New York Icons

Studio 360 turns to our hometown of New York for a new batch of Icons stories about works of art that were born in the city and impacted the lives of people everywhere.
Paramount Pictures Astoria studio building in 1928. Photographer unknown.
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New York Icons: Kaufman Astoria Studios
Garry Winogrand, "Central Park Zoo."
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New York Icons: ‘Central Park Zoo’ by Garry Winogrand
Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Carole King in July 1959.
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New York Icons: The Brill Building
A 1961 movie poster for "West Side Story."
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New York Icons: ‘West Side Story’
Studio photograph of Sylvia Plath (with brown hair) by Warren Kay Vantine, 1954 and the first printing of "The Bell Jar," 1966.
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New York Icons: ‘The Bell Jar’
The best-selling salsa album “Siembra” from 1978; a view of the Bronx, just north of Manhattan.
New York Icons
New York Icons: ‘Siembra’