupt as spire tops One World Trade Center
(Photo: Anne Thompson / NBC News)
A crane lifted the last of a 408-foot tall spire on top of One World Trade Center on Friday, a capstone to an emotional 12-year effort to replace the twin towers destroyed by terrorists.
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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch gets park named after him in Brooklyn
(Photo: Getty Images)
Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boy otherwise known as MCA, had a Brooklyn playground renamed for him Friday, a day before the one-year anniversary of his death.
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Final pieces lifted to top of Freedom Tower
(Photo: NBC News)
Construction crews on Thursday hoisted the final steel spire that will top One World Trade Center and complete a piece of the New York City skyline missing since the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Welcome to Tofu Elementary! NYC school goes all-vegetarian
(Photo: Lalita Kovvuri / NYC Department of Education)
Braised black beans and plantains. Tofu roasted in Asian sesame sauce. Falafel and cucumber salad. These aren’t menu items from a high-end restaurant; they’re lunchtime grub for students at a Flushing, Queens, public school’s all-vegetarian cafeteria, the first in New York City to nix meat and believed to be one of the first public school in the nation to serve only vegetarian fare.
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Search for human remains at 9/11 plane debris site in NYC begins
(Graphic: FEMA)
Workers for the New York City medical examiner’s office have begun sifting soil for possible human remains at a site near the World Trade Center where a chunk of airplane debris believed to have come from one of the 9/11 hijacked jetliners was found.
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Invasive ‘Frankenfish’ that can live out of water for days to be hunted in NYC’s Central Park
(Photo: NBC New York)
Environmental officials are planning to survey a Central Park lake this week to search for an invasive type of toothy predator fish that threatens to disrupt the ecosystem.
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Following Sandy damage, Statue of Liberty to reopen on Fourth of July
(Photo: John Makely / NBC News)
The Statue of Liberty, closed since Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast more than nine months ago, will reopen to the public on July 4, officials announced Tuesday.
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Bloomberg ‘confident’ NYC will win battle over sugary drink ban
(Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP file)
New York City’s mayor vowed to appeal a state supreme court judge’s reversal, adding, “We have a responsibility” to confront the obesity epidemic.
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(Photo: John Makely / NBC News)
More than three months after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York and New Jersey, the symbol of American exceptionalism still stands on an island full of rubble. Neighboring Ellis Island has no upended sidewalks or debris anymore, but it will take a long time to repair the electrical system. Both remain closed indefinitely to visitors.
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Natalie got an earful (of whoopee cushion) today.
Jony Ive redesigns the NBC News logo.
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Our last set of shout outs were… magical.
Photo’s from New York! And the famous people I had the privilege to meet. They where all super nice, said hi and shook my hand (well Guy fist...
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