Danny Lyon
THE DESTRUCTION OF LOWER MANHATTAN. (NEW YORK & TORONTO, ONTARIO): THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, (1969).
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Danny Lyon
THE DESTRUCTION OF LOWER MANHATTAN. (NEW YORK & TORONTO, ONTARIO): THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, (1969).
4to. 10 1/2 by 9 1/4 in.; 26.7 by 23.5 cm.
First Edition, illustrated with reproductions of Danny Lyon's photographs of downtown urban renewal. Silver-stamped black cloth, photo-pictorial dust jacket. Red remainder mark not affecting the illustrations or the text.
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First Edition, illustrated with reproductions of Danny Lyon's photographs of downtown urban renewal. Silver-stamped black cloth, photo-pictorial dust jacket. Red remainder mark not affecting the illustrations or the text.
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In 1966, a large part of Lower Manhattan faced a demolition job of staggering magnitude. More than 24 city blocks would be razed to allow for a wave of development that included an access ramp for the Brooklyn Bridge, the expansion of Pace University, and office buildings, shops and housing. Danny Lyon moved into a loft on Williams Street the same year, in the midst of an empty, abandoned neighborhood.
His project to document the disappearance of the buildings of 19th-century mercantile New York resulted in this appealing photo-book showing New York as a ghost town.
His project to document the disappearance of the buildings of 19th-century mercantile New York resulted in this appealing photo-book showing New York as a ghost town.
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