city island new york ny

City of New-York, Brooklyn, Jersey City & Quarantine Station on Staten...

Small panoramic print shows the waterfront of New York City and New Jersey ca. 1850. Places identified include: Jersey City; Hoboken; Bedlow's Island; Ellis Island; Hudson River; Robbins Reef Light House; New-Y... more

Birds eye view of that portion of the 23rd and 24th wards of the city ...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 540 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 700/1

[ Ekstasis, No. 2]

Martha Graham

Review of performance of January 5, 1936. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

Letters

Letter to magazine regarding Martha Graham. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

Champ takes to hustings for Willkie declaring that there is "no future...

[ Every soul is a circus]

Reproduced with permission of Janet Morgan/The Barbara Morgan Archive. For further information e-mail morganarchives@gmail.com (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a divisi... more

South Street Seaport Museum, 142-144 Beekman Street-211 Front Street, ...

Significance: Designed by George B. Post for Ellen S. Auchmuty, a Schermerhorn descendant, in 1885, the brick and terra cotta store is one of the handsomest buildings in the Seaport area. Terra cotta fish and s... more

Modernace Building, 319 East Forty-fourth Street, New York, New York C...

Survey number: HABS NY-6067

29 Washington Street (Store Front), New York, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-481-A

Minnie Building, 303 East Forty-sixth Street, New York, New York Count...

Survey number: HABS NY-6066

Harry F. Sinclair House, 2 East Seventy-ninth Street, New York, New Yo...

Survey number: HABS NY-395 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001882

Lamppost, Second Avenue & East Forty-ninth Street, New York, New York ...

Survey number: HABS NY-6073

Allied Arts Building, 304-320 East Forty-fifth Street, New York, New Y...

Significance: A large loft building of the 1920s, designed by the architectural firm of Buchman and Kahn. Survey number: HABS NY-6058

South Street Seaport Museum, 232-234 Front Street, New York, New York ...

Significance: Originally built for grocer Gershom Smith in 1816, this broad double building was converted into a stable in 1897. The building remained a stable until about 1930, the only one in the neighborhood... more

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SORREL, New York, New York County, NY

Tiffany & Company Building, 401 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York Count...

Survey number: HABS NY-401 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001886

Church of the Covenant, 310 East Forty-second Street, New York, New Yo...

15 Washington Street (Stairs), New York, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-482-A

Third Avenue Elevated, New York, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6373

South Street Seaport Museum, 236 Front Street, 236 Front Street, New Y...

Significance: Grocer Edward G. Faile built 236 Front Street between 1827 and 1828. Like many of the buildings in the Seaport, 236 Front Street has contained a variety of busnesses including a liquor store and f... more

[ Martha Graham in Sarabande]

Reproduced with permission of Janet Morgan/The Barbara Morgan Archive. For further information e-mail morganarchives@gmail.com (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a divisi... more

Tudor City Complex, The Hermitage, East Forty-third Street, New York, ...

Survey number: HABS NY-6075-J

Central Park, Ladies' Pavilion, Central Park, West side of Lake, New Y...

Significance: The Ladies Pavilion reflects the philosophies of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the original planners of Central Park. Olmsted and Vaux wanted to create a setting which harmonized nature... more

Field's Building, 168-170 John Street (formerly 32-38 Burling Slip), N...

Significance: This structure, originally a row of four uniformly designed commercial buildings, is a particularly fine example of the Greek Revival commercial architecture which followed the fire of 1835 on the... more

Surrogates Court, 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-402 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000888

South Street Seaport Museum, 273 Water Street, New York, New York Coun...

Washington Square North (House), Washington Square North & Fifth Avenu...

Chamber of Commerce Building, 65 Liberty Street, New York, New York Co...

Survey number: HABS NY-397 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001214

South Street Seaport Museum, Block 96W, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: Block 96W, surrounded by Water Street, Beekman Street, Front Street, and Fulton Street, a block away from the East River, was at one time part of that river. Beginning in 1750, owners of waterlots... more

Hamilton Fish House, 21 Stuyvesant Street, New York, New York County, ...

Survey number: HABS NY-398 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001456

YMCA, 180 West One-hundred-thirty-fifth Street, New York, New York Cou...

Survey number: HABS NY-5695

Tudor City Complex, Stewart Hall, 310 Mitchell Place, New York, New Yo...

Survey number: HABS NY-6075-K

I'll try to catch a colonel

music by Marie Hartill. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Ellis Island, Hospital, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Main Hospital on Island 2 was built for the Department of Commerce and Labor's Immigration Bureau in consultation with the U.S. Marine Hospital and Public Health Service surgeons assigned to m... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

I'll try to catch a colonel

music by Marie Hartill. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

I'll try to catch a colonel

music by Marie Hartill. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

I'll try to catch a colonel

music by Marie Hartill. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... more