r/RetroFuturism

Manhattan’s MidTown Airport, as proposed by Chrysler Building and Astor Hotel owner William Zeckendorf, illustrated by Life Magazine in 1946: 144 blocks (24th-71st St., 9th Ave. to the Hudson River), plus piers and docks for ships to anchor.

u/Brooklyn_University — 12 hours ago
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High-speed train driven by magnets • Modern Mechanics and Inventions, 1931

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u/Baby-Soapy — 23 hours ago

George Wilson's original cover art and final cover design for the Classics Illustrated edition of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, 1956

u/art-man_2018 — 4 days ago
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Suspenden railway Wuppertal, Germany, Eugen Langen 1902

Its the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world.

Short film from 1902 shot in 68 mm, and upscaled in 4K by MoMA.

Some of the structure seems very retrofuturistic.

u/Distinct-Question-16 — 6 days ago