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For a surprising (to me) historical perspective, a video recently posted to YouTube [1] shows a remastered film taken from a car driving through midtown Manhatt
by tkgally 5y ago
For a surprising (to me) historical perspective, a video recently posted to YouTube [1] shows a remastered film taken from a car driving through midtown Manhattan in 1945. There seem to be no crosswalks or lane markings, and pedestrians cross wherever they like [2]. Market Street in San Francisco at around the same time looks similar [3]. I wonder what the pedestrian fatalities were like in those days.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8u7u35weA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8u7u35weA
[2] https://youtu.be/Br8u7u35weA?t=116 https://youtu.be/Br8u7u35weA?t=116
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfM6La2RlAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfM6La2RlAg
- flycaliguy 5y agoThis is how things operate in other parts of the world. When I was in Naples I often waited for a mother with a stroller so I could cross beside them.