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(Some Guy)   Between 1939-1941, New York City attempted to photograph every building in the 5 boroughs. These are those photos. dun-dun   (1940s.nyc) divider line
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3679 clicks; posted to Main » on 28 Jan 2023 at 3:38 PM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Winterlight [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 1:01:01 PM  
Well, there goes my afternoon.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2023-01-28 1:30:58 PM  
Not able to be photographed: the vampire buildings.
 
bearded clamorer [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-28 1:36:57 PM  
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lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-28 3:35:24 PM  

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https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/nyc-album-art-the-east-village-buildings-on-led-zeppelins-physical-graffiti
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-01-28 3:46:18 PM  
Each dot is a photo? Jesus. I'm sure it's neat and everything but 

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/gimme that many sugar dots on a huge slab of paper tho and i'll eat them
 
Fark_Guy_Rob
2023-01-28 3:48:12 PM  
Maybe it's just my imagination but everything I randomly looked at was, seemingly, so much nicer in the 40s.
 
MrHormel [OhFark]
2023-01-28 3:49:53 PM  
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blondambition [OhFark]
2023-01-28 4:00:20 PM  
I've been searching for a reasonably priced copy of this photo for years.


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rainbowbutter
2023-01-28 4:00:38 PM  
the difficulty there is the microcosm of making a globe; like small nations that change names as they change hands in wars and liberations and such, in 2-3 years buildings are burning down and others are being built. it's like trying to take identical pictures of a running stream
 
sex_and_drugs_for_ian [BareFark]
2023-01-28 4:01:12 PM  

Fark_Guy_Rob: Maybe it's just my imagination but everything I randomly looked at was, seemingly, so much nicer in the 40s.


They really knew how to do signage back then.

Probably due, in part, to a much thinner rule book, saying what you could and could not hang out over the sidewalk.
 
Mangoose [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 4:04:46 PM  
It's amazing how much of the city doesn't change. For a place that prides itself on perpetual reinvention, the landscape often remains untouched. west 72nd between between Broadway/Amsterdam and Columbus looks almost exactly the same.
 
robertus [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 4:07:07 PM  
My grandmother's house is in there, though they wouldn't move in for another 20 or so years. Super cool find Subby, thanks
 
Swampmaster
2023-01-28 4:10:29 PM  
Sorry that the Airplane/ overhead photo is NOT zoom-able, but just gets more heavily pixelated.  Way cool idea!  Need to search for my Grandparents house!
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-28 4:14:05 PM  

bearded clamorer: [Fark user image 478x678]
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The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO
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/look closely
 
thealgorerhythm
2023-01-28 4:31:18 PM  

Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste: Not able to be photographed: the vampire buildings.


You mean the Bronx
 
thealgorerhythm
2023-01-28 4:32:13 PM  

blondambition: I've been searching for a reasonably priced copy of this photo for years.


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I'll sell you this copy for $10
 
liltingbanshee [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 5:01:21 PM  
Cool, I found the house in Brooklyn where my dad grew up.
 
ImpendingCynic
2023-01-28 5:05:14 PM  
Funny, I just found this on the NYC municipal archives digital collections website a few weeks ago.

They also photographed all the buildings in the 1980s.
 
Raoul Eaton [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 5:07:43 PM  

Mangoose: It's amazing how much of the city doesn't change. For a place that prides itself on perpetual reinvention, the landscape often remains untouched. west 72nd between between Broadway/Amsterdam and Columbus looks almost exactly the same.


The building I inhabited in NYC is in the photo set.  It might not be much longer because the governor (not the mayor) has declared it a blighted area.
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-01-28 5:19:01 PM  

thealgorerhythm: blondambition: I've been searching for a reasonably priced copy of this photo for years.


[artblart.files.wordpress.com image 640x976]

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I'll sell you this copy for $10


How big? I'm looking for something that will fit a 20" x 16" frame.
 
tricycleracer
2023-01-28 5:26:24 PM  
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LoneVVolf
2023-01-28 5:52:47 PM  
Between 9:45 and 10:15 yesterday, Google did the same...
 
bearded clamorer [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-28 5:59:44 PM  

bughunter: bearded clamorer: [Fark user image 478x678]
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[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKLVmBOOqVU]

/look closely


For a moment, I thought I saw Robert Plant in the window holding a custard pie.
 
FDR Jones
2023-01-28 6:10:55 PM  
Looked up a couple of my old haunts. Way less cars then and way more trees now (or at least they are bigger).
 
blodyholy
2023-01-28 6:25:52 PM  
Maaaan, no blurred out plates or faces? Someone's grandad is gettin' doxxed!
 
bubbadave1056
2023-01-28 6:39:15 PM  
My great-grandparents lived, and had a bakery, here in the 1910 Census, 1690 Park Ave...
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and here in the 1920:

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Single Malt
2023-01-28 7:35:33 PM  
Wait....what time is it?...

/rabbit hole
 
Winterlight [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 7:42:47 PM  

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I like that McSorley's Old Ale House is still there. I love old city bars. Allegedly the oldest Irish Pub in the city. https://mcsorleysoldalehouse.nyc
 
yakmans_dad
2023-01-28 9:52:53 PM  

Fark_Guy_Rob: Maybe it's just my imagination but everything I randomly looked at was, seemingly, so much nicer in the 40s.


I wish there was a way to make those automobiles as reliable as modern ones.
 
Bedistor [TotalFark]
2023-01-28 10:10:07 PM  

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Imagine if that truck from the "before" picture was still there.  But with a boot and like a thousand parking tickets.
 
thealgorerhythm
2023-01-28 10:29:42 PM  

blondambition: thealgorerhythm: blondambition: I've been searching for a reasonably priced copy of this photo for years.


[artblart.files.wordpress.com image 640x976]

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I'll sell you this copy for $10

How big? I'm looking for something that will fit a 20" x 16" frame.


Yeah sure, it can be enlarged to any size and dimensions you want
 
Anybody Want a Peanut [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 1:09:10 PM  

Raoul Eaton: Mangoose: It's amazing how much of the city doesn't change. For a place that prides itself on perpetual reinvention, the landscape often remains untouched. west 72nd between between Broadway/Amsterdam and Columbus looks almost exactly the same.

The building I inhabited in NYC is in the photo set.  It might not be much longer because the governor (not the mayor) has declared it a blighted area.


So they're going to remove it from the photo set?
 
idlebyte
2023-01-29 1:27:58 PM  
Add in a little AI and in a few years you'll have street view from these...
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 4:49:24 PM  
That had to take a long time to do.
 
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