100 Years of NYC Newsstands

They haven't changed as much as you'd think. Let's take a look. . . .

Early 1900s - Heins and LaFarge-designed subway stations for the elevated lines

 1913 - "News From Other Cities"























1937 - Eighth Avenue newsstand, photo by Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress

1960 - street piles

1989 - open

1989 - closed

1991 - Porn curtain along the top . . .

For more, check out Rachel Barrett's 2008 NYC newsstand project. And, if this inspires you to become a newsstand operator, the process starts here.