New York City Proposed site for Worlds Fair in, New York, 1883 – Antique Wall Map
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: New York City Proposed site for Worlds Fair in, New York, 1883, preserved in this antique map. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Proposed site for World's Fair in 1883 : between 110th and 125th Streets, Morning Side and River Side Parks, N.Y. Area 300 acres
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New York City Proposed site for Worlds Fair in, New York, 1883
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In 1883, New York was the largest city in the country and a center of shipping, garment and cigar manufacturing, and finance, with its population crowded into Manhattan's tenements and drawing waves of immigrants. The Brooklyn Bridge opened that May, linking Manhattan with Brooklyn and giving the two cities a new sense of connection across the East River. Elevated railways ran along the avenues above the streets, carrying commuters and freight through a city that was growing faster than its services could keep up with. Talk of hosting a world's fair reflected the civic ambition of the period, as local boosters wanted to show that New York could rival the great exhibitions held in Philadelphia and Paris. The proposed grounds shown here stood for a city that saw itself as the nation's commercial and cultural capital.
| Created / published | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Creator | stranders, walter |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,944 × 4,816 px · prints to 23 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Proposed site for World's Fair in 1883 : between 110th and 125th Streets, Morning Side and River Side Parks, N.Y. Area 300 acres |
| Reference | NY New York City Proposed site for Worlds Fair in 1883 |
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