JAMES AND KARLA MURRAY PHOTOGRAPHY

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Here’s a preview of our six page spread in BE STREET Issue 12 March-April-May 2011:

Thanks BB!

Good Company. Inside, STORE FRONT Mini alongside fellow NYC author Eric Ferrara’s two great books….

Some 146 people portrayed those killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire at a New York march commemorating the 100th anniversary of 1 of the nation’s deadliest industrial disasters.

Participants wore period dress for Sunday’s event. It started at 1:46 p.m. at the downtown Manhattan site of the former factory and ended at the Museum at Eldridge Street. It’s in an area where many of the slain workers lived. The march is meant to symbolize the trip home they never got to make after the fire on March 25, 1911.

The victims were mostly young immigrant Jewish and Italian women. Many jumped to their death to escape the flames. The blaze fueled the American labor movement and prompted numerous fire safety measures.

Each walker wore a plaque with the name, age, address and death date of the worker he/she is commemorating.

Photos by James and Karla Murray

CLIC GALLERY 255 Centre Street NY, NY 212.966.2766 February 1st - March 27st, 2011

CLIC GALLERY 255 Centre Street NY, NY 212.966.2766 February 1st - March 27st, 2011

Marie’s Beauty Lounge R.I.P.

A Remembrance of Haunts
By WILLIAM MEYERS

“Their project is the artistic equivalent of the Endangered Species Act.”

To view the article on line: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703386704576186402961681140.html

STORE FRONT II at Clic Gallery Press Release: http://clicgallery.com/pressrelease/11-02-murray/

http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/16-march-april-2011-issue/pages/35

http://www.goodfoodstories.com/2011/03/11/alleva/

“There are two shrines on Mulberry Street. One is the church called Most Precious Blood, in honor of Saint Janarius, the patron saint of Naples whose blood (in a vial) miraculously liquefies every September 19th. The other is Alleva, at the corner of Mulberry and Grand, the oldest Italian cheese shop in the country.”

Great article on Mulberry Street’s food…

“In addition to our regular Blog of the Week feature, we want to highlight further visual inspiration in the form of a Book of the Week as well. The chosen tomes could be ones that have inspired us personally, useful reference books on all aspects of design, or just great examples of the art of book design.

Our first choice is ‘Store Front: the Disappearing Face of New York’ by photographers James and Karla Murray (Gingko Press, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-58423-227-8), described as “a visual guide to New York City’s timeworn storefronts, a collection of powerful images that capture the neighborhood spirit, familiarity, comfort and warmth that these shops once embodied”.

WGSN loves: the nostalgic value of the photographs, which both document the entrepreneurial spirit of New York’s early immigrant population, and bring into focus the dwindling number of such shops in today’s high street. “

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58423-407-4

Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York

James T. & Karla L. Murray, Ginkgo, $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-58423-407-4

“Anyone who loves the compact, diverse small businesses that are a part of urban living will be fascinated with the new, compact version of this labor of love from the Murrays (Burning New York). The authors, who have been working on this project for eight years, are shocked by the rapid changes to their chosen subject; changes to zoning, rent, and families have contributed to a rapid loss of the sorts of small businesses showcased here, in vivid photos shot on 35mm film. The Murrays divide their book into five chapters, one for each borough, and include neighborhood maps and brief histories. Photographs are accompanied by their own narratives or those of business owners, providing details about former locations, family history, products on display, and more. Manhattan, “home to many of the institutions, buildings, and diverse neighborhoods that have made New York famous,” occupies nearly half of the book. Readers will feel an immediate nostalgia for the famously walkable city; a single block can contain a bakery, restaurants, stores selling clothing, jewelry, gifts, linens, musical instruments, sporting goods, and more. This handsome little book will make non New Yorkers want to skip Times Square on their next visit in favor of catching some of these neighborhood spots before they’re gone for good. Photos. (Feb.)”