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Post by The Herald Erjen on Dec 28, 2019 2:47:54 GMT
Not a lot of motorized transport. I guess that didn't happen until the 20's. Enjoy.  |
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Post by maya55555 on Dec 28, 2019 3:01:23 GMT
My uncle was born in NYC 1907.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 3:35:55 GMT
The street sounds are particularly interesting … especially since the film in 1911 would have been silent !
Thanks for posting the video... many scenes are familiar !
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Dec 28, 2019 5:19:14 GMT
The street sounds are particularly interesting … especially since the film in 1911 would have been silent ! Thanks for posting the video... many scenes are familiar ! You're welcome. I liked the sound too. That triangular building I'm sure I have seen in TV shows that were filmed there, and I think it's still there today.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 5:27:16 GMT
The Herald ErjenIt's called the Flatiron Building and it is indeed still there ! Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city at 20 floors high and one of only two "skyscrapers" north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east. The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street – where the building's 87-foot (27 m) back end is located – with East 23rd Street grazing the triangle's northern (uptown) peak. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron. The building, which has been called "one of the world's most iconic skyscrapers and a quintessential symbol of New York City", anchors the south (downtown) end of Madison Square and the north (uptown) end of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. The neighborhood around it is called the Flatiron District after its signature building, which has become an icon of New York City. The Flatiron Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 28, 2019 18:39:10 GMT
I would have liked to know what NYC smelled like in 1911. No doubt horrendous. The pollution from the factories. Nearly every home, rooms, building heated by burning soft coal. People emptying chamber pots in the alleys, The horse crap. The people (still the days of the "Saturday Night Bath"). No one would notice then but it would burn our nostrils.
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