A set of aerial maps, comprised of 127 images, together form a complete map of New York City in 1924. Each square on the index below represents one photograph. It was created in 1924 by the New ...

The earliest known map of New Amsterdam — what’s now New York City ... size of Harlem’s national drink: A shorty of Gin.” This treasure hunt of a pictorial map packs 301 city sites ...

Up and Down New York (circa 1930) by Central Film Company is a silent documentary capturing the bustling streets and landmarks of New York City during the early 20th century. Featuring aerial ...

From Coney Island to Harlem, life in New York City ... in 1920’s. An aerial view shows lower Manhattan, New York City, in 1928. At far right is the tower of the Woolworth building and in left ...

“Boom, within a couple of weeks, it was on the map,” he said. It’s a New York pastime to gripe that neighborhoods are invented and defined by real estate brokers, developers and other city ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In 1974, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Decades of disinvestment had culminated in a mass exodus known as ...