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    Contrasting Eras: New York City in the 1920s Compared to the Present Day

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    The city has undergone some major changes since the Roaring ’20s.

    Then: Battery Park (1922)

     

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    Then: Lower Manhattan
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    Then: 34th Street & Fifth Avenue (1922)
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    Then: Times Square (1922)
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    Then: Times Square (1922)
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    Then: Times Square (1923)
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    Then: The Lowell Fountain at Bryant Park
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    Then: Fifth Ave & 53rd Street (1922)
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    Then: Columbus Circle (1924)
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    Then: Manhattan Municipal Building (1924)

     

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    Then: Wall Street (1921)
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    Then: Union Square (1921)
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    Then: Union Square (1922)

     

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    Then: Pennsylvania Station (1922)
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    Then: Penn Station
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    Then: Herald Square (1923)

     

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    Then: Fifth Avenue & 59th Street (1924)
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    Then: Holland Tunnel construction (1924)

     

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    Then: 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue (1924)

     

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    Then: Church and Warren Streets during subway construction (1927)

     

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    Then: Broome Street from Broadway (1925)
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    Then: Sherry Netherland Hotel and Plaza Hotel from Central Park (1928)

     

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    Then: Central Park (1925)
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    Then: Chrysler Building spire construction (1929)

     

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