NEW YORK BY NEW YORK
New York is a city whose DNA comes from all over the world, a fantastic and unique place belonging to America yet not completely American. Such a...
ONLY IN NEW YORK: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
The New York Times is the world's foremost news organization, but it is very much a hometown paper, too. Since the inception of the camera, Times... Curated from hundreds of thousands of photos from The New York Times' archives Only in New York brings together the most memorable, poignant, and...
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GHOST SIGNS 2: CLUES TO UPTOWN NEW YORK'S PAST
Written by Mastropolo, Frank
Ghost signs hold the secrets of businesses and products that vanished decades ago. Clues to our jobs, schools, places of worship, cafés, and concert halls are hidden in their stories.
VANISHING NEW YORK: RUINS ACROSS THE EMPIRE STATE
Written by Lazzaro, John
New York is filled with forsaken buildings, each ravaged by the exploits of modernization, each having fascinating histories. This photographic essay explores over 40 of the most evocative abandoned sites in the Empire State and puts their individual stories in the larger context of New York's historical legacy.
CONEY ISLAND PEOPLE 50 YEARS
Written by Stein, Harvey
A 50-year photographic survey of Coney Island cultivated and assembled by award-winning and world-renowned photographer and New York native Harvey Stein. Idyllic in its imagery, the 174 photographs frame the men, women, and children who take part in this fantasyland while simultaneously creating a portal for viewers to enter into the mood and feel of Coney Island.
EMPIRE ROLLER DISCO
A photographic look at Brooklyn's iconic Empire Roller Disco by photographer Patrick D. Pagnano. Brooklyn's Empire Rollerdrome opened its doors in 1941 and soon became the borough's premier destination for recreational and competitive roller skating.
NEW YORK PARADISE LOST: BUSHWICK ERA DISCO
Written by Meryl Meisler
"New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco" is an intimate photographic journey to the pandemonium and paradise of NYC from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Meryl Meisler documented a tumultuous time in NYC's history; epidemics of arson, crime, crack, and AIDS, intensified by a paralyzing blackout, political and fiscal crisis.
SPRAY NATION: 1980S NYC GRAFFITI PHOTOS
Written by Cooper, Martha
Culled from the extensive archives of one of the most renowned graffiti photographers of all time comes this remarkable collection of previously unpublished images of New York's graffiti scene in the 1980s. If you were a graffiti writer in 1980s New York City, you wanted Martha Cooper to document your work--and she probably did.
ALL THE QUEENS HOUSES: AN ARCHITECTURAL PORTRAIT OF NEW YORK'S LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE BOROUGH
Written by Herrin-Ferri, Rafael A
The borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. It was the birthplace of North American religious freedom in the seventeenth century, hosted two World's Fairs in the twentieth, and is currently home to over a million foreign-born residents participating in the American experience.
NEW YORK BY NEIGHBORHOOD
Written by Garn, Andrew
New York by Neighborhood presents a vibrant tapestry of 75 distinct locales, defined as much by individual residents as by shops, architecture, streets, stories, traditions, and an openness to transformation. More languages are spoken in New York than anywhere else in the world; a testament to this diversity are the city's neighborhoods.
UNITED NATIONS AND NEW YORK CITY: A HOME FOR THE WORLD
Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations charter, this visually driven book tells the story of the special relationship between the UN and New York City through the interrelated lenses of architecture, real estate, and urban planning.
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