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It’s like a bizarre dream looking at this 1939 map of the planned expansion for New York City Subway. Look at how the 7 line go all the way passed Flushing and go to two directions: College Point/Whitestone and Bayside! Then look at how there’s another line crossed the East River to service Southside of Williamsburg or look at how there is a line go straight to Staten Island. What about the line go across Long Island City similar to today’s route of Grand Central then connect …
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The boundaries of New York City’s neighborhood is always difficult to figure out. No one can tell you for sure the boundaries between East Village, LES and NoLita, or for a even more confusing fight between the Greenwich Village, West Village, Central Village, and Noho~
In North Brooklyn, it seems much easier because of a natural border of McCarren Park – South of the park is Williamsburg and North of it is Greenpoint. However the easy distinction is slowing eroding – First Williamsburg going from just Northside and Southside, …
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Here is a fun map i found~ not sure if anyone saw it yet. It’s an animated map of the New York City subway showing the construction of the entire system. You’ll be surprise the earliest part of the current subway system isn’t built in Manhattan!! (well, those parts are not underground~ and back then it wasn’t part of the system at all~)
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You all know how I am in love with maps right? So here is a fun one I found – a map of Manhattan, in a form of collage of nations! The maker labeled it the Global Island, he claims that the position of the nations are relative to where each country’s resident lives. He uses the 2000 US Census data to make the map. I highly doubt some of his “result” because seriously, most of the nations are way off from the infamous ethnic “towns” with …
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