I’m Ken Grant, an architectural photographer with an extensive collection of urban building images spanning major American cities. Over the past decade, I’ve photographed more than 20,000 structures—from iconic landmarks to neighborhood gems—with work featured in architectural books including Andrew Alpern’s Emery Roth’s New York Apartment Buildings (Abbeville Press, 2025).

Architects, authors, and publishers have licensed my photos for books, presentations, websites, and marketing materials. This site makes that collection searchable and available.

Browse Architecture Photos by City

My archive focuses primarily on the U.S. Northeast, with deep coverage of New York City architecture—all five boroughs—plus Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Baltimore. I’ve also photographed buildings in 15+ additional cities from Hartford to Las Vegas to Raleigh. [See complete city list in sidebar]

How to Find Images

Photos are organized by City > Neighborhood > Address. Each address page contains building descriptions, historical context when available, and image galleries. New galleries are added regularly as I process my archive.

Looking for a specific building listed in a city table but not yet posted? Use the License form to request a contact sheet—I’ll send all available images for that location, usually within 24 hours.

Licensing for Editorial and Personal Use

My architectural images are available for editorial publications, presentations, websites, and personal projects. I don’t have property releases for commercial advertising use. License fees are reasonable and scaled to usage. Submit the License form with your project details for pricing and image delivery.

Photo Art Prints

Selected images are available as framed or unframed prints and posters through Redbubble and Fine Art America. Browse the Photo Art galleries or look for red Photo Art links throughout the site.

Blog: Urban Architecture Observed

Beyond the photo archive, I write about what makes urban architecture fascinating: the styles, materials, patterns, and details that define neighborhoods; the interplay of history and innovation; the stories buildings tell about their creators and their times.

Resources for Architecture Research

The Resource section reviews books and websites I’ve found invaluable for architectural research—actual books, not AI. When I researched Emery Roth’s work, ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity each gave incomplete, sometimes incorrect building lists. Good old-fashioned books and archives remain essential.

(Note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases of books I’ve personally used and recommend.)

Why Cities?

I love cities.* Urban architecture contains more than steel, stone, and glass—it holds history, artistry, ambition, and the accumulated stories of multitudes. After 40 years as a travel journalist and web developer, retirement gave me time to pursue architectural photography seriously. What started as posting building photos on Facebook became something more when architects and publishers started asking to license them.

These photos represent thousands of hours exploring cities with my camera, researching building histories, and curating what I believe is beautiful, interesting, or historically significant in the urban landscape.

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Copyright Notice

All images on this site are copyrighted. Please respect the time, expense, and expertise invested in this archive. If you want to use my photos, contact me for licensing—my fees are reasonable and I respond quickly.

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*If you hear laughter, that’s my artist sister: “Very good, Ken. The first step is admitting you have a problem.” She lives in a log cabin north of Syracuse near Lake Ontario, where she photographs flowers, birds, barns, and rusting tractors between making glass art. She thinks I’m crazy to live in a city. I love her anyway. Her photos are stunning—just in a completely different way than mine.