Nathan Silver, Who Chronicled a Vanished New York, Dies at 89 Nathan Silver, Who Chronicled a Vanished New York, Dies at 89 An architect, he wrote in his book “Lost New York” about the many buildings that were destroyed before passage of the city’s
Spiritual Connections, Analog Exuberance, and the . . . - Senses of Cinema Consciously aligning himself with the work ethic and anti-theatre ensemble orientation of an early Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the improvisational virtuosity of John Cassavetes, the film-historically savvy Silver, a graduate of NYU’s Dramatic Writing Department and a denizen of New York’s arthouse and revival cinemas, has typically assembled his casts out of an “amalgam” à la Italian
Lost New York - Nathan Silver - Google Books From the grandeur of the old Metropolitan Opera and Pennsylvania Station to the fabulous lost nightclubs of 52nd Street and Harlem, from the opulence of the old Vanderbilt mansions to the Madison Square Garden rooftop where architect Stanford White was shot, this is both a unique testament to New York's past and a story of the vitality that makes the city continue to connect with us "