Title
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Artist
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Medium & Support
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Creation Date
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Dominick, foreman of the demolition workers, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966
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Ben Alton, house wrecker, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966
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A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966
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Dropping a wall, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Huey and his crew inside 81 Beekman Street. An elevator is demolished. The heavy sandstone window blocks must be dropped, like everything else, inside the building and not onto the street. Huey could bring down a loft building at the rate of a floor a day
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Beekman Street subbasement. The demolition contract requires that the building be brought down to street level. Basements and tunnels are filled in and left buried beneath vacant lots. From "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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House wreckers at lunch on the west side. From "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Demolition men's headquarters, 38 Ferry Street, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Huey and Dominick, foreman, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Ben and his brother, Junior, on the walls, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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House wrecker, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Brick crew on the west side, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967
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Dominick, foreman of the demolition workers
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967 (printed later)
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Housewreckers at lunch on the west side
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1966-1967 (printed later)
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Huey and his crew inside 81 Beekman Street, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1967
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Beekman Street subbasement, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1967
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Worker in front of window, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1967
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Demolition workers, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1967
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Housewreckers at lunch on the West Side, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
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Lyon, Danny
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Gelatin silver print on paper
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1967
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Destroyed in a German air raid on London, the House of Commons is being demolished. The site will be cleared for its reconstruction.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 1945
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