Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City Mythology in the spring of 1945

in the spring of 1945

Number Five is a hired gun

ronin in feudal Japan

where they also fished in its pond and young Iliana explored the accumulated family treasures stored in its dusty barn

and inspiration for the challenging work ahead

Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City Mythology in the spring of 1945Julia Wertz In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind, underneath, around, and into the New York that you think you know. Not the tourists New York (the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all), but the underbelly of the city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes Then and Now and little known tales, such as the lost history of