Above Ground Poster Puzzle the book includes an introduction

the book includes an introduction by the Murrays explaining the genesis of their lifelong project and why they love to photograph store fronts

A longtime member of the creative collective ego trip

and the Jersey Shore have long served exhausted NYC residents looking to remove themselves from their busy lives and relax for a little while—a mini-vacation on the water not far from home

many of them sourced from the Times’s own archive

or treating yourself to a touch of NYC charm

Above Ground Poster Puzzle the book includes an introductionImage: Breakfast at Baychester by LEE Quiones, featured in Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection, on view from November 22, 2024 August 10, 2025 New Yorks age of graffiti began on the city streets in the early 1970s. This new movement, often consciously artistic despite its unsanctioned origins, came of age over the next 20 years. Above Ground centers the many artists who transitioned from illegally writing on subway cars to