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Darling Harbour Resumptions, post 1900?

pellethepoet I would say so. Golly, what a fascinating mess! Is it from the Australian Gaslight site looking north?
See 1895 interactive map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=...

I think somewhere along there, but unable to match anything up yet ...

Perhaps closer to 1909? I think this may be looking from the same vantage point, but south -

Second thoughts (after a Bex and a good lie-down) -

I think it is up a bit and round the corner. Photographer is on Millers Point looking NE across Walsh Bay (under destruction / construction) towards Dawes Point. Milsons Point on the far side of the Harbour. See notes about terraces and Chinese Christian Church.

1895 interactive map - this is what they were rebuilding - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=...

(1913) Supreme Court Justice Seabury yesterday morning sentenced ex-Patrolman John J. Hartigan, the confidential messenger of ex-Inspector Sweeney to an indeterminate term at hard labor in Sing Sing of not less than two and one-half and not more than three query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950CEFD9103CE633A...

This is the corner of Lafayette Street and White Street in New York City. I can tell because building on the far right is the Engine Company 31 Firehouse (Napoleon Le Brun & Sons, 1895). I have a current photo of it; it looks nearly the same except for some roofing detail, but a photo of the same corner from 1907 (scroll all the way down) shows the detailing intact. Another bit of evidence: the street address for the firehouse is 87-91 Lafayette Street, while the signage on the corner building shows the number "84" (backwards), which is presumably part of its street address. Additionally, according to Google Maps, the tall building in the middle with the arched windows at the top is still standing--it's at Lafayette and Walker, a block away. I'm going to guess that Hartigan was rushing over to the New York State Supreme Court building (as per Mr. Angstrom above) a few blocks down south.

breathtaking! I can't stop analyzing every corner

New York City's Mayor's Bureau of Licenses

amazing pictures. it gives me some nostalgia. thank you for uploading this. i added your site on my bookmark. cheers

Echo Richard Arthur Norton the exact date could be tracked back this way. Fine tones across the range, excellent negative.

The date is scratched into the negative along the lower right side: 8/2/13 (reversed). The same date appears in the companion photo along the lower left side.

August 1913 saw the reformation of the taxi hacking industry in NYC. A new public hacking ordinance was introduced to abolish private cab stands and reduce taxi fare rates. The new ordinance went into effect at 0000hours on August 1, 1913. A new style of taximeter was also required adjusted to register the new rates of fare. ( ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E2DC163DE633A... & As you could imagine, the taxi industry did not take kindly to the reforms. (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE5DC163DE633A... ) According to an article in the NYT of August 3, 1913, August 2 was a big day for vehicle inspections: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403EFDD113BE633A...