Research Catalog

Title

Store front II : a history preserved : the disappearing face of New York / James T. & Karla L. Murray.

Author

Murray, James T.

Publication

Berkeley, CA : Gingko Press, Inc., 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Murray, Karla L.

Description

343 pages : color illustrations, maps; 31 x 34 cm

Summary

James and Karla Murray have been capturing impeccable photographs from the streets of New York City since the 1990s; Store Front II chronicles their continued efforts to document a little-known but vitally important cross-section of New York's Mom and Pop economy. The Murrays' penetrating photographs are only half the story, though. In the course of their travels throughout the city's boroughs the Murrays have taken great care to document the stories behind the scenery. Their copious background texts, gleaned largely from interviews with the stores' owners and employees, bring wonderful color and nuance to the importance of these unique one-off establishments. The Murrays have rendered the out of the way bodegas, candy shops and record stores just as faithfully as the historically important institutions and well known restaurants, bars and cafes. From the Stonewall Inn to the Brownsville Bike Shop and The Pink Pussycat to Smith and Wolensky, the Murrays reveal how New York's long-standing mom & pop businesses stand in sharp contrast to the city's rapidly evolving corporate facade.

Alternative Title

• Storefront II
• Store front 2
• Disappearing face of New York

Subject

• Murray, James T
• Murray, Karla L
• Storefronts > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
• Stores, Retail > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
• New York (N.Y.) > Pictorial works

Call Number

JFG 17-243

ISBN

• 9781584236047
• 1584236043

LCCN

2015947724

OCLC

914219816

Author

Murray, James T., author, photographer.

Title

Store front II : a history preserved : the disappearing face of New York / James T. & Karla L. Murray.

Publisher

Berkeley, CA : Gingko Press, Inc., 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Murray, Karla L., author, photographer.

Research Call Number

JFG 17-243