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Old New York City Footage (1911)
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Posted on 04/14/2022 6:00:23 PM PDT by SamAdams76

New York City as it was 111 years ago.


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: newyork; ny; nyc

1 posted on 04/14/2022 6:00:23 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Thank you!


2 posted on 04/14/2022 6:12:37 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: SamAdams76

Where’s the diversity? Where’s the graffiti? I would actually feel completely safe walking around NYC in 1911.


3 posted on 04/14/2022 6:13:24 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: SamAdams76

It would be interesting to see a video from today taken from the same locations.


4 posted on 04/14/2022 6:17:30 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: EvilCapitalist
What a street gang used to look like


5 posted on 04/14/2022 6:21:29 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

Great picture.


6 posted on 04/14/2022 6:33:51 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: algore

The Gangs of New York were
not as clean cut or as well
Armed but intimidating.


7 posted on 04/14/2022 6:36:04 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (On the Other hand,,, Free Men Choose- - SLAVES OBEY)
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To: algore
The Lords of W. 140th St.

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8 posted on 04/14/2022 6:40:00 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: SamAdams76

I was once inside one of those pointy rooms on a higher floor of the Flatiron Building. I think it was the Children’s Book Association or something like that. The person who interviewed me had her desk right in the north corner of those huge triangular rooms, with the rest of the room largely empty. Strange and grand.


9 posted on 04/14/2022 6:51:52 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: fella

Some of it is pretty recognizable, Chinatown, Flatiron Bldg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, Central Park. The El’s are gone now, and I wasnt sure the church, I don’t think it was St Pats.


10 posted on 04/14/2022 6:53:52 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: fella; SamAdams76

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-historical-footage-2018-4


11 posted on 04/14/2022 6:55:29 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: SamAdams76

I wonder if the background music is Joshua Rich. It lends itself to the video in a good way. Some music serves just about any visuals well. James Fairs of the oldies group, The Cryan’ Shames, has a guitar piece called The New Road that would fit nearly any video.


12 posted on 04/14/2022 7:07:07 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew ("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: SamAdams76

There were no cranes or heavy motorized machinery back then.
How in God’s name were they able to make those buildings so high back then?


13 posted on 04/14/2022 9:28:13 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The Holland tunnel was dug by hand with men working behind airlocks and tunnel shields with compressed air holding back the Hudson River from instantly crushing then drowning them. They somehow managed to not only dig under the Hudson but also meet up with shafts sunk vertically through the river and river bed used for ventilation. Then the four tubes meet in the middle 90 feet below the Hudson head to head for the break trough. This wiukd be impressive engineering today let alone in the 1920s. Sandhogs were men with big brass ones.


14 posted on 04/15/2022 2:23:15 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: SamAdams76

A Trip Down Market Street - 1906 San Fransico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_Down_Market_Street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k


15 posted on 04/15/2022 2:43:39 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: JD_UTDallas

They described it on an episode of Impossible Engineering. My husband and I love that show - you always learn something.

Same with Mysteries of the Abandoned and Engineering Catastrophes.


16 posted on 04/15/2022 4:49:28 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: SamAdams76

The year my Great-Grandfather came to America.


17 posted on 04/15/2022 5:30:40 AM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

We had steam-powered equipment long before 1911.


18 posted on 04/15/2022 7:46:54 AM PDT by dinodino ( )
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