New Mapping The Gangs Of Novel York

Martin Scorsese's celluloid the Gangs of New York tells the tale of the gang wars betwixt competitor groups inwards the Five Points district of Lower Manhattan inwards the mid-Nineteenth Century. The celluloid was based on the truthful gang wars which took identify inwards the area. One of the nigh notorious battles betwixt the gangs was the Dead Rabbits Riot, a two-day battle which took identify on July 4–5, 1857.

The Gangs of New York floor map recounts this street struggle betwixt members of the Dead Rabbits gang together with the Bowery Boys using an historical map together with images from the New York Public Library Digital Collections.

I created the map using Leaflet.js together with waypoints.js. Using waypoint.js amongst Leaflet allows yous to trigger map interactions past times browser scrolling. The effect is that yous only involve to scroll downward the Gangs of New York map to progress through this retelling of the Dead Rabbits Riot.

I've also added a few other images dating from 1856-1858 to the map together with a YouTube video clip from Scorsese's film. Just click on the video to play together with respite the celluloid clip. When yous convey finished scrolling through the history of the Dead Rabbits Riot yous tin dismiss zoom out on the map to sentiment the ikon markers dotted exactly about Lower Manhattan on the map.

I haven't tested the map on a mobile or tablet device but I mean value waypoints.js doesn't play besides good amongst these devices. Therefore the Gangs of New York map is likely best viewed on a desktop or laptop computer.