Downtown Manhattan
These grainy monochrome photos show New York City in the twenties.
Flatiron Building, New York
My twenties, rather than theirs.
A few months ago, it looked as though I’d be taking a bite out of the Big Apple again this week and in anticipation, I dug out these golden oldies. Yes, youngsters, these were actual prints rather than digital images. Whatever next, my school notes on slate? Travel via horse and cart? Woolly mammoth for breakfast?
The Hand of Liberty
MACYS, New York City
The Torch of Liberty
Brooding Manhattan
Grand Central Station, New York
Oh, and by the way, they’re black and white because of a phase I was going through. I’m not that old…
Love these photos! Looking forward to seeing more of New York. We’re here of course, for two weeks for Grantourismo, but apart from walk from our latest ‘home’ via Greenwich Village and Chinatown to the World Trade Centre site (how could we not look? We haven’t been here in 17 years!), we’ve barely left our East Village location. It’s sweltering out, so we’re staying close to home for now.
Can’t wait to see the photos Terence comes up with for our project though. These are so inspiring!
Thanks Lara (although I’m pretty sure that Terence will come up with a collection that’s far more impressive than this!) When I last saw the World Trade Centre site it was still empty – I’d be interested to see what’s taken its place by now.
World Trade Centre is a bit of a construction site now, but not really a photogenic one. It will be very interesting to see what Terry’s pics look like. I haven’t looked yet actually.
I’ll have to look out for them as well.