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SCOUT· 23%1h 13m·2020-06-12·History#331 The East Side Elevateds: Life Under the Tracks
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
During the Gilded Age, New York City had one form of rapid transit -- the elevated railroad. The city's population had massively grown by the 1870s thanks to large waves of immigration from Ireland and Germany. Yet its transportation options -- mostly horse-drawn streetcars -- were slow and cumbersome. As a result,…
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