The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

An expansive exploration of The Gilded Age in New York City, from of the extravagant lifestyles and magnificent mansions of the ultra-rich to the daily doings of the wretchedly poor who lived in the shadows of their newly constructed skyscrapers—written by the curator of Ephemeral New York and illustrated with hundreds of rarely-seen images.

"A beguiling, lavishly illustrated book that ... epitomizes what Ms. Crain calls the city's incredible energy and sense of its own greatness and destiny...