As a kid I always liked the scenes that depicted some sort of "train in the sky" in cartoons like Batman or Superman. The years passed by, I grew up and the internet came along, I slowly stumbled upon pictures, of streamliners and trains on elevated bridges in new york. Looking at New York from the sky in the first versions of google earth I had found this weird bridge or parts of it from what back than I didn't realize was near Penn Station, that went all the way down to lower Manhattan. Imagine my surprise when after years I had finally discovered that that was the "High Line". Not long after I discovered clips about the elevated and all that once was. Those trains in the cartoons, they were actually real. Maybe not so over the top but still.
I've just discovered a new word - "anemoia". Apparently it was invented by a writer called John Koenig. It means - nostalgia for a time you've never known. That perfectly describes the way I feel watching this video.
Having actually shot with Speed and Crown Graphics[4×5],those old sheet film cameras 📷 could make excellent prints,using 5 or 10%,of a negative,and be sharp from front to rear! Detail,indubitably! Thanks for the reminder! Thank you 😇 😊!
I understand the reasons for why the elevated lines of Manhattan were pulled down in the '40s and '50s, and certainly have sympathy for the shop-owners and residents on the avenues below them who celebrated being able to see the blue sky after sixty-years of looking up to steel girders and train undercarriages, but I can't help feeling a little nostalgic for those archaic, dingy, ear-grating conveyances that allowed generations of New Yorkers to travel above the chaos, traffic, and hazards of city streets.
I know it's not a popular thought, but I wish all the El trains were still running in Manhattan. It might have been noisy, but you wouldn't be sitting in traffic and you'd be outside rather than be underground.
1:34 I believe you have the location correct, Speed Graphic. In looking on Google Earth the building on the far left does appear to be the one still standing on the southeast corner of Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas for you purists) and 40th Street. First time I've seen movie footage at this location. Neat.
Early 90s my gf lived in the fmr McAlpin Hotel (SEC 34th & 6th Ave, kitty-corner from Macy's.) La Guardia "renamed" it in '45, just after the end of the war, to promote peace, understanding, etc. I never met a single New Yorker who called it "Avenue of the Americas". BTW - the 6th Ave EL - built in 1878 - was dismantled by 1940.
As a kid I always liked the scenes that depicted some sort of "train in the sky" in cartoons like Batman or Superman. The years passed by, I grew up and the internet came along, I slowly stumbled upon pictures, of streamliners and trains on elevated bridges in new york. Looking at New York from the sky in the first versions of google earth I had found this weird bridge or parts of it from what back than I didn't realize was near Penn Station, that went all the way down to lower Manhattan. Imagine my surprise when after years I had finally discovered that that was the "High Line". Not long after I discovered clips about the elevated and all that once was. Those trains in the cartoons, they were actually real. Maybe not so over the top but still.
It looked magical, was just looking at it today in brooklyn
I've just discovered a new word - "anemoia". Apparently it was invented by a writer called John Koenig. It means - nostalgia for a time you've never known.
That perfectly describes the way I feel watching this video.
Having actually shot with Speed and Crown Graphics[4×5],those old sheet film cameras 📷 could make excellent prints,using 5 or 10%,of a negative,and be sharp from front to rear! Detail,indubitably! Thanks for the reminder! Thank you 😇 😊!
The sparkle of the slow-moving windows at 3:00 ... wow.
Magnífico
I understand the reasons for why the elevated lines of Manhattan were pulled down in the '40s and '50s, and certainly have sympathy for the shop-owners and residents on the avenues below them who celebrated being able to see the blue sky after sixty-years of looking up to steel girders and train undercarriages, but I can't help feeling a little nostalgic for those archaic, dingy, ear-grating conveyances that allowed generations of New Yorkers to travel above the chaos, traffic, and hazards of city streets.
wanted to comment to reinforce the other Michael's point below - fairly sure 1:34 is the Bryant Park/42nd st station on the 6th avenue El
Thanks! I've updated the description.
Looks more civilized. No graffiti!
I know it's not a popular thought, but I wish all the El trains were still running in Manhattan. It might have been noisy, but you wouldn't be sitting in traffic and you'd be outside rather than be underground.
1:34 I believe you have the location correct, Speed Graphic. In looking on Google Earth the building on the far left does appear to be the one still standing on the southeast corner of Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas for you purists) and 40th Street. First time I've seen movie footage at this location. Neat.
Early 90s my gf lived in the fmr McAlpin Hotel (SEC 34th & 6th Ave, kitty-corner from Macy's.) La Guardia "renamed" it in '45, just after the end of the war, to promote peace, understanding, etc. I never met a single New Yorker who called it "Avenue of the Americas". BTW - the 6th Ave EL - built in 1878 - was dismantled by 1940.
I've updated the description. Thanks.
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Year? 20s?