“Passionately sought out and photographed…the most exciting visual concept for a book about New York in many a year.”
—George Lois, legendary ad man and designer for Esquire
“A quiet unassuming gem of a book that…offers up a procession of memories floating on the surface of the present.”
—Benno Schmidt, chairman of the board of CUNY and former president of Yale University
"Ben Passikoff has created an important record of the cultural, social, and commercial development of New York City in the 20th century."
—Gerald Protheroe, Ph.D., chairman of the history department at The Browning School
"A pleasure to flip through and a valuable historical document. . . . Will not disappoint NYC enthusiasts."
—Blogcritics
"[Passikoff] is documenting fading glimpses of New York’s past. The Writing on the Wall contains over one hundred examples of the city’s disappearing advertisements, along with historical context about the companies that commissioned them. . . . Their brightly painted outlines used to shout to New York pedestrians; now, they’re the haunting reminders of a bygone commercial era."
—Artsy.net
“Passionately sought out and photographed…the most exciting visual concept for a book about New York in many a year.”
—George Lois, legendary ad man and designer for Esquire
“A quiet unassuming gem of a book that…offers up a procession of memories floating on the surface of the present.”
—Benno Schmidt, chairman of the board of CUNY and former president of Yale University
"Ben Passikoff has created an important record of the cultural, social, and commercial development of New York City in the 20th century."
—Gerald Protheroe, Ph.D., chairman of the history department at The Browning School
"A pleasure to flip through and a valuable historical document. . . . Will not disappoint NYC enthusiasts."
—Blogcritics
"[Passikoff] is documenting fading glimpses of New York’s past. The Writing on the Wall contains over one hundred examples of the city’s disappearing advertisements, along with historical context about the companies that commissioned them. . . . Their brightly painted outlines used to shout to New York pedestrians; now, they’re the haunting reminders of a bygone commercial era."
—Artsy.net
