New York 1940s in Color!, Driving Downtown [60fps,Remastered] added sound
New York City in the 1940s was buzzing with activity, with the population of Manhattan almost reaching 2 million inhabitants. first shot is heading uptown on 8th Avenue. Madison Square Garden is on the left at 1:22, at 50th Street. 1:38 is 5th avenue, looking uptown, at 59th street. 4:55 seems to be a crosstown street, (which?) with many stooped apartment buildings, possibly midtown (Thx dvtvrich) Video Restoration Process: FPS boosted to 60 frames per second Image resolution boosted up to HD Improved video sharpness and brightness Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate) added sound only for the ambiance restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,deblur)
Circa 1966. Rare shots of Wall Street and the older buildings surrounding it, 140 Broadway under construction, and a very rare zoom in on the top of the Singer Building
Some of the film The April Fools from 1969 is set in 140 Broadway, and on occasion in the film you can see outside buildings (albeit projected, and distorted) i.e. the Washington Life Building and 135 Broadway Building.
A spacious entrance lobby, the walls of which are of plain gray granite, gives upon a corridor which runs the full depth of the building and extending through the old building is continued to the next street. The walls of this corridor are wainscoted to a height of about four feet, with brown glazed tile laid in brick pattern. Above the wainscoting, the walls are of plaster, finished in a neutral brown tint.
In addition to three rapid passenger elevators, the building posesses every modern device for safety, comfort and utility, and in its entirely is emblematic of the scientifically businesslike character of the age.
Awesome findings, especially the one from what was left from 135 Broadway!
Some weeks ago I managed to find great materials from the 1890s em 1900s in engineering and architectural periodicals, but I saved them all in a pen-drive and forgot it at my cousin’s house. While I’m too lazy to find those again and I prefer to have them when I get it back, I’d suggest you to look especially in The Engineering Record, that’s paradise!
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