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A large format hardcover pairing historical images with present day photography and an original story that journeys through centuries of Manhattan.
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Origins: New York - Manhattan is a beautifully crafted 350 page hardcover coffee table book, bringing the city’s rich history, iconic architecture and unmistakable character to life through then and now photography and captivating stories.
Photography, local history and contemporary storytelling come together in books made to be opened, lived with and remembered.
Return to Manhattan’s streets, parks, waterfronts and landmarks to see what has disappeared, what has endured and what still survives beneath the city we know today.
A collaboration with @nyc.beforeandafter, bringing together hundreds of photographs of Manhattan, past and present.
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See the changes across generations
Historical photographs are paired with present-day views, returning to the same locations wherever possible.
Wall Street. Times Square. Central Park. Ellis Island. The waterfront.
Sometimes the connection is immediate. A façade survives. A street follows the same line. A familiar monument holds its place.
Running through the heart of the book is the story of Danny Fiorentino, a 9/11 firefighter searching for the place he can finally call home.
It becomes a story about memory, change and belonging. About what progress creates, what it erases and why generation after generation has arrived in New York believing they might build something new here.
