Thomas Brierly's drawings let us imagine what early New York City looked like. Much of Dutch and pre-Revolutionary English New York City vanished with the fires that consumed the wooden structures. This is in contrast to Philadelphia where William Penn insisted on a more fire resistant building code. This is a slide show of some of the entries from "Streets Of New York," a 1953 book that is unfortunately out of print.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Brierly's Streets of New York
Thomas Brierly's drawings let us imagine what early New York City looked like. Much of Dutch and pre-Revolutionary English New York City vanished with the fires that consumed the wooden structures. This is in contrast to Philadelphia where William Penn insisted on a more fire resistant building code. This is a slide show of some of the entries from "Streets Of New York," a 1953 book that is unfortunately out of print.
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