N.Y.C., Harlem Neighbourhood ballet class, 1968 Photo by Eve Arnold as part of the Black is Beautiful series
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N.Y.C., Harlem Neighbourhood ballet class, 1968 Photo by Eve Arnold as part of the Black is Beautiful series
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A New Perspective of the Day: Central Park, Manhattan
Russian aerial photographer Sergey Semenov took this breathtaking view of Manhattan near Central Park, which earned him the Epson International Photographic Panorama Awards 2012 in amateur’s built-environment category.
Here Is What Brooklyn Was Like In The Summer Of 1974
Photographer Danny Lyon spent two months snapping pictures of the daily life in the borough — exploring Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Green and Park Slope among other neighborhoods.
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World Trade Center - Lawrence Shainberg took this picture 29 days before the buildings went down.
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Shadowy Towers of the World Trade Center rise behind St. Paul’s Chapel in this Documerica photograph.
Historic Trinity Church on lower Broadway at the foot of Wall Street. Behind loom the towers of one of Manhattan’s newest giants, The World Trade Center. 05/1973. Wil Blanche, Photographer
Photo Series of the Day: This day-night composite shot of NYC’s iconic Flatiron Building is part of Stephen Wilkes’ Day Into Night photo series, on display at Chelsea’s Clamp Art Gallery from September 8th through October 29th.
Wilkes photographs a scene “for a minimum of ten hours, from the same perspective, capturing a fluid visual narrative of day into night within a single frame.”
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1931
Two construction workers at the corner of two steel beams point to left while constructing the Empire State building.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Empire State building. The Empire State building was the world’s tallest building from 1931-1971.
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