Berenice Abbott
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Manhattan Skyline: I. South Street and Jones Lane, Manhattan …, March 26, 1936
New York Public Library: 482569
Changing New York, 1935—1938 is an important set in the holdings of the New York Public Library. This work was made under the Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935 by acclaimed photographer Berenice Abbott, to document New York City.
 Herald Square, 34th and Broadway, Manhattan |
 Greyhound Bus Terminal, 33rd and 34th Streets between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, Manhattan |
The FAP funded many such projects for unemployed artists as part of the New Deal. A book was published of her work in 1939, in time for the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow, NY. The FAP distributed complete sets of Abbott’s images to high schools, libraries and other public institutions.
 Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan |
 Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan |
Berenice Abbott was one of the avant garde artists in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1920s and ’30s. She studied portraiture in France under Man Ray and Eugène Atget. Abbott became best known for her architecture shots and urban street scenes, and she continued capturing the heart of the Big Apple until her death in 1991.
 Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dock Streets, looking southwest |
 Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan |
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