New York City after the second world war - in pictures

Todd Webb’s photographs of postwar New York depict the warmth and diversity of the city. He studied under Ansel Adams, and his beautiful black and white shots reflect that influence. The Museum of the City of New York is hosting a retrospective of his work, Todd Webb: A City Seen until 4 September

Sarah Gilbert
Saturday 22 April 2017 23.30 AEST

Under the Third Avenue elevated train, New York, 1946. All Photographs: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York and the Todd Webb Estate

         125th Street, Harlem, New York, 1946

         Tenements and graveyard from Chataham Square station, New York, 1946

         Lexington Avenue, near 110th Street, Harlem, 1946

         Maise, Queen of the Bowery, New York, 1946

         From Empire State Building, New York (looking south-east), 1946

         Near Fulton Fish Market, New York, 1946.

         The Battery, New York (peanut peddler), 1945

25th Street and Broadway (summer streetcar), Harlem, New York, 1946

         Fulton Fish Market Wharf, 1946