New York in the Thirties

Berenice Abbott

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780486318806
• Topic: Kunst
• Subtopic: Geschichte der Fotografie

Nearly 100 classic images by noted photographer: Rockefeller Center on the rise, Bowery restaurants, dramatic views of the City's bridges, Washington Square, old movie houses, rows of old tenements laced with laundry, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, waterfront, and many other landmarks.

LIST OF PLATES

1. DE PEYSTER STATUE, Bowling Green, Manhattan Frontispiece

2. BROADWAY TO THE BATTERY, Manhattan

3. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND POLICE STATION, Manhattan

4. CUSTOM HOUSE STATUES AND NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE BUILDING, Bowling Green, Manhattan

5. “THEOLINE,” Pier 11, East River, Manhattan

6. STANTON STREET, Nos. 328-332, Manhattan

7. ROAST CORN MAN, Orchard and Hester Streets, Manhattan

8. WALL STREET, SHOWING EAST RIVER, Manhattan

9. FIREHOUSE, BATTERY, Manhattan

10. MANHATTAN BRIDGE: LOOKING UP, Manhattan

11. ROPE STORE: PEERLESS EQUIPMENT CO., 189 South Street, Manhattan

12. CANYON: BROADWAY AND EXCHANGE PLACE, Manhattan

13. “WATUPPA,” from water front, Brooklyn

14. WATER FRONT: FROM PIER 19, EAST RIVER, Manhattan

15. SHELTER ON THE WATER FRONT, Coenties Slip, Pier 5, East River, Manhattan

16. DOWNTOWN SKYPORT, Foot of Wall Street, East River, Manhattan

17. BROOKLYN BRIDGE, WITH PIER 21, PENNSYLVANIA R. R., East River, Manhattan

18. HENRY STREET, looking west from Market, Manhattan

19. OLD POST OFFICE, Broadway and Park Row, Manhattan

20. LEBANON RESTAURANT, 88 Washington Street, Manhattan

21. CITY ARABESQUE, from roof of 60 Wall Tower, Manhattan

22. “EL,” SECOND AND THIRD AVENUE LINES, Bowery and Division Street, Manhattan

23. FERRY, CENTRAL R. R. OF N. J., foot of Liberty Street, Manhattan

24. HOT DOG STAND, West Street and North Moore Street, Manhattan

25. WEST STREET ROW, 115-118 West Street, Manhattan

26. GUNSMITH AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, 6 Centre Market Place, and 240 Centre Street, Manhattan

27. TRI-BORO BARBER SCHOOL, 264 Bowery, Manhattan

28. SNUFF SHOP, 113 Division Street, Manhattan

29. OLD-LAW TENEMENTS: from Forsyth and East Houston Streets, 35-47½ East First Street, Manhattan

30. CHICKEN MARKET, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan

31. BLOSSOM RESTAURANT, 103 Bowery, Manhattan

32. HARDWARE STORE, 316-318 Bowery, Manhattan

33. LYRIC THEATRE, 100 Third Avenue, Manhattan

34. BROOME STREET, Nos. 512-514, Manhattan

35. ST. MARK’S CHURCH with skywriting, East 10th Street and Second Avenue, Manhattan

36. CHEESE STORE, 276 Bleecker Street, Manhattan

37. BREAD STORE, 259 Bleecker Street, Manhattan

38. MORI RESTAURANT, 144 Bleecker Street, Manhattan

39. “EL” STATION, NINTH AVENUE LINE, Christopher Street, Manhattan

40. WASHINGTON SQUARE, LOOKING NORTH, Manhattan

41. DOORWAY: 204 WEST 13TH STREET, Manhattan

42. ST. LUKE’S CHAPEL AND OLD HOUSES, 483 Hudson Street and 487-493 Hudson Street, Manhattan

43. DOORWAY: TREDWELL HOUSE, 29 East Fourth Street, Manhattan

44. GAY STREET, NOS. 14 AND 16, Manhattan

45. PATCHIN PLACE WITH JEFFERSON MARKET COURT IN BACKGROUND, Manhattan

46. PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE, 133 MacDougal Street, Manhattan

47. MINETTA STREET, NOS. 2, 4, 6, Manhattan

48. FIFTH AVENUE, NOS. 4, 6, 8, Manhattan

49. CIVIC REPERTORY THEATER, 105 West 14th Street, Manhattan

50. UNION SQUARE, Manhattan

51. ROTHMAN’S PAWNSHOP, 149 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

52. NEWSSTAND, southwest corner of 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan

53. GRAMERCY PARK WEST, NOS. 3 and 4, Manhattan

54. FERRIES, FOOT OF WEST 23RD STREET, Manhattan

55. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, northwest corner of West 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

56. FLATIRON BUILDING, Manhattan

57. GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL, 244-248 West 34th and 245-249 West 33rd Streets, Manhattan

58. SEVENTH AVENUE, LOOKING NORTH FROM 35TH STREET, Manhattan

59. HERALD SQUARE, Manhattan

60. McGRAW-HILL BUILDING, 330 West 42nd Street, Manhattan

61. FORTIETH STREET, BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH AVENUES, Manhattan

62. TEMPO OF THE CITY, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking west from Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

63. MURRAY HILL HOTEL: SPIRAL, 112 Park Avenue, Manhattan

64. PARK AVENUE AND 39TH STREET, Manhattan

65. DAILY NEWS BUILDING, 220 East 42nd Street, Manhattan

66. GLASS-BRICK AND BROWNSTONE FRONTS, 211 and 209 East 48th Street, Manhattan

67. ROCKEFELLER CENTER WITH COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS IN FOREGROUND, Manhattan

68. ROCKEFELLER CENTER: FROM 444 MADISON AVENUE, Manhattan

69. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S, WALDORF-ASTORIA AND GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING, Manhattan

70. QUEENSBORO BRIDGE, looking southwest from pier at 41st Road, Long Island City, Queens

71. FACADE, ALWYN COURT, 174-182 West 58th Street and 911-917 Seventh Avenue, Manhattan

72. SUMNER HEALEY ANTIQUE SHOP, 942...