The Destruction of Lower Manhattan

Author: LYON, Danny
Title: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan

Description:

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First edition. [8]pp, 75 b&w plates, printed rectos only, with descriptive captions opposite. 4to; black cloth stamped in silver. Very mild toning to edges of leaves, small red remainder dot to top of textblock. Very good or better in a like jacket, unclipped, showing light scuffing and a fingerprint-sized area of laminate lifting to front panel.

A nice copy of Lyon's second book, featuring 75 interior and exterior photographs of Lower Manhattan buildings slated for demolition; an examination of historical erasure in the name of urban renewal. Reissued in 2005 by powerHouse Books.





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