The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Hardcover. Square 4to., 75 black and white plates printed on rectos only. A classic collection of photographs that documented the demise of the buildings in and around the lower Manhattan. In 1966, after several years spent rambling around the country photographing a Chicago-based motorcycle club, Danny Lyon returned to his native New York City and moved into a downtown apartment on Beekman Street that was under re-construction. Lyon learned that the block was among the sixty acres below Canal Street slated for clearing, areas that had once been a hub of thriving printing and produce industries but had bled out economically after the Second World War. Lyon returned to New York in 1969 after his work in Texas and the South with the SNCC, and lived for a while with Robert Frank ['The Americans']. During his stay Lyon was commissioned by the New York State Council of Arts to cover the demolition of a number of landmark buildings. including old Penn Station. Lyon's work was notably instrumental in the development of the NYC landmarks preservation movement. Very Good with a slight spine lean and small red remainder dot on top edge in a Very Good dust jacket. Item #701202503
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