New York's Shrinking Rivers

The Changing Shoreline of New York City uses historical maps, from the New York Public Library’s collection, to explore how Manhattan has physically grown inward size during its brief history. This fascinating await at the changing landscape of New York was created past times Laura Blaszczak during her internship at the New York Public Library.

As you lot scroll through this impressive storey map historical maps are used to exhibit how Manhattan's many rivers, creeks, brooks too bays accept been managed or fifty-fifty built over. These historical maps are overlaid on plough over off of a modern map of New York. Each has an opacity command that allows you lot to straight compare the historical amongst the modern map of the urban total to illustrate how Manhattan's landscape has changed.

BTW - I actually similar the push (which appears on this map when you lot persuasion it on a mobile device) that allows you lot to switch the browser's focus betwixt the map too the scrolling content. This appears to accept been achieved past times adding too removing the user's mightiness to pan the map past times creating a uncomplicated toggle map panning function.