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Bushwick Then and Now: There’s an App for That

Time travel to a bygone era with your fingertips.

Bushwick Then and Now: There’s an App for That

Bushwick Then and Now: There’s an App for That

Time travel to a bygone era with your fingertips.

Bushwick Then and Now: There’s an App for That
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Bushwick is home to hundreds of historic locations, each with its own rich story, from the earliest Dutch colonists of the 17th century to massive breweries founded by immigrant families. Urban Archive, available for download on iOS, is an immersive app that taps into thousands of archival images from city cultural institutions and provides historical information about places that are a part of our daily lives. The nonprofit project began in 2016.

The app features a map layer of New York City with block-by-block historical information from public records, and a unique photo overlay tool that enables users to instantly recreate photographs…

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Cover photo courtesy of Brooklyn Historical Society, Urban Archive and author.

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