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American Memory: The Life of a City
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html
Library of Congress online collection of 45 films made in NYC between 1898 and 1906. These films include street scenes and panoramic views depicting the city at the turn of the century.
Central Park Conservancy
http://www.centralparknyc.org
Site of the non-profit organization that manages the park. Includes history of the park and visitor information with descriptions of over 100 sites to see.
How the Other Half Lives
http://www.bartleby.com/208/
Full text (including images) of Jacob Riis' 1890 book on tenement conditions in New York.
Long Island, Suffolk Historic Newspapers
http://shn.suffolk.lib.ny.us
Suffolk Historic Newspapers is a centralized, searchable collection of Suffolk's newspaper heritage available to you online.
Mapping the African American Past
http://maap.columbia.edu/
Use an interactive map to explore locations in New York City relating to African American history. Profiles of individual locations, persons and events have brief histories, “then and now” pictures and video clips. A section for teachers features lesson plans.
Mr. Lincoln's New York
http://www.mrlincolnandnewyork.org/
Discusses President Lincoln's visits to New York City as well as other political figures and events in New York in the years prior to and during the Civil War.
New York City Open Access Space Information System (OASIS)
http://www.oasisnyc.net/
Promoting the value to the community of parks and other open spaces, this interactive site allows users to create detailed street maps of NYC based on options including street address, zip code, neighborhood and community district. Display features include property and land use, environmental characteristics and aerial photo views. There is also additional information such as community district profiles and Dept. of Building data for specific addresses.
New York: The Center of the World
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/index.html
Companion site to Ric Burn's documentary history of the World Trade Center. Includes timeline, video clips and topical features on major people and issues associated with the towers.
NYC Department of City Planning Community Profiles
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/lucds/cdstart.shtml
Profiles by community district including census based population and housing statistics, vital statistics, land area & use, and lists of selected facilities (hospitals, schools, fire and police, etc.). Good for those researching statistics at the neighborhood level.
NYCData
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/
Current and historical statistics in a wide range of categories, including economic, health, housing, education and recreation. Good for those researching statistics at the city or borough level.
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