Google, NYC Eye Photo Deal

The City of New York photographed every building within its limits for taxation purpose in black-and-white in the late 1930s and in color in the 1980s, and it is now eyeing a deal with Google to digitize some of the photos in exchange for the use of the image on Google’s searchable maps, The New York TimesCity Room reported.

The photos have been available for purchase by the public for 20 years, but the only way to view an image involves a trip to the city’s municipal archives to search microfilm by block and lot number, according to City Room.

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