Elliott Erwitt

New York City, 1948.

From Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos

Burt Glinn

View of Lower Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry,  USA, New York City, 1951.

From Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos

Al Fenn

A snowstorm hits New York City in February 1960.

From Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Andreas Feininger

A view of bustling, raucous New York City, looking straight down 42nd Street, January 1946.

From Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Brassaï 

Grand Central Station. New York City, 1957

Also

Edward Pfizenmaier

Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York City, 1954

Merry Christmas to all …

Dorothea Lange

1932, New York City, during the Great Depression. Unemployed men stand in line to get a free dinner at New York’s municipal lodging house.

Andreas Feininger

Men unload coffee at a Brooklyn dock with Lower Manhattan visible in the background, 1949.

Erich Hartmann

Empire State Building, New York City, USA, 1949

From Magnum Photos

Arnold Eagle

Chatham Square Platform, New York City, ca. 1939

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