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OldNYC brings the New York Public Library NYC photo archive to your phone

May 16, 2016 by Josh Mack

OldNYC brings the New York Public Library NYC photo archive to your phone

     Who doesn't love a large geotagged data set of historical photos? The OldNYC app let's you click on a location and pull images from the NY Public Library's Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s collection so you can see what the area or building looked like years ago. The app is a mobile version of  OldNYC.org which mapped the collection's images after they … [Read more...]

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