Mark di Suvero on Governor’s Island — © Brian Rose Back in New York after five days in Virginia. My father is hanging on at 90 years old. I spent much of the past week visiting him in the hospital, and then as soon as I get back, my son Brendan ends up in the […]

Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia — © Brian Rose I am in Williamsburg, Virginia visiting my father who is in the hospital. He appears to be doing fine after surgery, but is still unsure where he is and what is going on. Last night I took a walk down the Duke of Gloucester Street, […]

Sarah Roosevelt Park — © Brian Rose I’m in Williamsburg, Virginia tending to my 89 year old father who is in the hospital. So, I may be mostly absent for a few days. The picture above was taken recently at a street fair on the Lower East Side.

7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue — © Brian Rose 7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue — © Brian Rose Tiles for America, a 9/11 memorial.  

The Bowery — © Brian Rose The rapture mobile parked in front of the Bowery Poetry Club.   I wonder what they thought they’d find on the Bowery. UPDATE: No rapture–back to work. The Bowery — © Brian Rose

Long Island City from Roosevelt Island — © Brian Rose On Sunday I took a tour of Four Freedoms Park, a memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, currently under construction on Roosevelt Island. The island is located in the East River opposite Midtown and the Upper East Side. It is accessible by aerial tram and subway, […]

  The Bowery at Stanton Street — © Brian Rose Once again I found myself at the corner of Bowery and Stanton waiting for a taxi. I had a guitar slung over my shoulder and two bags, one full of groceries. I noticed that a group of people had gathered in front of the gallery […]

Brendan at Yankee Stadium — © Brian Rose We’ve made it up to the stadium a couple of times this year. Brendan, my son, is a big Yankee fan. He’s been to five games all together, and has yet to lose.

Fireman’s Memorial, Greenwich Street — © Brian Rose The President was in New York last week in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden.  He lunched with firemen from a company that lost men on 9/11 and greeted families of others who died at ground zero.  I went downtown on Friday, a couple […]

Elizabeth Street — © Brian Rose Lion-dog/dog-lion.

Commercial Street, Cairo, Illinois, 1989 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose With all the news about Osama bin Laden, less attention is being paid to an ongoing drama in the heartland of the U.S. The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are running extremely high, threatening multiple locations, but especially the historic town of Cairo, Illinois. Cairo […]

Twin Towers, 1980 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose/Ed Fausty Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan. Nine years and seven months after 9/11. Although I share a degree of the elation demonstrated by the crowds that gathered near the White House and at Times Square last night, I’ve lived long enough to know that these […]