tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post8428832912692901041..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: The Corona Ash Dump: Brooklyn's burden on Queens, a vivid literary inspiration and bleak, rat-filled landscapeThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-30420385627410312092013-05-21T11:11:47.236-04:002013-05-21T11:11:47.236-04:00Thank you for sharing the link to that map. I love...Thank you for sharing the link to that map. I love it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-17677119383143069022013-05-10T08:19:53.169-04:002013-05-10T08:19:53.169-04:00NYC had aerial maps taken starting in 1924. They c...NYC had aerial maps taken starting in 1924. They can be found here: http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/<br /><br />Click on the camera icon and slide the pointer below it to the year you wish to see. The ash dump can be clearly seen in 1924 and its transformation into the 1939 World's Fair in 1951. <br /><br />Changes to Barren Island, and the surrounding salt marshes along the southern shore of Brooklyn and Queens are monumental in this same time frame.Bruce Rubensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387005229260648149noreply@blogger.com