New York 1900

📜 Prologue

New York, spring 1900. Horse-drawn carriages fill Fifth Avenue, grand mansions display extraordinary wealth, and towering new buildings are transforming the skyline. Behind the elegance of the Gilded Age lies another city of crowded neighborhoods, busy workshops, and immigrants seeking a better life. You arrive outside the magnificent Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, free to explore a city on the edge of a new century.

🎯 Objective

Explore New York City in 1900 at your own pace, discovering its people, places, and daily life during the Gilded Age.

• Explore a Changing City: Visit Fifth Avenue mansions, grand hotels, early skyscrapers, Broadway theaters, and bustling immigrant neighborhoods.
• Meet the New Yorkers: Speak with wealthy residents, servants, shopkeepers, inventors, and ordinary workers to discover how people lived.
• Experience the Gilded Age: Ride horse-drawn carriages, explore elegant interiors, discover new technologies, and witness the contrasts of a rapidly growing city.