The mysterious woman on the “little penthouse” of a 1930s tenement roof — Ephemeral New York

Martin Lewis had a thing for New York City rooftops. They made excellent vantage points for this Australia-born artist’s drypoint prints, allowing him to depict nuanced moments on the streets of the 1920s and 1930s city: kids at play under the glow of shop lights, young women on the town illuminated by street lamps, and […]

The mysterious woman on the “little penthouse” of a 1930s tenement roof — Ephemeral New York