Van Cortlandt Park, 1951
Already 70 years ago, the park was criss-crossed by parkways, with more in mind by the Robert Moses and the Master Builders.
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Already 70 years ago, the park was criss-crossed by parkways, with more in mind by the Robert Moses and the Master Builders.
Robert Moses' home base, where the Triborough Bridge Authority and his office was located at the height of his power.
Before the Cross-Bronx Expressway was well underway.
Been playing a lot with CSS filters to find new ways to find beauty in aerial photography.
By the early 1950s, the modern Gowanus Expressway hadn't been built yet but the 14th Street had been upgraded to be partly grade seperated as a feeder to the Battery Tunnel.
Old aerial photo from when the island was originally agricultural.