American Cities: Before and After | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/american-cities-and-after/RSS feed for American Cities: Before and AfterenWed, 06 Mar 2019 20:32:24 +0000The City of Chicago Is Sinking. Here's Whyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicago-can-blame-glaciers-sinking-city-180971643/Ice sheets that receded 10,000 years ago are responsible for the Windy City dropping at least four inches over the last centuryWed, 06 Mar 2019 20:32:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicago-can-blame-glaciers-sinking-city-180971643/Rare 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Footage Found at Flea Markethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-san-francisco-earthquake-footage-found-flea-market-180968416/The nine-minute Miles brothers film reel shows the devastation that the powerful quake wroughtFri, 09 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-san-francisco-earthquake-footage-found-flea-market-180968416/Study Shows Little Change Since Kerner Commission Reported on Racism 50 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-little-change-segregation-and-poverty-over-last-fifty-years-180968317/An update to the landmark study finds there is now more poverty and segregation in AmericaFri, 02 Mar 2018 17:17:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-little-change-segregation-and-poverty-over-last-fifty-years-180968317/What Is Dark Matter and More Questions From Our Readershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/dark-matter-ask-smithsonian-180962468/You asked, we answeredWed, 22 Mar 2017 17:57:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/dark-matter-ask-smithsonian-180962468/Hollywood Was Once an Alcohol-Free Communityhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hollywood-was-once-alcohol-free-community-1-180949851/Modern Hollywood is a far cry from its intrepid female founder's "dream of beauty" Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:55:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hollywood-was-once-alcohol-free-community-1-180949851/This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Todayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/interactive-map-compares-new-york-city-1836-today-180947939/Manhattan had a very different topography than the concrete jungle we know todayTue, 27 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/interactive-map-compares-new-york-city-1836-today-180947939/When the Lincoln Memorial Was Underwaterhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-lincoln-memorial-was-underwater-180947938/James Keily’s 1851 map of Washington shows a considerably smaller district, before the Potomac River was filled in to make way for monumentsTue, 27 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-lincoln-memorial-was-underwater-180947938/Before There Could Be a Los Angeles, There Had to be Waterhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-could-be-los-angeles-there-had-be-water-180947931/California’s first state engineer, along with a team of surveyors, created this hand drawn map in 1880 to explore Los Angeles’ water resourcesTue, 27 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-could-be-los-angeles-there-had-be-water-180947931/When Real Estate Plotters Planned Out Denver https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-real-estate-plotters-planned-out-denver-180947930/Bankers and speculators in the Colorado capital used this 1879 map to explore the Mile High City’s real estate potentialTue, 27 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-real-estate-plotters-planned-out-denver-180947930/What Did San Francisco Look Like in the Mid-1800s?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-did-san-francisco-look-mid-1800s-180947904/A look at a sailing chart of San Francisco and its bay, made in 1859 by the fledgling US Coast SurveyTue, 27 Aug 2013 14:59:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-did-san-francisco-look-mid-1800s-180947904/