82-70 Austin Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, from the series "On This Site: Lanscape in Memoriam"
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Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: JS.212.0 1/7 87-70 Austin Ave [crossed out] Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, November 1995 N-November 1995 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld
Kitty Genovese was repeatedly stabbed outside her apartment in the early morning hours of March 13, 1964. Thirty-eight people heard her cries for help. Although the attack lasted over half an hour, not a single person called the police until after she had died.
From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam
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