• A tenement yard on Park Avenue and 107th Street, New York, ca. 1900, glass negative, 11 by 14 inches.
    Image Credit: A tenement yard on Park Avenue and 107th Street, New York, ca. 1900, glass negative, 11 by 14 inches.

    A tenement yard on Park Avenue and 107th Street, New York, ca. 1900, glass negative, 11 by 14 inches.

  • Jacob Riis, Baxter St. Alley, 1888.
    Image Credit: International Center of Photography, New York.

    Jacob Riis: Baxter St. Alley, 1888, gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches.

  • Jaccob Riis, Old Mrs. Benoit in Her Hudson Street Attic, 1897.
    Image Credit: International Center of Photography.

    Jaccob Riis: Old Mrs. Benoit in Her Hudson Street Attic, 1897, gelatin silver print, 7 3/4 by 9 5/8 inches.

  • Jaccob Riis, Ludlow St. Loding Cellar, ca. 1888–98.
    Image Credit: International Center of Photography.

    Jaccob Riis: Ludlow St. Loding Cellar, ca. 1888–98, gelatin silver print, 8 by 93/4 inches

  • A page from Riis’s scrapbook, showing the Feb. 3, 1900, issue of Harper's Weekly.
    Image Credit: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.

    A page from Riis’s scrapbook, showing the Feb. 3, 1900, issue of Harper’s Weekly.

  • Henri Sauvage's 1929 drawing for a futuristic building in Paris.
    Image Credit: Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images.

    Henri Sauvage’s 1929 drawing for a futuristic building in Paris.

  • Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna.
    Image Credit: Kagan Kaya/Shutterstock.

    Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna, built by Karl Ehn between 1927 and 1930.

  • A diagram showing Studio Gang’s “solar carving” design strategy.
    Image Credit: Courtesy Studio Gang.

    A diagram showing Studio Gang’s “solar carving” design strategy.

  • Studio Gang’s office building Solar Carve, 2019, in Lower Manhattan.
    Image Credit: Courtesy Studio Gang. Photo Tom Harris.

    Studio Gang’s office building Solar Carve, 2019, in Lower Manhattan.

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