Gorgeous 1660 map depicting New York’s humble start. Next, the story of how Manhattan got its famous grid.
Also see Mapping Manhattan,...
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Community Memory, the world’s first public electronic bulletin board
In 1973, a few computer-savvy friends parked a computer terminal next to a bulletin board in Berkeley, California record shop. Their goal was to create a simple way for a community to share information, but Neatorama suggets that their efforts grew into something a bit more significant.
Proto-BBS!