I’m Rolando Pujol, and this is The Retrologist, my history blog that’s mainly focused on New York City but will travel wherever there’s a bit of cool history hiding in plain sight. I’m the digital content manager at WPIX-TV Channel 11, the CW station in New York. I oversee the website as well as social media and digital strategy. I’ve also hosted a New York history show that helped inspire The Retrologist, “Hidden City,” on WNBC-TV’s New York Nonstop. I was previously a multimedia editor at the New York Daily News, where I oversaw the America edition of the homepage in the evening. I’ve also been a managing editor at amNewYork and an assistant city editor at Newsday. I’m also a gold-star certified NYC tour guide, and love to spend my time off simply walking around New York and finding new material for The Retrologist. Thanks for stopping by. Subscribe in a reader Follow @RolandoPujol!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");Tumblr (3.0; @rolandopujol)http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/ I&#8217;ve longed been intrigued by the New St. Clair Diner, which was at the corner of Atlantic...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/51050630154http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/51050630154Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:00 -0400dinersdinerbrooklynvintageretrohistorynycsignsThe New York Telephone Company. The name still carries nostalgic heft for New Yorkers of a certain...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50960277622http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50960277622Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:29 -0400 Grand Central Terminal is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. A remarkable exhibit on the...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50886476986http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50886476986Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:00 -0400 Longtime readers of The Retrologist know I have undertaken a years-long effort to document...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50681993156http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50681993156Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:00 -0400 In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway, America&#8217;s first transcontinental,...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50571608197http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50571608197Thu, 16 May 2013 07:54:00 -0400 On Elizabeth Street in Nolita, on a block that is filled with nouveau chi-chi shops, bars and...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50398226962http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50398226962Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01:11 -0400 I&#8217;m certainly a fan of Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s &#8220;Psycho,&#8221; but hadn&#8217;t...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50300314673http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50300314673Sun, 12 May 2013 19:54:00 -0400 At 155 Rivington St. on the Lower East Side, an &#8220;underwear&#8221; sign is still visible...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50298394110http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50298394110Sun, 12 May 2013 19:28:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c5508ba04fa9af1736e85365280e0677/tumblr_mmnronyKWN1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our #lincolnhighway trip ends with the Haines Shoe House. #Roadtrip pics soon on the #Retrologist #americana</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50206348662http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50206348662Sat, 11 May 2013 19:53:11 -0400lincolnhighwayretrologistamericanaroadtrip<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3708a22fa24db3b06dee29c2c275abd0/tumblr_mmn3m4XEy01qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just started our #lincolnhighway #roadtrip in Times Square. It ends in SF but we are going to PA.</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50169849960http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/50169849960Sat, 11 May 2013 11:13:16 -0400lincolnhighwayroadtrip<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8fa186ea1f165697736cd2dd2e6d2848/tumblr_mlm7x9Iusx1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jack, the cute logo for Cingular Wireless, survives on this car. Cingular became AT&T. Check out his BIG phone!</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48537654715http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48537654715Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:15:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcfaa687b52d7096880640abd3580892/tumblr_mllzdqhkBc1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good weekend for Kubrick fans at IFC. Room 237, Shining make a great double feature.</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48524023081http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48524023081Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:10:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/61845ac414d5dfe754ed60d53903ceb7/tumblr_mll559pAWG1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The New Cooper Union. Abe Lincoln definitely did not speak here.</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48493244983http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48493244983Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:17:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/17101804d574b91ebbf34080076d2c8e/tumblr_mll54wgTyG1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A slice of The Bowery</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48493227776http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48493227776Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:17:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4220cf157b734238e023ea846f20e379/tumblr_mljafttAA61qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Calling it a day at The Daily Planet after one heck of a news day. @wpix</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48409006116http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/48409006116Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:16:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb56d7789cbc2bcfe22c4c57c2e5fae5/tumblr_ml22biryFa1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the PIX archives: This tape is of our 7:30 Action News from July 17, 1981. Where were you on that day? Did you even exist yet?</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47639579679http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47639579679Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:02:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13159fcd044eba4e2919dfeb72a27420/tumblr_mkwx6plzsd1qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#madmen retro product placement: Bachman thin pretzels in the Francis home.</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47419376988http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47419376988Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:12 -0400madmen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bcc091c58a12fcc118bd597eb14e0e3c/tumblr_mkwp5sdTT61qhf86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1960s Upper East Side white brick tower meets a sharp blue sky. This is exactly the sort of building Don Draper lives in. #madmen</p>http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47405094036http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/47405094036Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:29:51 -0400madmen On East 9th Street at Avenue A, graffiti slowly encroaches onto another reminder of the original...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/46863830392http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/46863830392Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:21:00 -0400I published the following in amNY five years ago, but it never gets old.  We&#8217;re easy marks for...http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/46697487108http://rolandopujol.tumblr.com/post/46697487108Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:31:00 -0400