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"New York's most famous Automat was its first, located in Times Square, but Abbott chose to depict the restaurant at Columbus Circle, well-known as a nighttime gathering place for musicians and cabaret-goers. She photographed it from the General Motors Building across the street on the same winter day she photographed the Circle itself. The two images are complementary symbols of modern New York life. "Abbott's photograph illustrates the restaurant's mechanized character. With the sharp diagonal of coin-operated, Deco-styled windows receding indefinitely into space, the photograph shows food and its consumers on a culinary assembly line." (more)-- Museum of the City of New York

Wow, has anyone ever played a video game called Bioshock? Art deco heaven just like this.

I took this photo at the Lunch Hour exhibit at the Schwarzman building and didn't realize the reference until I got my film back!

Part of the festivities for the dedication of the Maine Monument in Central Park. May 30, 1913.

The New York Times has uploaded the article on the J W Gates funeral dated August 24, 1911. =)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called New York City Undertakers & Funeral Homes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Hotel

John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 – August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was an American Gilded Age industrialist, who was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warne_Gates