The INSIDER Summary:
• New York in 1900 looks very different than it does today, but some spots are remarkably similar.
• Here's a taste of its urban beauty at the turn of the century.
New York, like most older American cities, has changed plenty over the centuries.
But one ever-present trait is the city's photogenic nature: it's the backdrop of many a tourist photo, Hollywood movie, and music video.
Bright lights and carriages.
This urban beauty even extends back to the early 1900s. The Library of Congress affords us the opportunity to look back at New York when it was just entering the 20th century.
What was life like in 1900? How have some of our favorite landmarks changed? And what looks remarkably the same?
Times Square
Federal Hall
City Hall, Manhattan
Union Square, flower market
Coney Island
Central Park
Greenwich Village, hot dog festival
Prospect Park
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Washington Bridge and Harlem River Drive
Madison Square
The Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
Harlem River
Statue of Liberty, from the torch
Mott Street (Chinatown)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
11th Avenue
College of the City of New York
34th Street and 5th Avenue
City Hall subway station
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