JOURNAL • BRIAN ROSE

New York/Lower East Side

by admin on 02/22/2012, no comments

Inspiration, by Solon Borglum, St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery © Brian Rose I’m awaiting a finished bound book of Time and Space on the Lower East Side for final approval. After that, I should have a pretty good idea when to expect delivery of books. In the meantime, I am pleased to announce that I will […]

New York/Around Town

by admin on 02/18/2012, 2 comments

Tenth Avenue — © Brian Rose Odds and ends. Things to recommend. Things to dis. The New York Times reports this morning that the film On the Bowery will soon be available on DVD. I saw it last year for the first time at Film Forum, and wrote about it extensively in my blog here and here. […]

New York/Kodak, R.I.P.

by admin on 02/10/2012, no comments

Kodak–I wrote with sadness a few weeks ago about the news that the company had filed for bankruptcy. Recently, the blogs have been featuring old Kodak Coloramas, the giant back-lit transparencies that were used to promote picture taking by the masses. Occasionally the images were impressive, but mostly they were kitschy, saccharine views of American […]

New York/Lower Manhattan

by admin on 02/08/2012, 3 comments

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance — © Brian Rose David Dunlop in the New York Times City Room column this morning writes about being stopped by MTA security guards while photographing a bus depot in Brooklyn: The search for lost history leads to odd spots sometimes, like Second Avenue, between 126th and 127th Streets, once the […]