Danny Lyon - The Destruction of Lower Manhattan 1967
From the website: Thirty four years ago Bleak Beauty's photographer [Danny Lyon] recorded the demolition of mostly 19th century buildings located below Chambers street in Lower Manhattan. On the east side of the island, near the fish market, room was being made for a new ramp onto the Brooklyn Bridge and for the expansion of Pace College. On the west side, over 12 blocks of buildings were brought down to make way for the future World Trade Center. In 1967, the year these pictures were made, sixty acres of buildings in these two areas were demolished. The photographs were published as a book, sadly called, "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan."
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