ARTandDESIGNSPRING2022US

NEW THIS SEASON ART & DESIGN | 13 ALSO AVAILABLE ISBN: 978-0-7643-6362-7 Size: 9" x 6" (228 x 152 mm) Pages: 128 Price: $19.99 Illustrations: 125 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) AVAILABLE MAY Ghost Signs 2 Clues to Uptown New York’s Past Frank Mastropolo This timely book honors Uptown New York’s rich economic past, even as many of today’s long-established businesses are losing their leases From Union Square to Harlem, the neighborhoods examined offer the most-telling clues to a long-gone way of life Appealing to New Yorkers, historians, and urban archeologists, more than 100 photos and stories of faded business signs illuminate New York City’s past Ghost signs hold the secrets of businesses and products that vanished decades ago. Clues to our jobs, schools, places of worship, cafés, and concert halls are hidden in their stories. New York City’s neighborhoods, from 14th Street to its northernmost point, contain scores of timeworn ads that have improbably survived for decades, and journalist and television producer Frank Mastropolo has captured their stories. Often, a storefront renovation yields the discovery of a sign that has been long obscured. Familiar brands like Studebaker and Horn & Hardart’s Automat live on in these faded ads. Other more- puzzling signs refer to streetcars, snake oil cure-alls, and the forgotten aspects of city life. All are part of more than 100 photos and stories that sketch Manhattan’s economic and social fabric over the past century. About the Author Frank Mastropolo writes a series about New York City’s ghost signs for New York Magazine ’s Bedford+Bowery blog. He is the author of Ghost Signs: Clues to Downtown New York’s Past and Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever . Author Location: New York, NY Sampling of Neighborhoods • Meatpacking District • NoMad • Union Square • Garment District • High Line • Gramercy Park • Chelsea • Flatiron District • Rose Hill • Tin Pan Alley • Fur District • Millinery District BROOKLYN’S SWEET RUIN 978-0-7643-5412-0 128 pp. | 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) | HC $45.00 US / £40.99 GBP / $64 CAD GHOST SIGNS 978-0-7643-5831-9 128 pp. | 9" x 6" (228 x 152 mm) | HC $19.99 US / £18.99 GBP / $28.99 CAD ISBN 978-0-7643-6362-7 • Herald Square • Murray Hill • Kipps Bay • Theater District • Hell’s Kitchen • Upper East Side • Upper West Side • Harlem