Sunday 29 March 2015

This 19th Century 'Stench Map' Shows How Smells Reshaped New York City

This 19th Century 'Stench Map' Shows How Smells Reshaped New York City


During the 19th century, it was widely believed that bad smells carried diseases. In the 1870s, the New York City Metropolitan Board of Health created the "stench map" below to point out where malodorous industries—then called "offensive trades"—were located in the city.

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