{"product_id":"from-the-skyscraper-to-the-nick-yablon-9780231203524","title":"From the Skyscraper to the Wildflower: C. G. Hine's 1905 Photographic Survey of Broadway","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout 1905, an amateur photographer dedicated himself to capturing Broadway, from the bottom of Manhattan to the top. In sun, rain, and snow, at dawn and late at night, C. G. Hine depicted buildings that were threatened by rapid development: outmoded stores, hotels, and theaters, as well as workshops and shanties. His survey also foregrounded the street's other holdouts against change, such as sex workers, pushcart vendors, horses, and the trees and wildflowers of upper Manhattan. Hine ultimately assembled more than three hundred photographs, along with numerous newspaper clippings and a typed essay, into a three-volume album, titled \"From the Sky Scraper to the Wild Flower.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresenting striking images from Hine's album, this book offers a rare glimpse into the transformation of New York's built environment at the turn of the twentieth century. Nick Yablon explores Hine's connections to--and divergences from--movements and trends of the time, such as historic preservation, Pictorialist photography, botany, and bicycling. He curates a selection of Hine's photographs and investigates how they reveal deeper conflicts and tensions about urban development. \u003ci\u003eFrom the Skyscraper to the Wildflower\u003c\/i\u003e guides readers up Broadway block by block, casting light on New York's changing landscape, where signs of the modern clashed with vestiges of earlier eras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Yablon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231203527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231203524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nick Yablon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440568316159,"sku":"9780231203524","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eed9fcc1-5a9b-4557-9a15-83273a9884c7.jpg?v=1777183309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-skyscraper-to-the-nick-yablon-9780231203524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}