New York faces through the years...

Cop at the NYPD headquarters at 240 Center Street. in 1929.

NYC, 1949.

Folk singer Phil Ochs on Mac Dougal Street in the Greenwich Village in January 1965.

Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim at the piano, Bernard Bernstein (pointing) & cast of 'West Side Story' rehearsing in 1957, at the Winter Garden at 1634 Broadway.

Dan Drasin, film maker at Washington Square, in 1961. 

New York City in 1954; someone at FB asked: 'What are those circles on the sidewalk?  Christopher Leonard answered: Cellar vault lighting from glass block sidewalk so basement can have natural light. Some subway station passageways have these too.

Boys play on the streets of Harlem, in 1942. 

Subway scenes

 

Returning from a Bob Dylan concert at Town Hall  to Jackson Heights in April 1963. 

1970s... hard to pinpoint the exact year. 

around mid-night, 1972. 

Since there was no 15 cent coin, 1953 introduced the first subway token. This commuter, Toni Bocchino digs into her change-purse to pay for the two subway fare tokens she's getting from IRT conductor Eddie Cremmins. Bocchino got the tokens the minute they went on sale at Grand Central subway station in July 1953. 

Herald Square, 33rd & 34th Streets

Herald Square in the 1940s; where 6th Avenue meets Broadway; seen from 33rd Street with Macy's on the left and McAlpin Hotel on the right.

Herald Square looking north, in the 1950s. 

Korvette Department Store was located between Macy's and Gimbels on Herald Square.

Saks original building.

I once bought a few cassette tapes at Korvette's music department. They had their own brand.

Macy's Dept. Store in 1908.