Silodam apartment, Amsterdam designed by MVRDV architects When the glass Richard Meier towers on the Hudson in the West Village appeared a few years ago, they were heralded as a new phenomenon. At least in New York. Having lived much of the last 15 years in Europe–the last few behind double height windows overlooking Amsterdam–I […]

Midtown, somewhere in the 50s Without comment.

Brendan and Renée taking a hayrideSaturday was Fall Festival at Brendan’s school–a seasonal fund raising event coming right after Halloween, which is an all day extravaganza at school followed by trick or treating and the Village Halloween parade. It’s fun, but all a bit over the top for me. As part of the festival, we […]

Take what may be called “the” typical tenement house district, the triangle or rather trapezium, bounded by Fourteenth Street, the Bowery and the East River. This district comprises the even numbered Assembly Districts from the Fourth to the Sixteenth, inclusive, and the population of it is just short of half a million, 480,626. It is […]

Mad Scientist on West 22nd Street. Brendan joined the throngs of kids and parents to trick or treat in Chelsea. We tried catching a glimpse of the big Halloween parade, but couldn’t get near it. Watched a bit of it on TV at home.

Drinking fountain in PS 3, Hudson Street, Greenwich Village PS 3, the public elementary school in the West Village where my son Brendan goes. It manages to retain its unique, progressive, environment within the larger New York City school universe. It’s a great place, and Brendan, coming from overseas last January, has bloomed in its […]

Fifth Avenue across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Finally completed photography of 60+ buildings all over Manhattan, and a few in Queens and Brooklyn. The last shot was a re-do (because of construction) of 995 Fifth Avenue, formerly known as the Stanhope Hotel. It’s across the street from the Metropolitan Museum where dozens of […]

Spring Arbor assisted living, Williamsburg, Virginia From Williamsburg, Brooklyn to Williamsburg, Virginia. Spring Arbor, assisted living apartments, where my 86 year old father just moved. I went down for a couple of days to get him situated. It was a necessary move, and I am happy with the care offered and the overall kindness of […]

Gowanus, Brooklyn On Saturday I went to the area around the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, a neglected industrial corridor between the leafy residential neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens and Park Slope. As is typical in New York, artists have infiltrated the loft buildings and warehouses, either renting studios or living semi-legally as long as they can […]

Carmine Street, Greenwich Village Carmine Street, Greenwich Village Two storefronts I passed by earlier today.

The Ring Dome • Minsuk Cho • Petrosino ParkAdjacent to the Storefront for Art and Architecture The Ring Dome I haven’t been following the doings at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. It’s their 25th anniversary. But I walk by quite often, and it’s hard to miss the Ring Dome installation on the scruffy little […]

Williamsburg, Brooklyn I am swamped with scanning and color correcting the images from my recent jobs. I do it myself for a couple reasons. I have always done my own color printing, and want the control over the final product that is only possible if you do things yourself. That goes for both analog and […]

The New Museum on the Bowery at Prince Street Almost finished. Should open in November.

Looking north across Soho Back in New York.

1234 Howard Street • Stanley Saitowitz, architect Back in New York, I just want to point to two urban infill projects in the Bay Area that I took quick snapshots of. While I was photographing David Baker’s 8th and Howard project I came across the building above. I wasn’t sure who the architect was, but […]

Last night I went to a lecture by David Baker (who I am doing photos for) at the California College of Art, which has an architecture program. Lots of students, of course, as well as people from David’s office in attendance. I got mentioned a couple of times because a number of my photos were […]

Crescent Cove I finished photographing Crescent Cove on Saturday. Here’s a view from beneath the highway access ramps adjacent to the project. I still have a few loose ends to finish on other previously photographed David Baker projects. Tonight David is giving a lecture at the California College of Art, and I’m hoping to go. […]

Crescent Cove I’m photographing a housing complex called Crescent Cove tucked in between the freeway and a commuter rail line. The crescent is a curved street in which townhouses face inward away from the railroad tracks. The shot above is from the fourth floor of the front apartment building looking toward the townhouses. In the […]