New York, Portrait of a Cityis a photographic journey through the history of the New York.
Below is a collection of some of the images from the book.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection.
Above: Mulberry Street, 1900.
Jack Delano, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Above: A shot of Lower Manhattan, as seen from a departing ship, 1941.
Esther Bubley/Courtesy of Esther Bubley Archive.
Courtesy of the New York Transit Museum.
Above: The main concourse at Grand Central Terminal, 1929.
Samuel H. Gottscho/Courtesy of Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York.
Above: The opening day of the Empire State Building, 1931.
Estate of Evelyn Hofer.
Above: A series of highways flowing through the heart of Manhattans West Side, 1964.
Paul Himmel/Courtesy of Keith De Lellis Gallery, New York.
Above: Brooklyn Bridge View, 1950.
Phillip-Lorca diCorcia/Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York.
Above: Philip-Lorca diCorcia: 42nd Street, 1996.
Estate of William Claxton.
