Modern New York

Architecture, transport and life in New York City from 1920s to the present day. Run by @LukasNovo89. Pre-order 'Modern New York' book:

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Spread from 'Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Present'

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Very happy to learn my book 'Modern New York' is 2024 Communications Arts Winner! 🍾 Thank you everyone who helped along the way 💛

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So many great details in this photo. Note the cab liveries. Manhattan, 1961.

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#OTD in 1964 World's Fair opened in Queens, NY. Only a few structures remain to this day - like Terrace on the Park and NY State Pavilion. Illustrations from Modern New York.

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Marriott Marquis on Times Square. In 1985 it brought 2,000 hotel rooms at the cost of demolition of 5 theatres. Designed by John Portman & Associates.

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University Village by I. M. Pei.

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Mad week running around the Big Apple promoting my new book Modern New York. Book-signing event at @Rizzoli_Bkstore , a talk organised by @ohny, visited about 20 bookstores to sign copies and also spent a day with CzechTV. Thanks everyone!

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Join us on Nov 29 for a virtual book talk with Modern New York author Lukas Novotny. From iconic Art Deco skyscrapers to hidden gems like the DSNY's Spring Street Salt Shed, Novotny's vivid illustrations capture a century of NYC's history.

Register: https://t.co/fzpAiPk3eo

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River Park Towers (1975) in the Bronx. One of over a hundred buildings featured in my Modern New York book. #brutalism

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Mad postmodern vertical cinema in Brooklyn's heights. By Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, 2000.

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@gomezdetejada "..and that's why I consider New York City building code a tyrannical tool against my creativity."

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For @PlacesJournal I went long on how faceless, windowless deep state infrastructure embodies our most corrosive and deadly conspiracies, both real and imagined. Pls clap. https://t.co/j4a3P6RCXH

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Jesus embracing the Twin Towers outside a church in Brooklyn's Dyker Heights.

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Today is the US publication day of Modern New York! 🍾🎇 Yet to receive any photos of it in stores, so made this realistic mock-up for now.

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@PslHochi RIP your sleep

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Very modest looking New York International Airport, mid 1950s. It was renamed to JFK in 1963, in honour of the slain president.

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@PslHochi It was indeed

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The US release of Modern New York is only two weeks away! Sharing one of my favourite spreads. Coming out with @Rizzoli_Books on 6th Sep.

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Masaryk Towers, Manhattan. Sources differ on if they were named after the first Czechoslovak president or his son – politician, who died under suspicious circumstances. Does anyone know?

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Manhattanville Houses in Harlem, 1961.