Our marvelous mid-century weekend across four of the five boroughs of New York (sorry, Staten Island, Google rerouted us away from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge), sponsored by the Society for Commercial Archeology was a huge success. 3 beautiful days of food, drink, guided tours and fun galore in the company of 60+ roadside aficionados.
A circa-1960 postcard shows New York City’s Transatlantic Steamship Terminal in the Hudson River between 44th and 54th streets …
66 on 66: A Photographer’s Journey
By Terrence Moore
Tucson, Ariz.: Schaffner Press, 2018
144 pages; 10 x 11.5 inches, $27.95 hardcover
Reviewed by Douglas C. Towne
Terrence Moore is a talented photographer, and his gifted eye is apparent in 66 on 66, a coffee table book that is his latest contribution to the lore of the Mother Road. The book’s 66 images are more than a display of Moore’s photographic prowess, however. They synergistically work together to create what contributor Clark Worswick describes as “a memorial to a vanished time and place.”