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Cleopatra's Needle, the Central Park obelisk, holds secrets we'll never know

It's the oldest outdoor monument in New York, and it holds time capsules that the Central Park Conservancy has no plans of unearthing.

By

Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

A Brief History Of How New Yorkers Have Paid For The Subway

The MetroCard was introduced on January 6th, 1994, the start of a long goodbye for the subway token. But before all that, we had paper tickets and dime-dropping.

By

Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

Previously Unseen Behind-The-Scenes Photos Of Sesame Street In The 1970s

Only a couple of these images ever appeared in print, over 50 years ago in an obscure magazine out of the Soviet Union.

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Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

In 1910, New York City Elected Its First Great "Walking Mayor"

Eric Adams says he'll be the first biking mayor; in 1910, we got our first "walking mayor."

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Michael Miscione

Arts & Entertainment

Andy Warhol Gave Truman Capote This Studio 54 "VIP" Painting

On a strip of green tape fastened to the back of the painting Warhol wrote, probably with a black Sharpie pen: "To Truman Love Andy ’78."

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Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

The Official Hat Of The 1939-40 NYC World’s Fair

The design is attributed to Peggy Boone and incorporates the blue and orange of New York’s City flag adopted as the fair’s signature colors.

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Sara Spink, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

What Could Bleecker And MacDougal Have Looked Like In 1523?

From Saul Steinberg, the artist who created the iconic “View of the World from 9th Avenue" New Yorker cover, here's an interpretation of this Greenwich Village corner in the 1500s.

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Deirdre Donohue, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

See The Original, Annotated Script Of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Stage Production

This script, revised on October 6th, 1947 and used by Kazan, bears many annotations and is the only known surviving script of his from the production.

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Annemarie van Roessel, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Here's Jack Kerouac’s Original Cover Design For "On The Road"

“I submit this as my idea of an appealing commercial cover expressive of the book," Kerouac wrote.

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Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Transit Station Drawing Encapsulates Futuristic Vision For 1939 World's Fair

This drawing is just one document of the millions which fill over 2500 boxes comprising the New York World’s Fair 1939-1940 Incorporated records.

By

Tal Nadan, NYPL

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