New York panoramas
The city in widescreen, more than 100 years ago
Wolfgang Wild
1900-1913
These 12 widescreen images of New York City date back to the end of the 19th century. Sourced from the Library of Congress' collection of panoramic photographs, they were curated into the free pop-up exhibition Retronaut's New York, currently at Premier Exhibitions, 5th Avenue and 37th Street, in New York City.
The exhibit introduction sets out:The further back in time we go, the smaller the photographic record becomes, quite literally. So it comes as a surprise to witness the version of New York recorded by these panoramic photographs — the city of the late 1800s and early 1900s, yet a version that is on the same scale as ours.The exhibition, presented by Mashable and officially opened by Josh Sapan, CEO and chair of AMC Networks and author of The Big Picture, also features a specially commissioned floor-to-ceiling "timescape" of Time Square created by Dynamichrome’s Jordan Lloyd. Lloyd has woven together 20 photographs from Times Square’s hundred-year history into a single seamless image.Visit to see all 30 full-size panoramas and the timescape, and collect a set of eight free New York panorama postcards.
The belief that the past is qualitatively different from the present is a persistent one. - Retronaut's New York
