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New York in Black and White, Part IV


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Andre Kertesz photos

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Brooklyn, 1947.

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Lower 5th Avenue, 1948.

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East River Esplanade, 1948.

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Metropolitan Life and Empire State, 1950.

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City, 1952.

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Skyline with Rooster, 1952.

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Washington Square, 1954.

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A city of spires. Just before the flattop invasion, late fifties.

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First view of Manhattan from the Queen Elizabeth, 1953. The module of the window.

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Liberty, 1954.

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Times Square with James Dean. Dennis Stock, 1955.

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Balcony. Kertesz, 1957.

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Guggenheim under construction, 1958. Car and building share design philosophy.

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MacDougal Alley. Kertesz,1958.

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Sixth Avenue. Kertesz, 1959.

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Man Sleeping. Kertesz, 1960.

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Whitehall street from Peter Minuit Plaza near Battery. Cushman, 1960.

Four photos by Kertesz

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Rooftop, 1961.

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Harlem, 1963.

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Washington Square, 1969. Edge of Arch at left.

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Washington Square Arch, 1970.

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Cleopatra Jones and Woody Allen,1971.

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Lying Men, Washington Sq. Kertesz, 1974.

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Kertesz, 1979.

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World Trade Center. Dennis Stock, 2001.

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Three New York Buildings

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Chrysler.

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Chrysler.

Two Greatest Beaux-Arts Buildings Demolished:

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The main waiting room of Penn Station. Groined vaults in coffered stone.

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The Baths of Caracalla.

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The way to the trains.

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Groined vaults in steel and glass.

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Seventh Avenue. McKim, Meade and White, architects. 1903-63. The building made it to age 60.

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613 feet!! In 1908!

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Ernest Flagg was the architect.

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This building also made it to age 60 [1908-68].

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Another five years and they would have preserved it.

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French Beaux-Arts.

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Vacant and awaiting demolition.

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From Broadway.

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Queen Elizabeth and skyline. Andre Kertesz, 1958.

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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! :blink: Thanks so much for taking the time (I know it took a while) to put these up for the world to see! A most excellent historical tour of New York City. Where did you manage to find all of these?

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