Behold a bygone New York! This exhibition invites you to explore the landmarks, vistas, pastimes, environments, monuments, communities, and modes of transportation that once defined this city.
Behold a bygone New York! This exhibition invites you to explore the landmarks, vistas, pastimes, environments, monuments, communities, and modes of transportation that once defined this city.
Behold a bygone New York! This exhibition invites you to explore the landmarks, vistas, pastimes, environments, monuments, communities, and modes of transportation that once defined this city. "Losses" include river swimming, high-wheel bike riding, elevated railways, the original Penn Station, the old Croton Reservoir, the Chinese Theater, Seneca Village, the Central Park Hooverville, the fake window decals of the 1980s, and Bowling Green's monument to King George III.
Throughout, community voices bring these lost sites to life. A woman recalls attending the Old Met Opera House in 1939. A Broadway carpenter thinks back to a photograph of his father in front of the Hippodrome Theatre. And a young choir singer imagines the demolished Harlem Renaissance monument Lift Every Voice and Sing.
Showcasing treasures from the New-York Historical Society’s trove of historical objects, Lost New York speaks to both the dynamism of an ever-changing city and the importance of preserving pieces of our otherwise vanishing past. Curated by Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto (Native Hawaiian), vice president and chief curator.
“Lost New York” is an evocative phrase that has inspired many works, including illustrated architectural history and photography books like those by Nathan Silver (1967) and Marcia Reiss (2011), Facebook and Flickr groups, and program series.
New York Historical Summer!
Spend your Friday evenings with us this spring and summer with pay-as-you-wish admission! New-York Historical is celebrating Lost New York with live music and lost cocktails from Gotham's bygone days.
New York Historical Summer!
Spend your Friday evenings with us this spring and summer with pay-as-you-wish admission! New-York Historical is celebrating Lost New York with live music and lost cocktails from Gotham's bygone days.
Exhibitions at The New York Historical are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the Evelyn & Seymour Neuman Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. WNET is the media sponsor.
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