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A Look at the Palisades: A Comparison of a 1903 and Today’s Map

Take a look at the Palisades in 1903, and compare it to today. See a map from 1903 Baist real estate atlas, and a Google Maps view of the area today. Learn about the Palisades history with this comparative view.
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We haven’t posted a good old map in a while, so here is one from 1903, showing the Palisades.

1903 Baist real estate atlas of Palisades
1903 Baist real estate atlas of Palisades

Source: Library of Congress

And here is the map of the area today.

[googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?t=m&dg=opt&ie=UTF8&ll=38.935561,-77.109561&spn=0.0114,0.021479&z=16&output=embed]

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