Can we fix the East River? The trouble is, the East River isn’t a river. Rivers don’t change directions several times a day. Downstream flow lets true rivers rinse out, but the […]
Can We Fix The East River?
1911 New York City Rising
It’s 1911, and New York City is rising fast. Electric elevators, subways, cities merging… All these sent the city soaring, and a newly colorized film from MOMA tells the story.
Why Water Towers in New York?
Why water towers in New York City? They don’t really look like they belong, do they? Scattered throughout the streets and avenues, especially in Manhattan, they are critical the city’s existence. But […]
Goodbye Essex Street Market
Rickety, weighted down push carts, serving everything from apples to dried fish and pickles, jammed travel to a standstill on New York City’s Lower East Side. It’s 1940, and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia does something about it. He creates an urban shopping mall, the Essex Street Market, a solution that lasts nearly 80 years.
