The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
West Street and the West Side Highway, Just North of the Trade Center Site
1966–67
(American, 1942-)
Image: 25.4 x 24.9 cm (10 x 9 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2011.247
Location: not on view
Description
The Washington Street Market urban renewal project was estimated at $44 million for property acquisition, demolition, management, and site preparation for future construction. Lyon recalls that the demolition of the structures seen here and those on adjoining blocks “brought down 24 and a half blocks of mostly 19th-century buildings . . . [many] in continuous commercial use since before the Civil War. . . . The silence left in the streets was startling. As one wanderer put it, everyone left one night, even the dogs and the rats.”- George Stephanopoulos
- Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-October 7, 2018).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.247