Originally published in 1926, Up & Down New York is an imaginative, charming, quirky, and delightful period piece-but it is also timeless. This facsimile edition of the nostalgic classic reproduces Sarg's delightful illustrations of the dynamic and vibrant streets and famous places in New York. The surprise is in finding how much remains the same in many New York neighborhoods after 80 years, including Grand Central Station, Times Square, The American Museum of Natural History, City Hall, the Stock Exchange, the Great ...
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Originally published in 1926, Up & Down New York is an imaginative, charming, quirky, and delightful period piece-but it is also timeless. This facsimile edition of the nostalgic classic reproduces Sarg's delightful illustrations of the dynamic and vibrant streets and famous places in New York. The surprise is in finding how much remains the same in many New York neighborhoods after 80 years, including Grand Central Station, Times Square, The American Museum of Natural History, City Hall, the Stock Exchange, the Great White Way (Broadway), the shuttle in the subway-not to mention the busyness and vibrancy that characterizes the city. The places that do not exist anymore, including the aquarium at the Battery and Washington Market, give us a glimpse of New York in its first heyday. This new edition of Tony Sarg's Up & Down New Y ork will appeal to kids of all ages, to designers, illustrators, and book collectors, as well as anyone interested in New York or 1920s-era drawings.
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I've been looking for this 1927 masterpiece of observation and illustration for years but used copies are around $300. This 2007 re-print is beautifully produced and takes you up in the air for a 3rd story view of Manhattan in all its dusty pre-depression glory through the eyes of a great and witty illustrator. Sarg draws with great flare. Anyone who admires the ink drawing of Bill Watterston's Calvin and Hobbes or the wood-block prints of Hokusai will admire the decisive, low-ego ability of this master draughtsman and puppeteer.
You don't have to be a New Yorker to marvel at the scurrying of hundreds of expressively drawn city dwellers as they run, gesture, collide and fall at the foot of some of the greatest crossroads in Gotham. The Village, Times Square, City Hall et al. The body language is priceless?part Marx Brothers, part Our Gang and a pinch of Toulouse Lautrec. The text is minimal but personal. The drawings say it all.