I love New York and this amazing collection of late 1920's illustrations reinforces my rapture. Sarg not only captures the architecture of some great landmarks, but also infuses them with vibrancy by populating the scenes with human vignettes out of Breughel, or Where's Waldo if you prefer.I find the material dazzlingly contemporary, but believe it makes a tremendous gift for parents or grandparents who can use these images to bond with their progeny.It's fun to view the citizens on the streets in their jackets and ties as a picture of the past; and elders will have a grand time pointing out the way things were (as in "that's the old look of the Museum of Natural History" or "I remember the Metropolitan Museum when the knights in armor were in the main hall."Get it or give it. It's grand and at a bargain price.