Tuesday, September 16, 2014

A Map of the New York Waterfront in the 1940's from the Rutger's University Map Lab

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  Rutgers University in New Jersey has a map lab site that has links to all sorts of historical, geological, typological and so on maps.  ...
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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Some Flooding Scenario Maps for Greenpoint and Long Island City

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  In the maps below, I show some flooding scenarios based on  New York City RIM files.  These maps are produced on a "what if" ...
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Sunday, August 31, 2014

NewsFlash: Los Angeles eHighway to be constructed and completed in July, 2015

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http://abc7.com/news/new-ehighway-system-aimed-at-reducing-air-pollution-/245810/#videoplayer   Several years ago, I reported about exper...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Somewhere Along McDonald Avenue

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The photo below, also comes from the New York Transit Museum Archives and it is from the Lonto-Watson collection.  It was taken on April 9...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Another Look at the Delancey-Essex Street Trolley Terminal at the foot of the Williamsburgh Bridge

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 These series of photographs were available at the New York City Transit Museum website in their archive division.  My attempt here is not...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Some New York El Drawings from the 1930's

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   The el system that developed in Manhattan from the middle of the 19th Century was quite useful in transporting cheaply and efficiently ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

New York Railways Eighth Avenue Line (1855? -1935)

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Source:  Linder, B. "Eight Avenue Line" in Electric Railroaders Association " New York Division Bulletin", Vol. 32, Numb...