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Detail from the skyline of midtown Manhattan. Photograph (c. 1931). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs, Panoramic Photographs [LC-USZ62-120504].
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I. Industrial Decline
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 | 2. New York and Steam Power
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Detail from Rogers Locomotive Works. Patterson, N. J., 1882—U.S.A.. Illustration by J. L. Giles (engraved by Augustus Robin), in Locomotives and Locomotive Building: Being a Brief Sketch of the Growth of the Railroad System and of the Various Imporvements in Locomotive Building in America, Together with a History of the Origin and Growth of the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, Paterson, New Jersey, from 1831 to 1886, by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works (New York: Wm. S. Gottsberger, 1886).
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II. Gotham's Enterprises
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 | 1. Small Industries
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Joshua Brown and David Ment, Factories, Foundries, and Refineries: A History of Five Brooklyn Industries (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance, 1980), 5–7. Columbia University Libraries.
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 | 2. Breweries
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Footage from TV commercial for Rheingold extra-dry lager beer (c. 1960). Courtesy of archive.org.
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 | 5. Textiles
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Equitable Building, New York City. Photograph in Valentine's Manual of Old New York, ed. Henry Collins Brown, no. 5, n.s. (New York: Valentine's Manual, 1921). Columbia University Libraries.
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III. Problems
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 | 2. Technological Shifts
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Excerpt from Robert Murray Haig and Roswell C. McCrea, “Certain Findings Briefly Stated,” Ecomonic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement: A Study of Trends and Tendencies in the Economic Activities Within the Region of New York and Its Environs, Regional Survey, vol. 1 (New York: Regional Plan of New York and its Environs, 1927). Columbia University Libraries.
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 | 3. Trucks and Government
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Footage from Give Yourself the Green Light, a film produced to garner public support for the creation of the Intersate Highway System. Produced by Handy (Jam) Organization for General Motors Corporation (1954). Courtesy of archive.org.
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IV. The Port
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 | 1. Reinforcing Advantages
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Detail from a stereoscopic photograph of Coenties Slip on the East River, New York City (c. 1876). Canal boats are visible in the foreground. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views; Photography Collection; Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs; The New York Public Library; Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
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 | 2. National Importance
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Piers 46 and 47, Lower Ganesvoort, New York City. Photograph (c. 1910). City of New York Municipal Archives, Department of Records and Information, Ports and Trade Collection.
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 | 3. No Direct Freight Link
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Railroad freight cars on barges at Pier 1, New York City. Photograph (c. 1910). City of New York Municipal Archives, Department of Records and Information, Ports and Trade Collection.
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Detail from North River Shipping Activity View to Southeast (July 18, 1956). Photograph of the Hudson River as seen from New Jersey; Manhattan is in the background. Museum of the City of New York. Gift of the Port of New York Authority.
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V. Port Authority
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 | 1. Managing the Port
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An M-4 tank is loaded on a freighter in New York harbor, for shipment to a U.S. ally during the Second World War (1943). Alfred T. Palmer, photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration–Office of War Information Photograph Collection [LC-USE6-D-008852].
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 | 2. Problems of the Port
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A derelict pier on the Hudson River at West 55th Street, New York City (1986). Gerald Weinstein, photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs, Historic American Buildings Survery [HAER, 31-NEYO,147].
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 | 3. Problems of the Harbor
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Map showing the location of Kill Van Kull waterway in New York harbor. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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VI. Is History for Losers?
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 | 2. Renewed Interest in the City's History
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Books at the New-York Historical Society gift shop (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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 | 3. History and Historic
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The skyline of midtown Manhattan. Photograph (c. 1931). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs, Panoramic Photographs [LC-USZ62-120504].
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Flatiron Building, New York City (2002). Vincent Aliberto, photographer. Copyright 2002 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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Interior of Grand Central Station, New York City (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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Rockefeller Center, New York City. Carlos Zambrano, photographer. Copyright 2002 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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Ellis Island, New York. Photograph (c. 1913). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection [LC-USZ62-40101].
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 | 4. The Tradition of Change
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The old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel just prior to its demolition (1929). Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Woolworth Building, New York City (2002). Carlos Zambrano, photographer. Copyright 2002 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
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Empire State Building, New York City (2003). Vincent Aliberto, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
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The Empire State Building under construction (1930). Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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Columbia Colllege at 49th Street, New York City (nineteenth century). Columbia University Archives–Columbiana Library.
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 | 5. The Arrogance of Staying the Same
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Grand Central Station and the MetLife Building (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
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 | 8. A Living City
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Kent Barwick. Courtesy of the Municipal Art Society.
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"Make tracks to D.C. to save Grand Central!" Flyer announcing a demonstration to save Grand Central Terminal (c. 1977). Courtesy of the Municipal Art Society.
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