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The New York Times'pick in'A Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans'A Publishers Weekly pick in'Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Illustrated Gift Books'A Photographic and Historical Record of the City's Vanishing Advertisements As the great city of New York moves, changes, and evolves every day, the few remnants of its past go unnoticed. New York City's ghost signs” advertisements painted across the facades of buildings that date back to the 19th centuryare often invisible to the busy New Yorker, but defiantly conspicuous if only we turn our eyes and look upwards. These faded representations of the city's rich economic and social history are slowly disappearing before our eyes, but not before they were captured by this photographer's lens.At the tender age of sixteen, Ben Passikoff roamed around Manhattan with his camera to document these fascinating signshand-painted messages written all over the city. This photographic collection features signs painted in the 1800s as well as in the 21st century; signs that advertise funeral homes, meat, and underwear; signs stretched across iconic buildings; and even signs that are no longer legible. Using his photographs as a looking-glass into the

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Author

Ben Passikoff; James Trager

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611457445

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Photography, Historical Fiction, Travel

Rating

4 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14