TASCHEN New York. Portrait of a City
This book presents the epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from mid 19th century to day. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are over a hundred quotations and references relevant books, movies, shows, songs. The city's fluctuating fortunes all represented, wild nights of Jazz Age hedonistic disco era, to grim days of Depression devastation of 9 11 its aftermath, as brokenhearted but unbowed citizens