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Life on the Lower East Side : Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937-1950 by Peter Dans and Suzanne Wasserman (2006, Hardcover)
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This is a signed (and inscribed) first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Life on the Lower East Side: Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937-1950 by Peter E Dans and Suzanne Wasserman...signed by Rebecca Lepkoff...brand new condition...binding is tight, corners are sharp and the pages are crisp and clean...does not come with a dust jacket (as issued)...some great photos of one of the many diverse communities in NYC's history...will consider reasonable offers...media mail shipping is free...thanks for looking.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
ISBN-101568986068
ISBN-139781568986067
eBay Product ID (ePID)53949813
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife on the Lower East Side : Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937-1950
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicCustoms & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
IllustratorYes
GenreNon-Classifiable, Social Science
AuthorPeter Dans, Suzanne Wasserman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight42 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-000636
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisA young Rebecca Lepkoff, camera in hand, navigated the streets of the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930s and 1940s, before the Alfred E. Smith housing project largely demolished and forever changed its character. She captured the lives and times of a vibrant, close-knit, and functional multiethnic community. Through her lens, she documented street scenes a woman stopping in front of a tenement to share some news, a fruit seller peddling her wares, a woman hanging laundry on a clothesline. Stoops, rooftops, fire escapes, and sidewalks in front of candy stores and delis were the preferred social and recreational locales. In the absence of playgrounds, children improvised outdoor play areas and congregated Saturday afternoons in front of the Loew's Canal. "Life on the Lower East Side," the first monograph of Lepkoff's works, highlights the lost neighborhood between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges from the Bowery to the East River. With over 170 beautifully reproduced duotone photographs and essays by Peter Dans and Suzanne Wasserman, the book reveals the dynamic community of Italians, Irish, Jews, Greeks, Spaniards, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, and African Americans. Lepkoff's images uncover a forgotten time and place and reveal how the Lower East Side has both stayed the same and changed forever., A young Rebecca Lepkoff, camera in hand, navigated the streets of the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930s and 1940s, before the Alfred E. Smith housing project largely demolished and forever changed its character. She captured the lives and times of a vibrant, close-knit, and functional multiethnic community. Through her lens, she documented street scenesa woman stopping in front of a tenement to share some news, a fruit seller peddling her wares, a woman hanging laundry on a clothesline. Stoops, rooftops, fire escapes, and sidewalks in front of candy stores and delis were the preferred social and recreational locales. In the absence of playgrounds, children improvised outdoor play areas and congregated Saturday afternoons in front of the Loew's Canal. Life on the Lower East Side , the first monograph of Lepkoff's works, highlights the lost neighborhood between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges from the Bowery to the East River. With over 170 beautifully reproduced duotone photographs and essays by Peter Dans and Suzanne Wasserman, the book reveals the dynamic community of Italians, Irish, Jews, Greeks, Spaniards, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, and African Americans. Lepkoff's images uncover a forgotten time and place and reveal how the Lower East Side has both stayed thesame and changed forever.
LC Classification NumberF128.68.L6L46 2006
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- Nov 03, 2024
Beautiful bit of history
It's a beautiful copy of the book, and it arrived easier than promised. Thanks!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
