During the early 60s, New York City and its infrastructure continued to grow under the direction of Mayor Warner and prolific architect Robert Moses. Not all of his ideas were accepted, including a proposal to build a Lower Manhattan Expressway which would have cut through from the Williamsburg Bridge to the Holland Tunnel and dramatically changed Soho and Little Italy. Nonetheless he remained an imbipresent force in the shaping of the city at this time. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was constructed finally uniting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Photograph of midtown traffic and pedestrians walking along 5th Avenue, looking south at the corner of 40th Street.
Photograph of Jefferson Market Library, formely Third Judicial District Courthouse on 425 Avenue of the Americas.
Photograph taken from a Historic American Buildings Survey on April 24, 1962 of the Pennsylvania Station Concourse from the south.
Photograph of an abandoned car on Macombs Road in the Bronx, New York City.
Photograph of a local game of kickball being played in the middle of MacDougal Street in Manhattan.
Photograph of the New York Harbor from the Battery to Staten Island taken from the Ferry.
Panoramic photograph of the New York Harbor with tugboat and lower Manhattan skyline.
An interior shot of the Trans World Airlines Terminal, taken from the mezzanine level at night.
Photograph of Pennsylvania Station's Entrance and Waiting Area.
Photograph of the steel support beams of Pennsylvania Station's famous Main Concourse.
Photograph of the elaborate stonework and pillars that once adorned the walls of Pennsylvania Station.
Photograph of Pennsylvania Station's southern facade along 31st Street.
Photograph of Pennsylvania Station's Entrance at 370 Seventh Avenue.
Photograph of passengers waiting for their train at Pennsylvania Station's Main Concourse.
Photograph of trucks being loaded with produce at Washington Market in Downtown Manhattan.
Welcome to the History of New York City - A Unique Online Gallery of NYC's Origins, Curated and Digitally Restored by Fine Print New York.
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We cover a great portion of the city's history, ranging from its earliest days as New Amsterdam to the late 1980s. Artists are currently working on photos from the 90s to present day,
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Joseph Gornail, printer/photographer and founder of Fine Print New York. Joseph grew up in SoHo, Manhattan and is part of a long lineage of NYC printers, learning the family trade from his grandfather. While working for Dolo Records/Stretch Armstrong in 1996, Joseph founded All City Marketing & Printing, and in 1999 Co-Founded the legendary street wear company "Orchard Street " with lifelong friends Benjamin Holloway and Greig Bennett. Fine Print NYC was established in 2004 with a Nike project being the launchpad for a commercial printing company that has not only survived, but thrived in the digital age.
Steven Garcia, designer/illustrator and creative director of Fine Print New York. Born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Steven attended Fashion Industries High School and F.I.T. before building a successful career at Saatchi & Saatchi for as a professional retoucher and storyboard artist in 1995. Steven started ShinyDesign in 1998 and partnered with Fine Print in 2004 as the exclusive design firm for the company. Steven has independently worked on major advertising campaigns for many brands over the years, such as Snapple, The Waldorf Astoria and Sony to name a few.
Together, Joseph & Steven are responsible for the curation and direction of the History101.nyc project, which has been under development since 2006. They have a long history of collaborating together, going back as far as 2001 when Joseph was gallery manager and Steven was a curator at The New York City Urban Experience, an art gallery & museum that was located at 85 South Street and owned by Mike Saes of the Nike Bridge Runners and True Yorkers.
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