Good evening! Wishing you a happy Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 from all of us at Viewing NYC!
Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.
Good evening! Wishing you a happy Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 from all of us at Viewing NYC!
Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with the famous PCC (President’s Conference Car). The last line is the Queensborough Bridge Railway, covered in fascinating detail from Queens Plaza on Long Island to the underground terminal in New York City. The film features some of the last trips in 1956 and transportation of car 1001 to the Shore Line Trolley Museum in Connecticut.
Check out the rest of the New York's Last Trolleys documentary series from Sunday River Productions for more.
Data scientist John Burn-Murdoch recently created this fascinating animated bar chart showing the top-ten most-populous cities in the world from 1500 through present day. New York City had its time in the spotlight, ranking #1 from 1925 when it overtook London, to 1954 when Tokyo grew at an incredibly fast pace. Check it out!