New York City Yesterday and Today

Exploring the City's Tax Photographs

Jamie McDonald

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Globe Pequot Press
01 September 2023

Photography & photographs; Places & peoples: pictorial works

New York City Yesterday and Today: The Tax Photographs features the little-known, but utterly fascinating tax photographs from The City of New York’s Hall of Records and how those areas look today. The photographs are an interesting page in the history of the city’s municipal workings alone, but are a fascinating look into daily city life in the 1940’s. They were taken to help figure out property tax assessments. Incredibly, city officials employed a team of photographers to go out to all five boroughs and photograph literally every building in the city. The result is tens of thousands of photos of practically every nook and cranny of the streets of New York. Readers will marvel at the changes some neighborhoods have undergone, whereas some parts of the city have remained remarkably unchanged. It’s a remarkable look at the city’s past and present.

By: Jamie McDonald
Imprint: Globe Pequot Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 585g
ISBN: 9781493052110
ISBN 10: 149305211X
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jamie McDonald wrote, directed and hosted the Emmy award winning PBS television series “New York Originals,” which brought about the subsequent book of the same name published by Universe/Rizzoli. He is a former producer at Fox News and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His last film, “Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills and Painted Nightmares” was broadcast on several public television stations nationwide. The film received three out of four stars from USA Today, and won two “Best Documentary” awards. He also co-produced “The Latin Legends of Comedy,” which has played in several theaters and has also been released on DVD. Jamie has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Boston University and a Master’s Degree from New York University. He is also the author of No Access New York.