The historic photograph of the City of New York Building at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition is more than a handsome period view. It is a reminder that the work surrounding Bertram Goodhue and Lee Lawrie extends beyond the best-known landmarks, and that an overlooked image can reopen a line of research.
This discovery began with a newly identified plaque and led back to the building’s larger story. The archive records these connections as they appear, not as a finished catalogue, because the surviving evidence is still scattered across photographs, publications, collections and buildings themselves.
The City of New York Building now joins that wider record. Its photograph provides a useful point of comparison for readers following Goodhue’s architectural world and the commissions, collaborators and visual ideas that intersect with Lawrie’s career.