IN 1919, the car hadn’t yet conquered West 57th Street in Manhattan. Together, the sidewalks for the pedestrians were still significantly wider than the roadway, and the modern detritus of the traffic engineer is nowhere in sight.
MCNY image from “West 57th’s Hodgepodge Block,” by Christopher Gray
Also see the unbuilt Winslow Homer Walk. You can download a PDF about Homer Walk here.