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Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas visualizes Manhattan’s and Brooklyn’s transformations during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Drawing on 1850, 1880, and 1910 census data, it shows how migration, residential, and occupational patterns shaped the city.
Mapping Historical New York, through web-based, interactive maps, reconstructs the demographic and structural shifts of Manhattan and Brooklyn between 1850 and 1920. During this period, the city grew and diversified through the arrival of large groups of immigrants.
Click on the date links to see NYC land atlases and maps: NYC Land Atlases (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island) NYC & vicinity 1776 / 1777 / 1781 / 1828 / 1835 / 1839 / 1842 1849 / 1849ii / 1873 / 1880 / 1909 / 1911 / 1922 New York Harbor 1733 / 1733ii / 1737 / 1749 or 1767 / 1750?
27 sie 2013 · This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Today. Manhattan had a very different topography than the concrete jungle we know today. Natasha Geiling and Esri. August 27,...
21 paź 2019 · We'll look at maps that span three centuries of New York's history, and place them against this representation of contemporary Manhattan.
22 kwi 2021 · A spiral timeline maps the places, means of transportation, setbacks, and events—like meeting Jules Verne in Amiens, France (see “9th day” on the squares)—of Bly’s real race against both the fictional Phileas Fogg and competing reporter Elizabeth Bisland of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Scroll down to explore how New York City’s shoreline changed throughout the centuries, and view maps from the New York Public Library’s collection of historical maps.
