NY research options: New York Public Library- http://www.nypl.org/ Museum of the City of New York- http://www.mcny.org/ American Memory from the Library of Congress (great searchable database of historic images in the public domain)- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html The Building Permits Database, 1900-1986 http://www.metrohistory.com/searchfront.htm Selling NY rare books and prints- I can't help here. Contact NY print and art dealers directly. Useful NYC Books: "AIA Guide to New York City". ISBN 0812931076. "New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age." Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman New York: The Monacelli Press, 1999 "New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915." Robert A.M. Stern, John M. Massengale, and Gregory Gilmartin New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1983 "New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism between the Two World Wars." Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, and Thomas Mellins New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1987 Urban Centre Bookstore- http://www.urbancenterbooks.org/ |