Posted on 03/25/2009 7:04:08 PM PDT by neverdem
A daguerreotype of what really can be called "Old Broadway" — showing the famous New York City thoroughfare as the 1840s country road it once was — is going up for sale at Sotheby's auction house.
In the early to mid-19th century, between the American Revolution and the Starbucks revolution, the Upper West Side of Manhattan was open countryside, with large estates, white picket fences and wagons trundling along a rutted road already known as Broadway.
Photographic evidence of that era is scant, as most studios offering the newfangled daguerreotypes were located several miles away at the island's populated lower end and focused, literally, on that area. But one rural scene, recently discovered in New England, is going up for sale at Sotheby's on Monday. It's believed to date to 1848...
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And did you know (I’m pretty sure this is a true fact) other than Gracie Mansion there are today *no* single family residences on the entire island of Manhatten?
History bump...
Broadway is actually an old Indian path
Historic photos of New York City:
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/classroom/photos/
Are you sure about Inwood, the northern end?
Thanks for the link.
Tell the libs we must restore it to its original pristine state and give it back, then watch their heads explode.
There actually *is* a street in Harlem called Old Broadway. It’s a bit east of modern Broadway, and represents a piece of the thoroughfare that was orphaned when the city grew north and its grid was rationalized.
Steeplechase Pier, Coney Island, July 30, 1922
Many more old pics of the five boros of New York City at this link:
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/classroom/photos/100bklyn.html
Dead people!
And did you know (I’m pretty sure this is a true fact) other than Gracie Mansion there are today *no* single family residences on the entire island of Manhatten?
Not all of them. It’s from 1922.
That 51st St and 5th ave pic in my post 10 is of Brooklyn, not Manhattan.
New York state threatens 9,000 layoffs
Obama, DNC jump in on New York race (Dem internal poll shows Murphy within 2 pts)
Obama enters campaign, fundraising fray
Democrats hope to avoid losing the upstate New York seat where Republicans outnumber Democrats by 70,000.
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NY 20 should be easy for the pubbies. It's just a matter of turnout. While Tedisco probably wouldn't mind donations, volunteers could be worth their weight in gold with Obama's Organizing For America getting involved.
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