Series II. Negatives

This subseries is negatives of copy prints of Soho arranged alphabetically by street address. Included here are only those streets that Weisman considered part of Soho for his project and that subsequently became the Soho Cast-Iron Historic District. The boundaries for this district are West Houston Street in the north, West Broadway in the west, Crosby Street in the east and Canal Street in the south. Broadway appears in both subseries one and two but there is no overlap of addresses. This first subseries ends with miscellaneous Soho buildings and maps of Soho.

This subseries begins with named streets filed alphabetically, thereunder by avenues and numbered streets numerically, and concludes with a large section of miscellaneous unidentified buildings. At the end of the subseries are two significant sets of negatives that were important to Weisman's research, Rockefeller Center and Laing Stores. This subseries ends with views and maps of Manhattan.

This subseries consists of negatives of copy prints of miscellaneous buildings by George P. Post among the negative series. George Post (1837 -- 1913) was an important figure in the development of the skyscraper and a particular point of interest for Weisman as Post used innovative building techniques to create ever-taller buildings and large interior spaces for public use. Significant buildings of George Post within the collection are St. Paul's Building, Produce Exchange, Cotton Exchange, Union Trust Building, Mortimer Building, Equitable Building, Dry Dock Savings Bank, Mills Building, and the Western Union Building, among many others. This subseries includes a portrait of George Post.

This subseries contains negatives of copy prints of buildings in the United States arranged alphabetically by state and thereunder by city.

This subseries is negatives of copy prints of international cities arranged alphabetically by the name of the country.