Product Description: The almost three hundred portraits that once composed the New York Chamber of Commerce's renowned collection capture the giants of American business with aesthetic and symbolic power. The images of civic leaders and entrepreneurs, carefully assembled over two hundred years, tell the story of American industry as shaped and reflected in the life of a major institution...read more

Traces the history of New York's Central Park, describing its creation and the political, social, and cultural changes that have shaped its development (view table of contents)