{"id":4548,"date":"2016-01-12T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booyorkcity.com.routing.yourhost.co\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:38:00","slug":"old-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booyorkcity.com\/old-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean streets of old New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
The harsh reality of old\u00a0New York is laid bare in a new exhibition featuring the work of legendary photographers Weegee and Margaret Bourke-White.<\/p>\n
Shots of gangs, evictions, unemployment and strikes all come from the progressive 1940s newspaper, PM Daily<\/i>, which showcased cutting-edge photojournalism, and counted Dorothy Parker<\/a>, Ernest Hemingway<\/a>, and Dr Seuss <\/a>among its contributors.<\/p>\n