Photograph by Fred W. McDarrah of a group of people with their arms around each other and holding signs related to Pride
Photograph by Fred W. McDarrah of a motion-filled crowd outside the Caffe Borgia in Greenwich Village
A group of on-strike workers march outside Macy’s while wearing signs encouraging people to not buy Judy Bond blouses
Men line up with their bicycles as spectators look on from raised seating before The Evening Telegram Bicycle Parade
Jackie Robinson stands ready to bat in a crowded stadium as the pitcher and umpire look on from behind Robinson

PRIDE

Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond by Fred W. McDarrah

The Voice of the Village

Fred W. McDarrah Photographs

City of Workers, City of Struggle

How Labor Movements Changed New York

Cycling in the City

A 200-Year History

In the Dugout with Jackie Robinson

An Intimate Portrait of a Baseball Legend

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    Photograph by Fred W. McDarrah of a group of people with their arms around each other and holding signs related to Pride
    Through December 31, 2019

    PRIDE

    Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond by Fred W. McDarrah
    Ongoing

    New York at Its Core

    What made New York New York? Follow the story of the city’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” and consider its future in our changing world.
    Visitors watching the Timescapes film in a theater at the Museum of the City of New York
    Ongoing

    Timescapes

    Watch the history of New York City unfold in this 28-minute film.
    View of the Starlight installation at the Museum of the City of New York
    Ongoing

    Starlight

    This brilliant light installation suspended above the Rotunda is one of the Museum’s most photographed features.
    View from above a basketball hoop without a net, where a player is seen about to dunk a basketball through the hoop
    Opens February 14, 2020

    City/Game

    Basketball in New York

    A group of marchers hold signs protesting the demolition and renovation of Penn Station
    Ongoing

    Activist New York Online

    Connect with issues of activism in the city today, discover a wealth of educational resources and more.
    Planning map for the New York City grid system. The map shows all of Manhattan, with the streets and parks labeled.
    Ongoing

    The Greatest Grid

    Explore the history of Manhattan’s famous grid of numbered streets and avenues—the largest feat of urban planning in the city's history.
    Mayor John Lindsay is cheered by crowds at Flatlands
    Ongoing

    America's Mayor

    Learn about the controversial tenure (1966–1973) and dramatic times of New York's 103rd mayor, John V. Lindsay.
    Women window shopping
    Ongoing

    Reginald Marsh

    Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) is well-known as an American realist painter and printmaker who was based in New York City.

    A group of children and teenagers hold hands in a circle as they run around a playground sprinkler
    Traveling

    A City Seen

    Todd Webb's Postwar New York, 1945-1960

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