In pictures: How people of the past imagined the future of New York City

ArabiaWeather.com - In the past, artists, architects and writers have tried to imagine what New York City would look like in the future.

Some of them imagined high towers that reach the clouds, while others imagined giant helicopters, balloons, modern railways, and many other things, some of which became reality, but not quite as imagined.

And these pictures take a look at some of these pictures that carried the imaginations of some in the past, the future in which New York City will look like (Aragic).