Tag Archives: Cities

5650: The Last Day of Manhattan

Posted on June 24, 2021 by corvusfugit

In 1905, the great comic strip artist Windsor McCay illustrated a series of satiric science fiction vignettes by the prolific author, humorist, and editor John Kendrick Bangs. The series ran in The New York Herald and other newspapers and featured … Continue reading →

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1965: Lo, The Mystique City

Posted on August 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Betye Saar: Lo, The Mystique City (1965)

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1562: Namesakes

Posted on July 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

The city of Richmond, California is named after the city of Richmond, Virginia, which is named after the English town of Richmond near London, which was named for Richmond Palace, which Henry VII named after his ancestral home in Richmond, … Continue reading →

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1920: Edinburgh

Posted on October 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alfred G. Buckham: Aerial view of Edinburgh (c. 1920)

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1950: Atom Bomb Hits New York City

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chesley Bonestell: Atom Bomb Hits New York City; cover illustration for the August 5, 1950 issue of Collier’s magazine.

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1964: World’s Largest Miniature City

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Built for the 1964 World’s Fair at a cost of $672,000 (about $5.3 million in 2017), the Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum is the world’s largest architectural model of a city. It includes about 895,000 miniature … Continue reading →