Back in January 2002, I recorded my commute and what it was like to ride in our very best existing – but mostly troubled – bike lanes in NYC. The footage is amazing showing how frustrating it used to be!
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Streetfilms: What it was like to bike in NYC 15 years ago (bikeTV)
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017Retro Infra: Building a Highway in America (1948 Film)
Thursday, June 16th, 2016Show the processes required to construct a two-lane (pre-Interstate) highway, as it was done back in 1948.
View this complete post...San Francisco: A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 – With Sound!
Monday, May 30th, 2016A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 – With Sound!
Historic pre-earthquake San Francisco, 1906, with full sound design.
View this complete post...Retro Infra: Rock Island, IL – Wheels of Progress (1950)
Friday, February 20th, 2015The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (reporting marks CRIP, RI, ROCK) was a prominent (Class I) railroad in the midwestern United States, commonly known as the “Rock Island.” In 1854 when the line connected the Mississippi to Chicago and the East Coast, the event was marked by a large promotional voyage called the Grand Excursion. In 1856, the line crossed the Government Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi, connecting farms in Iowa and beyond to Chicago.
View this complete post...Arlington, VA: Then and Now
Thursday, October 16th, 2014In 1949, the Virginia Department of Highways, now VDOT, did a traffic study along Route 29 in Arlington. A few years ago, VDOT discovered an old reel of 16mm film taken during the study. We shot a drive-along of the Lee Highway in 2014 to show how this busy corridor has grown in the past 65 years.
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Retro Infra: Road Maintenance in the Good Old Days
Thursday, May 29th, 2014Nearly a century ago, crews were fixing potholes and paving roads just like they do today. Materials may have changed, but the methods and the intentions have stayed the same.
View this complete post...Retro Infra: Sheep Crossing the Grand Coulee Dam, WA
Monday, April 14th, 2014Columbia River, Washington, United States of America (USA).
CU. Sheep grazing. LS Sheep on approach to dam. LS Dam with sheep passing in foreground.
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