New York 1960: January 2016

Mission Statement

NEW YORK 1960 is a window into the architecture and urban landscape of New York City from the end of WWII to the Bicentennial as seen through "chrome" postcards from the period. These mid-century cards were printed using a new "chromolithic" process, yielding bright, saturated colors more like a color photograph than any previous postcard printing process. The images and their descriptions provide the contemporary viewer an opportunity to understand how the city saw itself during a time of sweeping changes ushered in by post-war prosperity. They also depict how corporations and cultural institutions embraced and distilled the Modernist aesthetic. Corporations used it in the design of skyscrapers to project an image of power and progress. Cultural institutions employed it to appeal to a younger or progressive demographic. Many buildings have become icons of the era for better or worse.

New York 1960

Sunday, January 24, 2016

1964-65 WOLRD'S FAIR at NIGHT

1964-65 WORLD'S FAIR

KENNEDY AIRPORT TERMINALS

TRI-FAITH CHAPELS KENNEDY AIRPORT

KENNEDY AIRPORT from the AIR

LINCOLN CENTER at NIGHT

LINCOLN CENTER

RARE VIEWS of U.N. RESTAURANT and LIBRARY

UNITED NATIONS INTERIOR VIEWS of LOBBY and ASSEMBLY HALLS

UNITED NATIONS at NIGHT

Friday, January 22, 2016

UNITED NATIONS EXTERIOR

LOWER MANHATTAN