Does YOUR city have a Web site like this?

[TANaples]

Originally Posted by eek

there isn't a website but there is a thread on another site that has photos of ny from the 1800's and the 1900's up to now. its FASCINATING to say the least.
i'll link to it if no one else does when i get back from the laundromat.

I would like to see that. I might have seen it, but I would like to see anyway.

[eek]

Old pics New York City! - SkyscraperCity

i hope you have a lot of time on your hands...the thread is a lot of pages and there are tons of pics. its crazy to see ny with dirt roads and carriages, lol.

[clean_polo]

Check out how the old elevated trains in New York used to look:


http://www.deconcrete.org/wp-content...ated-train.jpg

[TANaples]

More NYC videos

Amazing how clear this video is, considering it's from 1896:

YouTube - Louis Lumiere - New York,Broadway At Union Square(1896)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqz3lpUBp0



Not quite as old, but these are in color--

This is my absolute favorite historic video of NYC, from the late 30s in color:

YouTube - New York City

Great pictures, great song:

YouTube - 1940 New York City

[kidphilly]

YouTube - Moments: Philadelphia


YouTube - BEST Photo Show Architecture Philly Mid 1900s (Part 1)


YouTube - BEST - Photo Show Architecture Philly Mid 1900s (Part 2)


YouTube - BEST Photo Show Architecture Philly Mid 1900s (Part 3)


YouTube - Photo Show Architecture Philly history & 1900's (Part 4)