Tag Archives: Cityscapes

1942: Canal

Algernon Cecil Newton: Regent’s Canal, Maida Vale, London (1942)

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1945: The House by the Canal

Algernon Cecil Newton: The House by the Canal (1945)

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1910: Broadway at Night

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Broadway at Night (c. 1910)

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1915: Das Ghetto

Jan Bulhak: Das Ghetto (1915); Vilnius, Lithuania

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1933: Zeppelin

Carel Willink: The Zeppelin (1933)

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1999: Under the Gowanus

Rackstraw Downes: Under the Gowanus with Sanitation Department Towers (1999) Gowanus is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. “The Gowanus Expressway, which serves as the southern extension of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, also connects the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel approach, the Prospect Expressway (NY 27), … Continue reading

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1929: The Metropolis of Tomorrow

Hugh Ferriss: Illustration from The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929) (source)

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1934: Unreal City

Carel Willink: Stadsgezicht [Cityscape] (1934)

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15th Century: The Ideal City

The Ideal City is the title given to three different paintings. The are generally referred to as The Ideal City of Urbino, The Ideal City of Baltimore, and The Ideal City of Berlin, according to where they are located—although all … Continue reading

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