This is an isochronic map showing travel times in the mid 19th-century, with New York City as the origin point. Each line represents the fastest regular travel time using the era’s best available transportation, including railroads, steamships, and stagecoaches.
Shorty, the Bowery Cherub on New Year’s Eve at Sammy’s Bar in 1943. Photo by Weegee. For those not familiar with Sammy's Bar, it looked like such an amazing place, I've linked to a gallery in the body of this post. I'd love to have had a night out in there.