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: American Legacy Press, hardback
It is hardly surprising that the city that never sleeps has lost some things along the way. Fortunately, Nathan Silver's "magnificent and heartbreaking record" (Louis Auchincloss) captures with rare and stunning photographs that New York of legend and memory. From the lost Penn Station and two World's Fairs to the stone facades of great Fifth Avenue houses and the cast-iron facades of commerce, Lost New York is a startling reminder of what has disappeared forever.