The New Yorker has posted a very neat split-screen tour of the same streets in New York City, letting you see the Big Apple in the in the 1930s and today.
Open Culture writes:
The New Yorker has posted a very neat split-screen tour of the same streets in New York City, letting you see the Big Apple in the 1930s and today. Times Square, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge–they’re all on display. What a difference 80 years make.
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See New York City in the 1930s and Now: A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Same Streets & Landmarks at OpenCulture.com
