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Susan Meiselas Reflects on Little Italy’s Legendary Rooftop History

Susan Meiselas Reflects on Little Italy’s Legendary Rooftop History

In a stunning series of vernacular photographs, Magnum Photos member Susan Meiselas partners with her members of long-time neighborhood to tell the magical story of New York’s celebrated “Tar Beach.”

© From the book “Tar Beach. Life on the Rooftops of Little Italy” by Susan Meiselas with Virginia Bynum & Angel Marinaccio, Damiani

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