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As Savannah’s homeless population continues to grow with more than 1,000 residents who are unsheltered, the Salvation Army has proposed a transitional use shelter in west Savannah to aid nearly 200 of those residents. The site of the proposed shelter has caused controversy due to its proximity to the location of The Weeping Time, which is believed to be the largest sale of enslaved people in U.S. history.  The site’s painful past along with a surrounding community that is already fighting...

Rand McNallys "Handy Map Of New York City" Circa 1908 arrow Subway construction in 1908 Courtesy of the NYPL In the mid-19th century, William Rand and Andrew McNally combined forces at a small printing shop in Chicago that turned into Rand McNally, one of the most successful creators of maps, navigation, road travel, and trip planning in American history. Rand McNally published its first map in 1872; it published its first road map, the New Automobile Road Map of New Yo...

This 1873 Map Of Central Park Details Its Verdant Plant Life arrow Courtesy of the NYPL Since being built in the mid-19th century, Central Park has become one of the most iconic places in New York City, and is said to be the most visited urban park in the United States with an estimated 38 million visitors annually. It has appeared in hundreds of films and TV shows, its the titular location for a cartoon musical-comedy, and of course it was immortalized as the location wher...