It is hardly surprising that the city that never sleeps has lost some things along the way. Fortunately, Nathan Silver's "magnificent and heartbreaking record" (Louis Auchincloss) captures with rare and stunning photographs that New York of legend and memory. From the lost Penn Station and two World's Fairs to the stone facades of great Fifth Avenue houses and the cast-iron facades of commerce, Lost New York is a startling reminder of what has disappeared forever.
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It is hardly surprising that the city that never sleeps has lost some things along the way. Fortunately, Nathan Silver's "magnificent and heartbreaking record" (Louis Auchincloss) captures with rare and stunning photographs that New York of legend and memory. From the lost Penn Station and two World's Fairs to the stone facades of great Fifth Avenue houses and the cast-iron facades of commerce, Lost New York is a startling reminder of what has disappeared forever.
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Add this copy of Lost New York to cart. $3.57, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Wings.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to-over 9æ"-12" tall. Large hardcover, quarto in pictorial dust-jacket. 242 pages. Index. Illustrated with over 200 photographs of vintage New York City buildings. Reprint, originally published by Houghton Mifflin, 1967. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket,
Add this copy of Lost New York to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Hudson River Book Shoppe rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waldwick, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by American Legacy Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in wraps with minor nicks along the edges. Lightly soiled, light shelf wear. Illustrated throughout with lost architectural treasures of NYC.
It is heartbreaking to realize what has been destroyed in New York City, in the name of "progress." The steamroller of capitalism has destroyed so much of our cultural heritage. However, one can delight in the beauty and ingenuity of what once was.
