Brooklyn-born Helen Levitt was teaching art to children when she bought herself a camera to document the chalk drawings they were sketching on New York’s streets. Her works were influential but she struggled to make a living in her lifetime
Rebecca Lepkoff can’t picture putting her camera down — and she’s been shooting the city for 72 years now. “Of course I still take pictures,” says the 96-year-old shut…
Con Ed’s “The City of Light” was the largest diorama up to that time. The fourteen-minute show presented the illusion of watching New York City through a twenty
As the US emerged from the Great Depression, a utopian spirit took hold, a sense that technology, design, and global cooperation would bring about “the World of Tomorrow,” as the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair advertised: a paradise of convenience and comfort. Most people could have seen war brewing on the horizon. By the Fair’s … Continue reading "The 1939 New York World’s Fair Invents the Future: Welcome to ‘The World of Tomorrow’"
An idea dreamed up at the height of the depression, the theme of the 1939 World's Fair in New York was "The World of Tomorrow".
Photos from the colossal 1939 New York expo that had the optimism and audacity to tackle a theme as huge as humanity's future.
An idea dreamed up at the height of the depression, the theme of the 1939 World's Fair in New York was "The World of Tomorrow".
We're on the brink of a revolution in mobility. The self-driving car is well on its way, and fully-autonomous vehicles are expected to be on the scene by 2019.
Photos from the colossal 1939 New York expo that had the optimism and audacity to tackle a theme as huge as humanity's future.
Photos from the colossal 1939 New York expo that had the optimism and audacity to tackle a theme as huge as humanity's future.
Se una foto vale mille parole, una foto storica potrebbe valere come centinaia di libri di storia. Esagerato? Probabilmente sì, ma ecco una serie di foto storiche (alcune ultimamente girano su web) non particolarmente famose o viste, ma che vi raccontano come siamo cambiati negli ultimi 175 anni.
An idea dreamed up at the height of the depression, the theme of the 1939 World's Fair in New York was "The World of Tomorrow".
Leland Bobbé: 1970s New York City
1939 Murray Mercury Pacemaker – the New York Worlds Fair Model The most famous two-wheeled Mercury was by Murray Manufacturing Co, of Ohio, USA, at one stage the world’s largest bicycle manufacture…
Photos from the colossal 1939 New York expo that had the optimism and audacity to tackle a theme as huge as humanity's future.
As the US emerged from the Great Depression, a utopian spirit took hold, a sense that technology, design, and global cooperation would bring about “the World of Tomorrow,” as the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair advertised: a paradise of convenience and comfort. Most people could have seen war brewing on the horizon. By the Fair’s … Continue reading "The 1939 New York World’s Fair Invents the Future: Welcome to ‘The World of Tomorrow’"
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and ur...
