American Cities: Before and After
January 31, 2014 10:35 PM Subscribe
Smithsonian Magazine's interactive map series on American cities.
When Real Estate Plotters Planned Out Denver
Before There Could be a Los Angeles, There Had to Be Water
When the Lincoln Memorial Was Underwater
What Did San Francisco Look Like in the mid-1800s?
This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Today
What Did Chicago Look Like Before the Great Fire?
When Real Estate Plotters Planned Out Denver
Before There Could be a Los Angeles, There Had to Be Water
When the Lincoln Memorial Was Underwater
What Did San Francisco Look Like in the mid-1800s?
This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Today
What Did Chicago Look Like Before the Great Fire?
Before There Could be a Los Angeles, There Had to Be Water
The current drought is making that look questionable.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:34 AM on February 1, 2014
This is great; I love old city maps. Thanks for the post!
posted by languagehat at 8:08 AM on February 1, 2014
posted by languagehat at 8:08 AM on February 1, 2014
Apparently there was a railroad on a breakwater in Lake Michigan before it all got built up?!
posted by goethean at 12:58 PM on February 1, 2014
posted by goethean at 12:58 PM on February 1, 2014
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