Staten Island in the Twentieth Century

The twentieth century can truly be said to have

been America's century. As the nation reached

the position of world leader, her towns and cities

changed at an unprecedented pace.

With the approach to the millennium, the topic

of change is on everyone's mind--how our

communities and lifestyles have changed over the

past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve

the past while facing the future in which the world

seems to change ever faster.

The American Century series documents and

celebrates our most recent history--featuring images

of faces and places which were taken within living

memory and yet that already seem to belong to a

long-past era.