Stairwell B at the Museum of the City of New York

Signage & Environmental Graphics

Graphic installation for a stairwell at the museum, developed as part of a major renovation.

The oversized images help open up the space and show off little seen photographs from the collection.

The oversized images help open up the space and show off little seen photographs from the collection.

The quotations are carefully typeset to fill the space.

The quotations are carefully typeset to fill the space.

Museumgoers climb past

Museumgoers climb past

Stanley Kubrick's 1946 photograph of a couple on a fire escape.

Stanley Kubrick's 1946 photograph of a couple on a fire escape.

Conceived as an interior tower of words and pictures, nearly every inch of wall space in Stairwell B has been filled with historic quotations about and photographs of New York.

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Image of a child on a swing in Central Park taken by an unknown photographer, 1960.

Image of a child on a swing in Central Park taken by an unknown photographer, 1960.

Roller skaters at a rink in Astoria photographed by Agnes Zellin in 1981.

Roller skaters at a rink in Astoria photographed by Agnes Zellin in 1981.

The quotations are carefully typeset to fit into the pattern of images and text. Here, a 1959 quote by Moss Hart.

The quotations are carefully typeset to fit into the pattern of images and text. Here, a 1959 quote by Moss Hart.

A view of Ninth Avenue photographed by Samuel H. Gottscho in 1932.

A view of Ninth Avenue photographed by Samuel H. Gottscho in 1932.

‘Pentagram Papers 43: Drawing McCarthy’

Book Design

A series of pen-and-ink drawings made by artist and illustrator Arline Simon depict the live television broadcast of the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954.

Stairwell B at the Museum of the City of New York