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A wartime service at Columbus Circle
Before the Trump International Hotel and the Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle was a not-glitzy gathering place for Italian-American rallies and parades. This photo was taken in 1943. On Columbus Day...
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The billboard eye candy of Columbus Circle
Okay, so it was no rival to Times Square. But in its 20th century heyday, the former Grand Circle (laid out in the 1860s; the Columbus monument didn’t arrive until 1892) boasted an impressive number of...
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What Columbus Circle looked like in the 1920s
The traffic around the circle seems chaotic, and the fountains that surround it now wouldn’t come for another 80 or so years. The yellow Victorian-looking structure in the center is the Pabst Grand...
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Electric lights in the rain at Columbus Circle
Doesn’t New York become more magical in the rain? William A. Frazer, who took this enchanting photo titled “Wet Night, Columbus Circle” at the dawn of the 20th century, would likely agree. His image...
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All the ways to get to Columbus Circle in 1910
The makers of this postcard may not have realized it at the time. But they selected an image that gives contemporary viewers a glimpse at all the different transportation options available to New...
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The sailing ships of the Columbus Circle subway
Whether you consider Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain, there’s one thing we can all hopefully get behind: some circa-1904 artistic images at the Columbus Circle subway station. Behold the blue,...
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