Explore the collaboration between Works Progress Administration and NYC Tax back in the 1940's that collected photographs of nearly every building in the city.
Street View of 1940s New York
Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of every building in the five boroughs of New York City. In 2018, the NYC Municipal Archives completed the digitization and tagging of these photos. This website places them on a map.
Zoom in! Every dot is a photo.
The photos on this site are property of the NYC Department of Records, with which this site has no affilliation. Prints and high-resolution digital copies may be ordered directly from the Municipal Archives using the link at the bottom of every photo. Use of these photos is subject to Terms & Conditions. Only publicly-viewable, low-resolution, watermarked images are shown.
Photos were placed on the map via an automatic and imperfect process.
by Julian Boilen
Street View of 1940s New York
Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of every building in the five boroughs of New York City. In 2018, the NYC Municipal Archives completed the digitization and tagging of these photos. This website places them on a map.
Zoom in! Every dot is a photo.
The photos on this site are property of the NYC Department of Records, with which this site has no affilliation. Prints and high-resolution digital copies may be ordered directly from the Municipal Archives using the link at the bottom of every photo. Use of these photos is subject to Terms & Conditions. Only publicly-viewable, low-resolution, watermarked images are shown.
Photos were placed on the map via an automatic and imperfect process.
by Julian Boilen
