myrmepropagandist on Nostr: This image of 1920′s New York City from the Staten Island Ferry sent chills up and ...
This image of 1920′s New York City from the Staten Island Ferry sent chills up and down my spine.
It's more than 100 years old. But it's instantly recognizable as NYC. It would have sounded and felt much the same. Modernity is so old. The modern city, the grid, New York grit and fast walking are all older than anyone who is alive today.
The premodern world is beyond human memory.
*shudder*
Of course it was also very different in some ways... but every one has legacies.
It's more than 100 years old. But it's instantly recognizable as NYC. It would have sounded and felt much the same. Modernity is so old. The modern city, the grid, New York grit and fast walking are all older than anyone who is alive today.
The premodern world is beyond human memory.
*shudder*
Of course it was also very different in some ways... but every one has legacies.