Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Chinatown in 1899

Looking down Doyers Street from Pell Street in New York City's Chinatown in 1899. Click HERE to see the street as it looks today on google street view. Photo from The New Metropolis, 1899.

1 comment:

The Down East Dilettante said...

But for the clapboard building on the left, it looks like a stage set of Shanghai.

I'm still amazed by these photographs