
Trees, San Francisco, ca. 1925

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Sunbathing New Yorkers on Prospect Tower rooftop at Tudor City (Midtown Manhattan) in 1943. | via
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original source ephemeral new york

A couple rides the gondola at the rooftop of the Matsuya Departament Store building in Asakusa, Tokyo. Published in Sankei Shimbun on October 14, 1956. Below, the Sumida River and its bridges can be seen. | src twitter

Alfred Stieglitz :: The City Ambition (1910). Published in Camera Work, Nº 36, 1911. / src Toledo Museum of Art via NY Times blog
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The most iconic sign designed by Artkraft Strauss: the smoke-billowing sign for Camel cigarettes featuring a man holding a cigarette, his mouth producing gargantuan smoke rings. The circles were actually steam pumped from the Con Ed building’s heating system. [Times Square, NYC, ca. 1950]
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Ponte e Chiesa del Redentore,
Isola della Giudecca
Venezia, Italia, 1920 / original source Lombardia Beni Culturali via

Processione religiosa.
Ponte del Redentore, Canal Grande, Venezia, 1920. / src: lombardia beni culturali