The nonist blog has a fascinating article on (and including images from) the reprint of a 1929 book by Hugh Ferriss titled The Metropolis of Tomorrow: “Ferriss was the preeminent architectural draftsman of his time who through his moody chiaroscuro renderings of skyscrapers virtually inventing the image of Gotham…”
Ferriss’ gothic renderings of modern architecture have an uncanny affinity with the noir city of the classic film noir cycle.
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