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HAB911

(8,873 posts) Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:55 AM Dec 2018

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Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, New York City sent photographers to every building in every borough in an attempt to make property tax assessments fairer and more accurate.

The result was more than 700,000 black-and-white snapshots of everything from fashionable apartment buildings in Manhattan to this out-of-the-way diner on Staten Island.

The city recently had the images digitized.

(may be behind a pay wall)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/28/nyregion/nyc-property-tax-photos.html

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Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York (Original Post) HAB911 Dec 2018 OP

Fascinating Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

Fascinating Freddie Dec 2018 #2

LOVE Happyhippychick Dec 2018 #3

Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark this one. Arkansas Granny Dec 2018 #4

Very cool UpInArms Dec 2018 #5

That is amazing... LakeArenal Dec 2018 #6

Thanks. elleng Dec 2018 #7

"The city recently had the images digitized" FiveGoodMen Dec 2018 #8

Ohiogal

(31,950 posts)

1. Fascinating

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:09 AM

Dec 2018

Will bookmark to read later

Freddie

(9,258 posts)

2. Fascinating

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:17 AM

Dec 2018

Thanks for posting.

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

3. LOVE

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:20 AM

Dec 2018

Thank you!

Arkansas Granny

(31,513 posts)

4. Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark this one.

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:36 AM

Dec 2018

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)

5. Very cool

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:44 AM

Dec 2018

Thank you

LakeArenal

(28,809 posts)

6. That is amazing...

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 11:52 AM

Dec 2018

But I thought the shots ruined with text in many of the pics.

elleng

(130,825 posts)

7. Thanks.

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 12:02 PM

Dec 2018

Looking for Dad's office!

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

8. "The city recently had the images digitized"

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:27 PM

Dec 2018

Combining Google Street View and the Way-back Machine.

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