New York City scenes from 1911 (video)

Outstanding! Thanks so much.

I'm not sure why that last remark was necessary. In spite of appearances, we're looking at a time when anyone could be imprisoned for merely being homosexual, and with no gender, racial, religious, ethnic or sexual equality, or health, environmental or occupational safety standards. Indeed, the very year of that film, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire right in that city claimed the lives of 146 workers. It may have been peaceful for white, Christian, straight, affluent males, but with all those injustices, it's hard to imagine people coming out of the closet as any kind of factor that might have threatened peaceful public order, and seems an odd thing to single out.

I can go along with you this far: much of what can be observed in Washington D.C. could be considered among the greatest threats to peace and public order in over 40 years.    

I kept looking for this landmark

I recall we had a couple of exchanges about something or other a month or so back and, as now, you were gracious and honest. So I appreciate the clarification and will keep that in mind, endeavoring in future to curb any tendencies to jump too quickly onto my high horse.

Cheers.  

I also noticed the car motoring (I think that was the term used back then) behind this one tries to pass the horse drawn wagon and is almost taken out by a street car. Notice how the driver quickly maneuvers back behind the wagon. 

It's beautiful footage of a time long past. I often think that besides the 1950's this is the era (early 20th century) I would most like to visit. Before WW1 there was a great deal of technological and scientific progress going on as well as romanticism for the Ancient Greek and Roman past (as evident in the architecture).