Past Tense: DUMBO Before Instagram

Featuring: Neal Boenzi, Patrick A. Burns, Fred R. Conrad, Michael Evans, Carl T. Gossett Jr., Eddie Hausner, Chester Higgins Jr., Donal F. Holway, Paul Hosefros, Nik Kleinberg, Sara Krulwich, Robert Levin, Keith Meyers, Nancy Moran, Nancy Siesel, Barton Silverman, Ernie Sisto, Ruby Washington.
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The New York Times
Curated by
Anika Burgess and Jessie WenderHow did an industrial neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront become a world-famous Instagram destination?
Here, we’re reconstructing the site of Photoville, before it was known as DUMBO. Archival photographs show visitors how the streets and buildings around them appeared 25, 50, and 75 years ago.