calyer and guernsey
September 19, 2007
September 11, 2007
left the house this morning
September 02, 2007
franklin and java sts.
August 30, 2007
The Greenpoint 100
Thanks to the civic-mindedness of Miss Heather, I heard about this art show and benefit for the Greenpoint branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. I am a ENORMOUS library fan, and our branch library has saved my butt on more than one occasion. The fact that I can sit in the comfort of my house and go online and order books (and DVD's!) that I can pick up, FOR FREE, in my neighborhood, still astounds me as much as it did the first time I walked into a library and was told that I could take almost any book I saw home.
So I was excited to submit and happy to learn this morning that I am #42 of the Greenpoint 100. (If you're curious about which photo, here it is. Not quite as post-mod as Miss Heather's, and probably the most obvious shot I could pick, but since the object of the exhibit is to raise money for the library, I wanted to pick something that I hoped would sell for them.
August 15, 2007
calyer st. block party
saturday, august 11
July 25, 2007
Banker St.
June 25, 2007
Banker St. Door
June 08, 2007
noble st. warehouse
May 31, 2007
wind spirits
Door detail, Green St. For a Catholic neighborhood, some of the imagery can be awfully pagan.
May 28, 2007
west st.
May 23, 2007
industrial zone, nighttime
June 14, 2006
mailboxes, bushwick
Yet another choice selected for Brownstoner's Photo Of The Day
June 08, 2006
bushwick savings bank
May 22, 2006
eberhardt pencil factory outbuilding, greenpoint
Today's Brownstoner Photo Of The Day
This isn't the main Pencil Factory building, but behind it on Kent St., between Franklin St. and West St. To quote my friend A. when she saw it, "What is that building with the pentagrams on it!"
May 15, 2006
and yet another.
greenpoint terminal market ruins at sunset, 5-15-06
May 12, 2006
YES YOU ARE STARTING TO DETECT A THEME.
greenpoint terminal market ruins, 9pm, thursday 5-11
May 04, 2006
day after the fire
11pm. It's still not completely out.
Also: The Gothamist story on the fire that uses this photo.
And: Curbed too.
May 02, 2006
greenpoint warehouse fire
Believe it or not, although this is two blocks away from me, I slept through most of it. Sirens in NYC are not exactly an event.
April 29, 2006
greenpoint hotel, manhattan ave.
April 27, 2006
fire alarm box, graham ave. & newton st.
April 13, 2006
protected by
Inside former linen mill (now converting to commercial loft space), E. Williamsburg/Bushwick
April 12, 2006
Ionic
Former Bushwick Savings Bank, now WaMu, corner of Graham and Grand, Williamsburg
April 10, 2006
corner of central & jefferson, bushwick
April 04, 2006
studebaker building, crown heights
And: Picked up by Curbed 5/5/06.
April 01, 2006
southside williamsburg, saturday morning
Hooper & S. 4th Street
March 30, 2006
corner of franklin st. & freeman st., greenpoint
3-30-06
March 27, 2006
stoplight on kent ave.
domino sugar factory, kent ave., williamsburg
March 21, 2006
vintage reflection, northside williamsburg
parked at the corner of hope and roebling this afternoon.
March 16, 2006
fire alarm box
Corner of Metropolitan and Roebling. 3/14/06
March 07, 2006
on a clear day
From a Southside rooftop.
February 18, 2006
PLEASE RING THE BELL
Near Wyckoff and Starr St., Bushwick
31 Wyckoff Ave., Bushwick
February 12, 2006
"It's called a BLIZZARD."
"Please forgive me for asking this, but have you looked out the window today? Do you not have 2 feet of snow wherever you might be? Sorry, but I am not working today."
(The picture sucks -- it is still f'ing snowing and I didn't want the camera to get too wet -- but you get the general idea.)
January 31, 2006
"The Ladies," Troutman St., Bushwick
I have been wanting to take pictures of "the ladies" (as I have come to refer to them) since earlier this fall. I had occasion to be out in this section of Bushwick almost every day for a month, and almost every day, I drove by this block of buildings (between Irving and Knickerbocker Avenues). I tried taking pictures with my little everyday Casio but it was like shooting a concert at MSG from the blue seats using an Instamatic.
Since I have gotten the new camera, it has then simply been a question of opportunity -- when I have been out in that part of town, the light has sucked; when the light has been good, I have not been anywhere near that part of town. But earlier this week, the gods were smiling on me, and the light was perfect.
Here's a closeup:
Notice the detail on the necklace and the hair.
Every building on this side of the block has her as ornamentation:
The first few times I saw these buildings, I referred to the ladies as Athena, and I am not sure I am incorrect -- because at this distance, it almost looks like they are wearing helmets, doesn't it?
Depending on the angle, she changes expression:
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I would love to know the story behind this particular feature. It is not something I have noticed anywhere else around, and trust me I have been looking -- on the other hand it is unlikely that it is that unique. Anyone have any other sightings or information?
January 30, 2006
"it's either a bon jovi concert, or..."
I am making my way out to the Bushwick-Ridgewood border at the ungodly hour of 8:30 a.m. I am stopped at a traffic light in the middle of the industrial zone.
I realize that I hear amplified music.
I think it is the warehouse next to me, playing the radio over the loudspeaker.
After another few seconds I realize it is louder than that.
MUCH louder than that.
This is concert-level loud.
Hmmm.
I roll down the window and manage to discern that the music in question is Bon Jovi (I think. It's not like I've ever owned any record he has ever made). So my first thought is: "Video shoot?"
(Ya know, the rugged industrial zones of Brooklyn could very well look like, um, New Jersey. Gimme a break, it was early.)
The light changes, and as I drive by, this is the scene across from Waste Management:
My immediate reaction: "Oh, a large blow-up rat! Must be a strike."
(I don't know if this is common anywhere else in the country, but in New York this tactic of playing offensive music at Guinness-Book-Of-World-Records-Volume is some new kind of strike innovation.)
January 13, 2006
Bushwick, two afternoon views, Suydam St.
you really need the full-size image to get the full impact.
January 11, 2006
brooklyn health department
I keep taking pictures of this entrance and keep not liking them, but this time I was halfway pleased with the light:
December 28, 2005
time warp, december 24
I don't spend a lot of time in Hasidic Williamsburg, but I do spend a lot of time driving through it. The first dozen or so times I drove through, it was just *odd*: there are sections which feel like certain parts of Jerusalem, giving me total deja vu, and others that just feel like we're in the 18th century, making you feel like you'd temporarily stepped through some kind of time warp.
For example, this photo, which I took early Saturday afternoon. What year are we in? See the full, uncropped version after the jump.
December 26, 2005
december 23
Our anniversary celebrations found us making an impromptu visit to the observatory at the top of Rockefeller Center, just as the magic hour set in. Somehow, there were no lines, there were no huge crowds, and cheesy or not, it was one of those moments that reminds you why you live in the greatest city in the world.
Click on the photos so you can see the large size images at flickr, it is so totally worth it.
December 20, 2005
transit strike, day one
That was the BQE at about 8:30 this morning, after I'd dropped the boyfriend at Woodside, and didn't want to sit in the backup leading to Queens Blvd. (which was really the backup to the Queensboro Bridge). Thanks to the day job, I have a passing acquaintence with the industrial zones in Brooklyn and Queens so it wasn't that difficult for me to figure out how to get back home, and managed to get plenty of practice with the new camera as I sat in traffic:
December 18, 2005
knock the gate hardly
December 07, 2005
november sunset
