CBGB never closed, James Brown never died, and Madonna is still learning how to vogue.

From New York Magazine: an amazing collection of online videos documenting over a century of NYC culture, music, and architecture.

The Ghosts of Gotham flicker in grainy footage of Brighton Beach, Tammany Hall, and Yankee Stadium. The Empire State Building is rebuilt before your eyes. It’s V-E Day, 1945. Horowitz electrifies Carnegie Hall in 1968. The Velvet Underground performs “Venus in Furs.” Ed Murrow gives Joe McCarthy a piece of his mind. An acrobat glides high above 1930s Broadway, suspended only by her teeth.

It’s a multimedia love letter to the Big Apple: The Encyclopedia of New York Video.

Link [New York Magazine]