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Photos of the now defunct Brooklyn Bridge El. Train car lines operated on the Brooklyn Bridge between 1898 and 1950.

Should the Twin Towers have been rebuilt?
Following September 11th, many New Yorkers sought to rebuild the Twin Towers, but with more structural strength. Team Twin Towers proposed rebuilding the towers with bioterrorism sensors and fireproof ceramic polymer coatings around the columns, floor beams and stairs.

Similarly, the Twin Towers II proposal was nearly identical to the original design by Minoru Yamasaki, although with 115 stories—5 floors taller than the originals. An above-ground memorial would have occupied the footprints of the original towers and three twelve-story buildings replacing 3,4, and 5 WTC. The project was sponsored by Donald #Trump who labeled the Freedom Tower as "disgusting." The Freedom Tower was the winner of an international design contest sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In media appearances, Trump criticized the proposed Freedom Tower, saying “It doesn’t represent what we want to have represented. What I want to see built is the World Trade Center stronger and maybe a story taller, and that’s what everybody wants,”

Detailed view of the ornamented finials atop the Manhattan Bridge towers, 1924. ☝️Tap to view in high resolution or purchase a print from our store.

#MapMondays!
1932 map of Brooklyn and Queens color-coded to show the value of single-family homes and corresponding rental rates, as well as the location of "Foreign or Colored" residents. The map gives insight into the vivid segregation of New York City during this time period that has had lasting effects to this day.

The map is from City Markets, A Study of Thirty-Five Cities by The Curtis Publishing Company.
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#mapmonday #cartography #infomap #urbanpolicy #nychistory #urbanplanning #urbanism #housingpolicy #queensny #brooklyn #gowanus #parkslope #prospectheights #cobblehill #dumbo #brooklynheights #bayridge #coneyisland #fortgreene #williamsburg #clintonhill #map

Rare photos of documenting the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge – just added to our store. Use code WB20 for 20% off an archival print of the Williamsburg Bridge.
The Williamsburg Bridge was the second bridge to span the East River following the Brooklyn Bridge almost two decades earlier and took half the time to build. When the bridge opened the independent city of Brooklyn had been consolidated into New York City. 📲swipe to view both photos. 👆Tap to view in high resolution or purchase a print.
Compared to the neo-gothic towers of the #BrooklynBridge the public hated the steel towers of the Williamsburg Bridge when it opened. The 333-foot towers were originally designed to have a 140-foot tall spire atop each but were never constructed. The Bridge also featured a trolley terminal under #DelanceyStreet where streetcars going over the bridge would turn around. Streetcar service the bridge was discontinued in 1948 and the terminal was shut down and lays abandoned to this day. The space was selected for the proposed #Lowline underground park, which features technology to reflect sunlight underground to grow greenery.

🍁🍂#FlushingMeadows
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📸 @humzadeas

‘New York Proclaimed’ 📸 a series of photos of 1960s NYC from photographer Evelyn Hofer.
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Born in Germany, Hofer first came to New York in 1946 after fleeing the Nazis during World War II. Hofer shot with an old-school, large format 4 x 5 camera, which required the use of a tripod and a black cloth draped over the viewfinder to see the image, which was upside down.
👆SWIPE to view all ten photos.

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