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Related: About this forumEvery Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, New York City sent photographers to every building in every borough in an attempt to make property tax assessments fairer and more accurate.
The result was more than 700,000 black-and-white snapshots of everything from fashionable apartment buildings in Manhattan to this out-of-the-way diner on Staten Island.
The city recently had the images digitized.
(may be behind a pay wall)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/28/nyregion/nyc-property-tax-photos.html
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Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York (Original Post)
HAB911
Dec 2018
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Ohiogal
(35,841 posts)1. Fascinating
Will bookmark to read later
Freddie
(9,786 posts)2. Fascinating
Thanks for posting.
Happyhippychick
(8,422 posts)3. LOVE
Thank you!
Arkansas Granny
(31,918 posts)4. Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark this one.
UpInArms
(52,072 posts)5. Very cool
Thank you
LakeArenal
(29,935 posts)6. That is amazing...
But I thought the shots ruined with text in many of the pics.
elleng
(138,032 posts)7. Thanks.
Looking for Dad's office!
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)8. "The city recently had the images digitized"
Combining Google Street View and the Way-back Machine.