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Then & Now: Recreating Old Photos Of The Bronx

Previously, we shared the photos from Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan; now we're closing things out with The Bronx.

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Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

The First Times Square NYE Ball Was 700-Pounds Of Iron And Wood

The ball drop tradition began in 1907, and from its very first outing until 1996, the design firm Artkraft Strauss constructed the ball and managed its operation.

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Meredith Mann, NYPL

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Then & Now: Recreating Old Photos Of Queens

As part of our Dear NYC series, we've been recreating old photos from the New York Public Library's sprawling collection.

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Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

The Original Typescript Of Renata Adler's 1973 "Brownstone"

The reader witnesses brief moments in the lives of neighbors and passersby, as though a guest at an exclusive dinner party or resident of a New York City brownstone.

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Meredith Mann, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Then & Now: Recreating Old Photos Of Brooklyn

We've been recreating old photos of the city, next up: Brooklyn.

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Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

Charles Dickens's Cat's Paw Is In Midtown

Further, and for reasons we'll never fully understand, Dickens's sister-in-law affixed the paw to a letter opener as a gift for the author. An ivory blade now shoots out just beyond Bob's paw pads.

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Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

Berenice Abbott’s Photography Documented NYC's "Drastically Changing Landscape" In The 1930s

Abbott began documenting the city for the Federal Art Project, a New Deal agency set up to help unemployed artists.

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Jen Carlson

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Elizabeth Cronin, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

The NYPL's 1902 Ceremonial Tiffany Trowel

At a gathering around the laying of the new library’s cornerstone, Mayor Low was presented with this Tiffany trowel.

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Meredith Mann, NYPL

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A Delightfully Bucolic Drawing Of NYC's Oldest Bridge In The 1800s

A view of The High Bridge, as it looked in 1844.

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Madeleine Viljoen, NYPL

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See Charles Dickens's Prompt Copy Of A Christmas Carol

Each page is scanned, so you can view the notes in the margins that he used for readings.

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Carolyn Vega, NYPL

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Jen Carlson

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