102. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. A shoreline community in south Brooklyn that was flooded out by Hurricane Sandy. I made a short video to publicize their plight, and thanks to heroic volunteers it was not the end for this fascinating neighborhood. Link to the video here.
101. NEW YORK ON FOOT. East Midtown, Manhattan. This image reminds me somehow of the Manhattan short stories by O Henry. They are worth reading, certainly not for their literary value, but they capture something of the restless aspirations of “The City”.
100. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Midtown Manhattan. The allure of Times Square and the nocturnal motion of the city.
97. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Park Avenue South, Manhattan. Thanks to the city ordinance known as “Local Law 11”, Manhattanites spend a lot of time under scaffolding. It doesn’t suck in a hard rainstorm.
95. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Brownsville, Brooklyn. “Brown brick two story” describes a lot of the architecture in outer Brooklyn and Queens. Municipal workers refer to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) as “Fidny”.
94. NEW YORK ON FOOT. On Greenpoint Bridge (one of the dividing lines between Brooklyn and Queens). Looking west at the Manhattan skyline on a placid summer evening. This image proves again that digital doesn’t modulate light anything close to film.
89. NEW YORK ON FOOT. The Bronx. Taken from the Willis Avenue Bridge, the Triborough Bridge in the background.
87. NEW YORK ON FOOT. Park Slope, Brooklyn. You can tell its Brooklyn because sky and trees are featured.
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.
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.