Apartment envy is not unique to New York City, but it is certainly one of the closest watched real estate markets in the world. As the twentieth century began, savvy real estate developers worked to create ever-grander buildings around Central Park and other prominent locations around the city. This digital collection from the New York Public Library brings together 1300 images that depict...

For persons with an interest in the always topical subject of New York real estate, this collection will be very welcome and worthy of numerous return visits. The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection was donated to the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library by Yale Robbins, Henry Robbins, and David Magier in 1986. Currently, the Columbia University Libraries are in the process of digitizing...