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Reading this lead me to Google "lower Broadway commerce canyon" which found this remarkable image. One does not normally associate horse-drawn wagons with skys

• crazygringo 3y ago
  Perhaps surprisingly, a lot more than briefly. That's 1915 -- I recently saw the 1948 detective movie "The Naked City" set in NYC, and it still shows the milkman delivering milk via horse-drawn carriage, amid all the cars. It's a fascinating movie BTW -- as much of a documentary of 1948 NYC as it is a plot-driven story.
  • southernplaces7 3y ago
    I'd have to find the image if I get a chance, but if you look through some online collections of Manhattan photos from the 1970s, there were still horse-drawn carts driven between the immense modern towers of the City by men who recycled scrap and trash..
• bryancoxwell 3y ago
  This is really cool, thanks for sharing.
• justsomehnguy 3y ago
  > In NYC, they did briefly coexist Along with the electric transport.
• leoedin 3y ago
  I live in London - which saw vast expansion of its suburbs in the 1870-1910 period. It's fascinating learning about the logistics involved - railway was king back then and so they built rail yards everywhere. Building materials were brought in from across the country by train and then pulled by horse and cart to the building site. Everything was dug by hand. They built a 5 mile wide ring of houses around the city.