Midtown Manhattan collection-international an illustrator based in Brooklyn

an illustrator based in Brooklyn

Matte prints are available in four sizes

It was just something which caught the public's imagination

And new heights will soon be reached in Brooklyn and Queens as well

the first Black photographer to be hired by The New York Times and a figure widely regarded for his poignant images of the civil rights movement and of everyday life in New York

Midtown Manhattan collection-international an illustrator based in BrooklynIf you listen carefully, you can still hear Frank Sinatra singing in the grand Hotel Astor as he did from 1940 1942. Taken from the sidewalk, this photograph only hints at the hotels grand proportions. Built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts style, the hotel was envisioned as a successor to the Waldorf Astoria. It had 1,000 guest rooms, a green copper mansard roof, themed ballrooms, exotic restaurants and a rooftop garden. The hotel, however, had a relatively