This is a question about history. Im talking about the water bording Manhattan all over including the west side, downtown, and all over other parts of the the city and other nearby cities too. Now the harbor looks nice with parks and a clean place. What did it look like a really long time ago. What there a lot of garbage. Did is smell bad. What did the buildings looks like. Was it dirty or clean. What types of things happened. What exactly did it used to look like.
2007-12-07 11:08:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I know it didnt look the same as now
2007-12-07 11:11:50 · update #1
Was it rundown. If it was how rundown was it
2007-12-07 11:13:11 · update #2
I think Ace might have a good link for you. 100 years ago we had cameras, and people were taking lots of photos. So, you can see for yourself. Check his link out.
Along with that I would suspect some concrete buildings that were rapidly replacing all of the old wooden structures. But I would think that the harbor was still very nasty, because our sewerage systems weren't so good back then. I'll bet there was a stinch in the air near the water.
Here's another good link: http://www.oldandsold.com/articles05/new-york-city-14.shtml
2007-12-07 12:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=new+york+harbor
2007-12-07 11:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the interesting resources given in the first two replies, I would suggest you look at some of the old encyclopedias on the Internet (listed below).
2007-12-07 21:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by historybuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋