Last June Scientific American took a look at a human-less New York, a vision that was fairly on par with how the city was portrayed in I Am Legend. Now it's The History Channel's turn to jump on board the post-apocalyptic train, their show Life Without People will premiere this Monday (at 9pm). The scene is eerily similar to how Chernobyl looks after decades without human inhabitants. The show's site tells us: "Abandoned skyscrapers would, after hundreds of years, become 'vertical ecosystems' complete with birds, rodents and even plant life," bridges crumble, subway tunnels transform into watery canals, and...bears take the JMZ?
The website for the show also features some interesting video on all of the landmarks that appear in the show. Find out why people once said the Brooklyn Bridge was cursed, here. Learn about the history and construction of the Empire State Building, here. And our favorite: Jimmy Breslin tells us why New York is the greatest city in the world.
