Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

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2005 · 28 min · Documentary

Overview

The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans into the metropolis we know today and features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections. Now expanded and updated, the film's final chapter captures the astonishing – if sometimes challenging – transformations the city has experienced in the first decades of the 21st century.

Directed by Jake Burton

Cast

• Stanley Tucci — Narrator (voice)
• Louis Auchincloss — Additional Voices
• John Guare — Additional Voices
• Pete Hamill — Additional Voices
• Vy Higginsen — Additional Voices