1931年的曼哈顿

When I went looking for a higher-resolution version of OP's image, the reverse image look-up described it as "1910", but that isn't much to go on. Here's the higher-resolution version I found, which should help: []() The Empire State Building looks like it's there, and was built in 1931, so the original date might be right. Edit: It's still pretty confusing, but I think it can be narrowed down. had a good idea that it might be the Met Life Tower, which in the absence of other buildings would imply 1910, but the building in question is definitely to the west (right) of the street running along the eastern edge (left side) of Central Park, which if I'm reading the map right is 5th Avenue. The Empire State Building is located just to the west (right) of 5th Avenue, which fits with what is in the picture. The Metropolitan Life Insurance tower is located 1 block to the east of 5th Ave, on Madison Ave, which is not consistent with what is in the photograph. It should be 1 street over to the left, so I'm pretty sure that the tall building is the Empire State Building and therefore the photo is later. You can look in Google Maps at the 3D view and confirm the relative position without too much difficulty even though there are many more buildings now.

I know it doesn't look like there is stuff there but I think it is just because in the posted photo everything is dark but in the photo in my comment the buildings are white with reflected sunlight. The posted photo is definitely from 1931. You can see the [Empire State Building](https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23) which was finished in 1931. You can see [20 Exchange Place](https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=231) which was also finished in 1931. You can see [40 Wall Street](https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5902) which was finished in 1930 and I am pretty sure I can barely make out the [Chrysler Building](https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=83) which was also finished in 1930. But you can not see [70 Pine Street](https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=131) which was finished in 1932.

People gotta keep in mind that in growing popular central locations residential buildings often get taken over (or demolished and building something new) by companies. So yeah, if you think about residential buildings in Manhatten it might not be that surprising the amount of people that actually lived there used to be higher.

There is a mod that randomizes the age of immigrants. That way you avoid death waves when you build new neighborhoods. The traffic manager presidents edition is great for creating dedicated turn lanes and different yield patterns and stuff which makes traffic way easier to manage.