7.15.2010

How You May Live and Travel in the City in 1950

I love blasts from the past, especially when they are predicting a future that has already passed.  Are you still with me?  Check out this illustration from a 1925 issue of Popular Science that predicts how cities may look and function in 1950.  I'm not sure how right they were about a 1950 city, but today's city is pretty darn close to this.  The biggest difference is the below-ground car travel, which hasn't come to full fruition, but should have given the gridlock often experienced in Manhattan.

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