Monthly Archives: January 2016

B Hills alley
86. PASSAGES. Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. They got some nice back alleys in Beverly Hills, not many alleys come with road signs.

Benson
85. NEW YORK ON FOOT. The N Train in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Caught this in passing with my cell phone and was so interested that I planned to go back and cover it later with a real camera. Two days later it was announced that this and several other stops on the N had been closed for a year of repairs.

Blizzard 16
84. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Midtown Manhattan. The blizzard of January 23, 2016 on Third Avenue.

dumbo
83. NEW YORK ON FOOT. DUMBO, Brooklyn. In a city full of neighborhood acronyms (Tribeca, Soho, Nolita), DUMBO may be the best (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Not the greatest photo ever taken, but it contains some New York staples: razor wire, a bridge, the Freedom Tower (under construction), retro industrial chic, and a classic rooftop water tank. An interesting weekend project would be to walk DUMBO, then rent The French Connection and see how different it was in the 70’s.

bronx
82. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Under the El in The Bronx.

Sunnyside grey 81. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Sunnyside, Queens in winter. The city would not be what it is without its deep industrial infrastructure.

Batt Park
80. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Battery Park. Looking east toward Brooklyn from the southern tip of Manhattan. The cranes are the Red Hook Container Terminal.

state st
79. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Downtown Brooklyn. The remnants of the notorious blizzard of December 2010. Looking north with the venerable Williamsburg Savings Bank Building in the background. It is very a useful landmark while walking northwestern Brooklyn.

Billybike
78. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Gawanus
77. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn. Once a busy commercial waterway, the canal is now considered one of the most polluted bodies of water in the USA.