You can create posts on any image on the platform. Posts appear under their associated photos in Urban Archive. The first post that is written about a location is automatically pinned to the location page. On any post you write, your organization’s name will be added to the bottom of the post to ensure proper accreditation. You can create a post by going to any image and clicking the “🖋️ Create a new Post” button. Similarly, you can edit a post by clicking “Published” to reveal the “Edit” option.

Clinton Street, south from Livingston Street in Brooklyn Heights. August 5, 1934. The steps at bottom left lead to St. Ann’s Church, now part of the Packer Collegiate Institute. The building visible across Livingston Street (farthest left) is No. 133 Clinton Street, formerly the clubhouse of the Brooklyn Excelsiors, the early baseball club whose descendants would become the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Excelsiors were founded as a team of the “Jolly Young Bachelors” fraternal organization and are credited with expanding the sport’s popularity via recreational games during the Civil War.

This sample story covers content recommendations, style basics, and features related to writing stories. Stories on Urban Archive allow creators to tell place-based stories using maps, text, and archival imagery. On any story you create, you can see that the story is authored by Your Organization in the byline under the title, which is written in bold. The section here is your introduction. It can include links to exhibitions, events, web-pages, or further resources that are relevant to the story. There is a 2,000 character limit to all body-fields, including your introduction. To edit your introduction, click Draft and then Edit. You'll need to be logged in. For more tutorials and style guides, check out this page.

You can create posts on any image on the platform. Posts appear under their associated photos in Urban Archive. The first post that is written about a location is automatically pinned to the location page. On any post you write, your organization’s name will be added to the bottom of the post to ensure proper accreditation. You can create a post by going to any image and clicking the “🖋️ Create a new Post” button. Similarly, you can edit a post by clicking “Published” to reveal the “Edit” option.