Directed, researched, and animated by Eslam Ghazy: Image & Video Storytelling Expert
Created with advice from historians Eymund Diegel and Myles Zhang
Follow the city’s time-lapse evolution from Dutch trading post to modern metropolis from a single, fixed camera angle. The project is based on extensive use of primary sources, century-old maps, photographs, and drawings from the collections the New York Public Library, Library of Congress, and Welikia map of pre-development NYC.
Modeled on the methodology behind the Here Grows New York project, Eslam’s project features a production archive available for download. Archive includes the full structure, all documents, frame logic, and workflow notes behind his animation. To learn more about his research and his workflow, or to commission similar digital projects for your city, please contact Eslam Ghazy @TimelessHistoryTube.