The Gilded Balconies of Mott Street Frame Style:Verdigris Frame that splendid wedge of Gilded

that splendid wedge of Gilded Age commerce

The photograph holds the Bend at its tightest curve

Every brace and tension rod is drawn by a hand that knew the bay would test each rivet

and the quiet shimmer of riverfront shipyards

This Mary Jane Art Nouveau portrait blends vintage botanical motifs with a warm

The Gilded Balconies of Mott Street Frame Style:Verdigris Frame that splendid wedge of GildedThe Gilded Balconies of Mott Street looks down the spine of Chinatown's busiest artery, where wrought iron fire escapes stack tenement facades like opera tiers above the awnings and hand lettered signs. A Lower East Side tableau caught between immigrant commerce and turn of the century ornament. About the Source Bella Frye sources NYC artifacts from American photographic archives, postcard collections, and period broadsides the press photographers,