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  • E. J. Bellocq – The Secret Photographer of Storyville’s Decadence

    In 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted an exhibition of Friedlander's prints from Bellocq's York, was working an Antiques Roadshow event in New Orleans. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970. 2. Sontag, Susan. Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville. New York: Random House, 1996. 3. Museum of Modern Art: E. J. The New York Times, April 21, 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/arts/a-photographer-s-secret-world-of-new-orleans-prostitutes.html

  • Christine Jorgensen: The Shy Bronx Kid Who Gave the Sexual Revolution "a Good Swift Kick in the Pants"

    When the New York Daily News ran its front page on December 1, 1952, the headline read: "Ex-GI Becomes York Daily News published photographs of Christine before and after her transition. Knox in Massapequa Park, New York, where her father had built her a home. The New York Times reported that Knox had lost his job in Washington DC when their engagement became York City.

  • The Fatal Game: William S. Burroughs and the Tragic Death of Joan Vollmer

    Born in Loudonville, a well-to-do suburb of Albany, New York, Joan Vollmer hailed from an upper-middle-class In the early 1940s, she moved to New York City, where she attended Barnard College. York City. York to Texas, then New Orleans, and finally to Mexico City as Burroughs' legal troubles mounted. York due to a psychotic break from excessive amphetamine use.

  • A 'Man Amplifier' By Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories

    when science fiction was dreaming of cybernetic humans and mechanical men, real engineers in upstate New York were quietly working to make that dream a reality. Initial work at Cornell focused on theoretical papers and small experimental rigs. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1966. Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories Research Reports, 1960–1963.

  • The Making of The Godfather And The Uneasy Handshake Between Hollywood And The Mob

    Ruddy is seen talking to Brando on a set in New York City's Little Italy neighborhood. Colombo also requested that the proceeds from the New York premiere go to his league. Little Italy opened its doors, and the production gained safe passage through New York. Italian-American Civil Rights League coverage, New York Times archives: nytimes.com 7. Sammy Gravano interview, New York Times (1997): nytimes.com 8.

  • Linda Lovelace: The Tragic True Story Behind Deep Throat's Most Famous Star

    Her father, John Boreman, was a New York City police officer who was rarely home. She returned to New York City to attend computer school and try to build something resembling an independent The film premiered at the World Theater in New York on 12 June 1972, advertised in the New York Times In its opening week at a single New York screen it set a record for pornographic films, taking over $30,000 York City, "you are watching me being raped.

  • The Murder of Kitty Genovese: Crime, Media, and the Myth That Endured

    in New York City. Opting to stay in New York, she moved in with her grandparents and soon married—but the marriage was But in 1964, New York City had no 9-1-1 emergency call system, and the initial response to reports of Winston Moseley Media Sensationalism and the Birth of a Psychological Theory Two weeks later, The New York Times published a front-page article claiming that 37 people had witnessed the attack but did nothing

  • Vivian Maier: The Nanny Who Shot America

    Waiting to cross the road in New York He didn’t know it yet, but Maloof had stumbled upon the life’s There was an authenticity in Maier’s work that cut through the noise. New York, 1954. Her first major exhibition took place in Chicago, and from there, it was a whirlwind: New York, Los Angeles New York 1950s Yet, for all this attention, Vivian Maier remains a deeply elusive figure. New York 1956 Some have interpreted this as humility, or shyness.

  • Woody Guthrie’s List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions From 1943

    On January 1, 1943, Woody Guthrie, the renowned American folk music icon, wrote down a set of 33 "New Years Rulin's" in his journal, which today would be considered as New Year's Resolutions. Work more and better 2. Work by a schedule 3. Wash teeth if any 4. Shave 5. Take bath 6.

  • Ormond Gigli And The 'Girls In The Windows'

    York. New York was tearing down blocks like this all over the Upper East Side as its post-war building boom Born in New York in 1925, he got his first camera from his father, graduated from the School of Modern Ormond Gigli – Demolition begins at what is now 320 East 58th Street, New York, 1960. A New York-born fashion and portrait photographer who worked from the early 1950s until his death in

  • Plato's Retreat: The Notorious NYC Swingers' Club That Ruled and Fell With the '70s

    Both turned New York's hunger for nightlife into something the whole country gawked at. It's worth remembering what New York actually looked like in the mid-1970s, because it wasn't the glossy York “the world's most exciting city.” A local New York news crew caught Levenson on camera that week, furious and vowing to fight the closing But for eight strange years, it was as much a symbol of pre AIDS New York as any disco ball on 54th Street

  • On the Beat: Jill Freedman’s Unfiltered Portrait of the NYPD (1978–1981)

    York Police Department (NYPD), capturing an intimate and unvarnished view of law enforcement in one York during the late 1970s and early 1980s. A City in Turmoil The New York City of this era was a place of extremes. York during one of the city’s most dangerous periods. she followed the firefighters of New York, documenting their lives in a similar fashion.

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