On the avenue dubbed the “Millionaire’s Colony” in the late 19th century thanks to its unbroken line of ornate mansions, one house stood out as the most insanely overdone: William…
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Topography structures life in the Bronx like nowhere else in the city. Take a look at how the built environment responds to the undulating terrain of the city's great north through the lens of photographer Kris Graves.
The New York Palace (Hungarian: New York-palota) is today a luxury hotel. Built by an insurance company as a company hall, its Café in the ground floor named New York Café (Hungarian: New York kávéház) was a longtime center for Hungarian literature and poetry, almost from its opening on October 23, 1894 to its closure in 2001, to reconstruct it into a luxury hotel, as it is now. The café was also reopened in May 5, 2006 in its original pomp, as was the whole building.
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The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center. More images at With Lens Wide-Open: St. Patrick's Cathedral - Updated LUMIX 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 on a G2 [ 0.8 | f/6.3 | FLength 14 mm | ISO 400 ]
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New York circa 1934. "Margaret Bourke-White with her camera atop a stainless steel eagle projecting from the sixty-first floor of the Chrysler Building, overlooking Manhattan and the Hudson River." Gelatin silver print from a photograph by Bourke-White's darkroom assistant Oscar Graubner. Her backdrop is Rockefeller Center's RCA Building, completed in 1933. From www.shorpy.com
How does an island in New York City’s East River go from being notoriously feared, almost 100 years ago, to being completely forgotten about today? That’s the story behind North Brother Island, the subject of photographer Christopher Payne’s new photo book. A 10-minute boat ride from the Bronx’s Barretto Point Park, North Brother Island originally housed Riverside Hospital between the 1880s and 1930s. While in operation, the hospital served hundreds of patients who suffered from extremely communicable diseases, including smallpox, typhus, scarlet fever and even leprosy. More
Brooklyn Bridge, 1903. Gloria Swanson, New York, 1924. Drizzle On Fortieth Street, New York, 1925. Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is unquestionably one of the most prolific, versatile, influential, an…
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The New York Stock Exchange building in the Wall Street financial district of Manhattan. I spent a considerable amount of time waiting for the right light and searching for the right angle to show off the strength of this architecture. I love the neoclassical design of the columns. The NYSE is one of the top tourist attractions in New York City. Click here or on the image to view LARGER and on black.
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view on St Patrick's cathedral from room 1924 NY Palace Hotel
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The book on master photographer Ernst Haas’s work dedicated to both his classic and newly discovered New York City color photographs of the '50s and '60s.
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The prehistoric earthworks of Poverty Point in Louisiana and a collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings across the United States will be nominated by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for the United Na...
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Forty years after her death, a new exhibition celebrates the work of Francesca Woodman, whose strange images remain fascinating riddles, writes Andrew Dickson.
From crime-chasing news hound to art-world darling, the cult photographer’s unmistakeable images capture all the drama of life in the Big Apple.
The Cotton Club might be Harlem's most famous surviving jazz venue, but it was also the neighborhood's most notorious especially after WWI.
Amateur archaeologists have unearthed tunnels underneath an obscure part of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, that were likely used by slaves and merchants to keep the vast estate running.
