The New Yorker
The entire history of New York City’s government—from handwritten court records of the first colonial Dutch settlers to the printed agendas of Bloomberg’s latest health initiatives—is filed, digitized, and preserved by the Department of Records.
In the basement of the Surrogate’s Courthouse, or Hall of Records, boxes upon boxes sit stacked and numbered behind locked mahogany doors. There are safes containing four-hundred-year-old litigation records, freezers keeping film reels fresh, and stacks of maps representing each borough’s early cartographic endeavors.
The entire history of New York City’s government—from handwritten court records of the first colonial Dutch settlers to the printed agendas of Bloomberg’s latest health initiatives—is filed, digitized, and preserved by the Department of Records.
In the basement of the Surrogate’s Courthouse, or Hall of Records, boxes upon boxes sit stacked and numbered behind locked mahogany doors. There are safes containing four-hundred-year-old litigation records, freezers keeping film reels fresh, and stacks of maps representing each borough’s early cartographic endeavors.
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