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Lucy Sante

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  • People standing around the aftermath of a train accident in 1926.

    A Roomful of Death and Destruction

    The room at One Police Plaza, jammed to the ceiling with filing cabinets and boxes, and reeking of vinegar, held about 180,000 images ranging from 1914 to 1972.
    by Lucy Sante via New York Review of Books on June 22, 2015
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Nineteen Resevoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
Lucy Sante
2022
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