Look at NYC Properties from 1940

We’ll warn you, once you search one address you’re inevitably going to search every single NYC address you can think of. From Roaming Views via TimeOut:

In 1940 the NYC Dept of Taxation teamed up with 100’s of local photographers to photograph every single house, commercial property, and lot in the 5 Boroughs of New York City. This was done to inventory the NYC Tax Lots for the IRS.

In 2018, this was then digitized and released to the public via The Dept of Records. I’ll show you how you can search and see what any NYC property looked like in 1940

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  1. Alan Gunn
    August 31, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    Hi!
    As an electronics enthusiast for almost 50 years and a permanent admirer of passionate people I’d just like to tell how great you all are. 🙂

    Alan Gunn

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