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Wow!: “The Early 1900s Plan To Annex Governors Island & Make Manhattan Larger: Gothamist”

2015-01-15 plaws

An *engineer's* plan

The Early 1900s Plan To Annex Governors Island & Make Manhattan Larger: Gothamist.

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All to the same scale!

2015-01-13 plaws

Transit Maps Tumblr.

Been following this Tumblr thing for a while now.  Good stuff.  Go look!

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Squeeeeee!

2015-01-05 plaws

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The green one is from 1974 and the red one is from 1961.  I’ve been looking for both for some time and finally got some “good” prices.

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