<div class="media_block"><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-03/8/23/campaign_images/954e251d8ee7/here-comes-the-sun-historical-photos-of-new-yorke-2-11304-1615247160-44_dblbig.jpg" class="media_thumbnail"></div><div><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-03/3/19/asset/eccb18f0a070/sub-buzz-2442-1614798563-16.jpg?crop=2990:1565;0,214" class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><div data-module="article-header" readability="11.878787878788"> <nav class="news-article-breadcrumbs xs-mb2 bold" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li class="news-article-breadcrumbs__label news-article-breadcrumbs__label--jpg"> <a class="link-initial--text-black link-hover--text-gray link-hover--underline-gray analyt-internal-link" href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/section/jpg" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_head" data-vars-unit-name data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-item-name="jpg" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-target-content-id="jpg" data-vars-position-in-unit="0">jpg</a> </li> </ol> </nav> <p class="news-article-header__dek">Spring in New York lasts approximately three hours, so you need to take advantage of it. We looked at past New Yorkers as they shed their winter jackets, peeled off their wool socks, and stopped to smell the roses.</p> </div><div readability="34"> <p class="news-article-header__timestamps-posted"> Posted on March 8, 2021, at 4:50 p.m. ET </p> </div><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/piapeterson/historical-photos-new-yorkers-spring">Source</a>