New York City Area

Skyscrapers of New York.  A nice collection of skyline photos, and tall building photos indexed by address/name of building, by Scott Murphy.   [ccr]
http://members.aol.com/smurphy109/sm.htm

Place Matters.    This site focuses on and celebrates places in the City.   Included is a map-based tour of the Bowery with photos and descriptions along that famous street, and the "Census of Places that Matter," which catalogs and describes scores of intersting places in New York.   This is a project of two nonprofit organizations, City Lore and the Municipal Art Society.  [ccr]
http://www.placematters.net/flash/home.htm

"The Greatest City..."  A collection of forty-six excellent photos, mostly in Manhattan, taken by Leo. C. Curran and indexed by title.  Grand Central Terminal is featured.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/successors/new_york/section_contents.html

Postcard views of Columbia University.  A great collection of old postcard images, some place desciptions, and reference maps.  [ccr]http://www.college.columbia.edu/aboutcc/history/postcard/

Tour Central Park.  Map-based virtual tours of this greatest of urban parks, with nice photos and descriptions.  Created by the Central Park Conservancy.  [ccr]
http://www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark

Coney Island History.   Clickable maps lead to historic images of this famous recreation place.  Also included are links to a Coney Island timeline and historical articles.  [ccr]
http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/histmaps.htm

New York City Planning Department.  Government site on NYC's redevelopment projects with zoning maps, detailed neighborhood maps and plenty of photos.  [ccr]  
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/home.html

New York City Chinatowns.  Maps, historical images, and descriptions of Chinatowns in Manhattan, Flushing, and Brooklyn.  By R. K. Chin.  [ccr]
http://www.nychinatown.org/index.html

George Washington Bridge.   A short photo essay showing the construction, from 1927 to 1931, of this magnificent span.   At the time of its completion, "the George" was twice as long as any other suspension bridge in the world.  Created by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.  [ccr]
http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/bridges/html/historical.html

Lost Brooklyn Trips.   Hundreds of Brooklyn photos and other images.   They include everything from street signs, to buildings, to historical maps, and many are worth viewing. [ccr]
http://www.disassociate.com/lost_wholeframe_photos.html

Downtown Tour of Yonkers.  Map based tour with nice photos and descriptions.  [ccr]
http://www.philipsemanorfriends.org/orient.htm

Long Island Lighthouses.   Clickable map leads to photos and descriptions.  [ccr]
http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/longisland.htm

Digital Atlases, Searchable Digital Archives, and Other Sites Useful for Exploring Places

Digital Atlas of New York.  One of several census-based urban atlas projects by William Bowen of the California Geographical Society and the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.   Dozens of well-designed maps utilize 1990 or 2000 census data.   Topical categories include population and race, ancestry, income and poverty, adult educational attainment, household types, and communters.    [ccr]
http://130.166.124.2/NYpage1.html