Tuesday, October 31, 2006
License applied
Y'know that big anti-smoking mural on Berry way down on like South 5th near the bridge? There's a little building next door to it with a liquor license application in the window. When I pass it at night lately I've seen them doing work inside.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Porked
I didn't even know there was such a thing as Porky's NYC. And I'm not sure I can think of another bar that has so much literature to read on the outside. There are another three panels on the other side of the door.
Meanwhile, check out those rules on the left. That alone would keep me from going in and I don't even wear those things. All caps must be worn forward??
Anna Maria
Bedford Ave.
So far the best Northside pizza I've had. (I'm not so crazy about Fortunatos, but I've yet to try to brick oven place on Havermeyer.)
Go home
Taken from 23rd Street near 9th Ave. That building probably faces 22nd. Pretty gnarly demolition. I didn't notice the poster until I looked at the shot on the camera. It's for a movie called Touristas.
City for sale
This is hard to see because I shot it in the dark, so you may need to look at the larger version, but I'm really pretty pleased with it. There are big mirrors for sale in front of the store, each at a different angle. It's 23rd street across from the old Y, so some of them have bits of that building it them.
Operation Billow
This is sort of a failed experiment, but since I went through the trouble I'll post the photos. Last week I saw a building under construction on North 1st and Wythe with huge tarps blowing in the wind. They reminded me of what I'd read about the IAC building being meant to represent wind in sails. So I got the idea that I'd put the two up against each other. Now that I've done that, I don't think they really evoke each other as much as I thought.
Here's the building this past weekend with no tarps and brand new windows.
All jokes about upside down windows aside, this IAC building is really something to behold. Every few degrees that the angle changes gives a new impression.
Here's the building this past weekend with no tarps and brand new windows.
All jokes about upside down windows aside, this IAC building is really something to behold. Every few degrees that the angle changes gives a new impression.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Opening
I didn't even know there was a gallery here. Next to the old firehouse on Wythe between North 8 and 9.
Carts
At the end of the block there's a garage where they store and clean the bagel carts. I've taken this photo a few times with the small camera but can't quite get it. I could try with the big camera, but there are usually workers around, so I can't really set up a tripod.
Anyway, it makes for nice shapes and amazingly almost black and white on their own. The yellow ladder in the blurry one is pretty amazing as the only thing with color in the room.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Christmas in New York
Berry frm North 6th to North 8th. I walked throug this shoot around 7pm and it looked like it was centered around the Williamsburg Cafe. Kind of funny to think Christmas in New York... Rockafeller ice rink, Macy's, shop windows, snow in Central Park... and Berry Street in the 'Burg.
Panes
Long Island City
The other side is in scaffolding. It's going to be part of a set of condos called The Powerhouse.
This was taken at sunset and it came out too red. Looking at it now, I may have over-cooled it.
Color blast
I would have liked to shoot the whole wall, but there were cars in the way. Maybe another time. There are so many pieces out there, what makes me pick one to take a picture of? If it's fresh, if I like the colors and/or letter style, and if it makes an interesting use of the medium. In this case I was drawn to that odd roller technique used on the sun in the background of the YMI piece (below).
Newell St.
Context?
Pretty stunningly out of place.
Eckford near Meserole in Greenpoint.
The best defense for this sore thumb is that from the back it faces McGuinness Blvd, which is two or three lanes in each direction with a divider down the center and generally unattractive buildings facing it. But still, talk about a finger building...
We are all Madonna's children
I waited for a while for someone good to walk beneath her gaze, but it's a pretty consistent crowd on that corner - shoppers.
18th and 5th ave.
Monday, October 23, 2006
The Brooklyn Kitchen
Last week, when we wandered around and stumbled upon Fortunato Brothers we also passed the empty storefront on the corner of Lorimer and Skillman.
We joked about what pun the new place would use because it used to be a meat market. Inside, worked finished the flooring.
Today I went to Sette Pani for some bread (ended up leaving with bread and gingerbread cookies frosted to look like pumpkins) and passed the storefront agan.
No pun in the name, it's called The Brooklyn Kitchen, a welcomed addition. As the cook in our household put it, "Cookie cutters! Baking pans! Yea!"
www.thebrooklynkitchen.com/
(Opens November 4)
We joked about what pun the new place would use because it used to be a meat market. Inside, worked finished the flooring.
Today I went to Sette Pani for some bread (ended up leaving with bread and gingerbread cookies frosted to look like pumpkins) and passed the storefront agan.
No pun in the name, it's called The Brooklyn Kitchen, a welcomed addition. As the cook in our household put it, "Cookie cutters! Baking pans! Yea!"
www.thebrooklynkitchen.com/
(Opens November 4)
Reflection
I had a real hard time wrestling with the color and contrast in this and finally figured out that it worked best in black and white.
I had read about a relatively new redone 80-year-old bar over here on Meeker under the BQE and I thought this was it. It's not. I was really thinking of the Boulevard Tavern (http://www.myspace.com/boulevardtavern).
In the end I kept the photo because I like how it divides into quadrants.
Early retirement
This 401k guy has been getting up all over the place. I like this one next to the garbage bags though. It's behind the strip-mall-like cluster of fast food chains on McGuinness.
Pigeon holed
The strange thing is that I didn't seen an entrance for "Luna" and I don't find it in Google. Google does this an air conditioner company by that name on that street (Diamond St.) but it's a few blocks away. Maybe they moved? Maybe it's the name of the pigeon?
Mostly Martha
Shooting on the same block as the Grumpy Cafe in Greenpoint. I never heard of it, but apparently it's got Catherine Zeta-Jones and was formerly called "No Reservations" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481141/).
Meserole Ave.
Om Sweet Home
Kent Ave. in Northside has been a bit of a no-man's-land with all the roadwork going on. But now that it's paved and the buzz about waterfront development growing louder, it makes a lot of sense to put a nice home store there.
Inside photo here
treehousebrooklyn.blogspot.com/2006/10/om-sweet-home_21.html
Formerly Wonder Foods
I took a few "before" shots, but this one's funny for the main in the bunny
suit on the roof.
Driggs @ N 8th St.
http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/10/17/rumblings_bumblings_essex_plywood_report.php
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Autumn light
The leaf color matches the piece well. Light angle feels well matched also. I've been meaning to take a shot of this whole wall. There's no parking on Tuesdays and Thursdays so it's just a matter of remembering.
Williamsburg movie theater?
I just wanted to get this "before" picture in since it sounds like the after picture will be pretty dramatically different.
Metropolitan near Berry
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Weather event
I had a hard time finding a way to show what crazy weather we had today but these clouds give some sense of it.
HBO Star Wars promo?
What could this be I wonder.
Location is of course in front of Relish. That place has a crew shooting out front of it six out of seven days a week.
Trading Cranes
As the cranes leave the finger building, they arrive 50 feet away at the corner of N7th and Berry. Last week they did some foundation pouring. This week the crane is loading in I-beams.
**Note that I fixed the click through. It goes straight to the large version now.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Craneless finger building
Not only is the crane on top gone, but the big one that hangs over the sidewalk is gone. I always thought that one was obnoxious, making people walk under the butt of the crane like that.
Is the place at 77 N 6th open yet?
Because they've been doing so much tinkering with the outside I've been watching for the place to open. I heard it was going to be sushi or Japanese of some kind. Last night the windows were uncovered and in one windows were dishes appropriate to that kind of food. In the other window were cooks, but I couldn't see if they were cooking anything and I don't recall there being any big opening announcement.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The Greenpoint Challenge
How many under-construction buildings can you capture in a single photo?
Below is four, which is my record so far.
Taking a shot of the strip of buildings facing the park doesn't count.
No rooftops allowed.
Below is four, which is my record so far.
Taking a shot of the strip of buildings facing the park doesn't count.
No rooftops allowed.
Promoting promenades
Nothing makes the case for closing some streets to traffic quite so well as actually doing so. Two weekends in a row saw Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint traffic-less. First for some kind of walk-a-thon. Then this past weekend for a street fair.
(This was the finish line for the walk-a-thon.)
(This was the finish line for the walk-a-thon.)
Marathon route
I was just wondering the other day what the Brooklyn route is in the New York City Marathon, only to see these banners this morning. So it looks like they come up Berry, which turns into Nassau where I took the top picture, and then they turn down Manhattan Ave and probably over the Pulaski bridge into Queens.
Anyway, it's cool that I'll be able to see the marathon at the end of my block.
Franklin Street anew?
For the three months and change that I've been living on the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border, Franklin Street, as an extension of Kent Street, has been a mess of construction. Locals told me it's been part of the preparations for the new waterfront condos. Regardless, it's finally beginning to break and a recent walk to Franklin and Milton saw two new storefronts being worked on (see the corner in the background).
Monday, October 16, 2006
One more test
I don't really like how Flickr posts the photo on my behalf, but it looks like it's not too hard to insert the code myself for a cleaner posting.
Shreds
The trimmed ends of a bulk printing job in the dumpster of a screening company.
Freshly printed brochures zip by on a conveyor belt as a fan vents the ink fumes onto the street.
Holiday spirit
Halloween house, Greenpoint
I should have noted the street since obviously this will be fun to come back to at night. It's over by the big St. Stan's church.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Flickr test
After a week of maddening frustration with Hello.com not uploading my photos correctly I think I'm going to finally buy a Flickr pro account. This one is on their free account, so presumably it'll hit the bandwidth limit pretty quickly, but I just want to see how it looks.
Update: Holy crap that was easy.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Dutch Mustard demolition begins
Jackhammer noise this morning from up in the air.
They put one of those back-hoes with a jackhammer instead of a shovel on the roof of the Dutch Mustard building. I wish I'd seen them do that.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Kitchen window sunset
I do a pretty good job resisting taking cheesey sunset photos, but this one got me.
Location location location
Whatever Lola Wants on North 5
Black Donnelley's on North 7. Why does NBC have to write a whole page. Everyone else just says, "No parking."
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Photo upload problems...
I'm not sure why the photos aren't loading all the way. Yesterday the problem fixed itself, so I'm going to wait a bit before I make myself crazy reloading the duds.
Stroll down Lispenard
I wasn't sure how far we were extending the North Tribeca neighborhood for the Curbed HoodWatch, but as it happens, I did take some Lispenard shots while I was out...
Contorting myself a bit here, but the point is that they're all marked as being building in the 1860s.
How long before this has construction plywood around it?
Below is technically outside our target nabe, but still makes a statement about the location I think.
Contorting myself a bit here, but the point is that they're all marked as being building in the 1860s.
How long before this has construction plywood around it?
Below is technically outside our target nabe, but still makes a statement about the location I think.
Hockey
You've probably seen them playing hockey on the playground on Houston at 6th ave. I watched for a bit and took some shots because if they can pretend to be hockey players, I can pretend to be a sports photographer. This first one is probably the best of the bunch.
Have you ever heard a celebrity talk about doing something normal and you think they're full of crap? Well when Tim Robbins says he plays street hockey on the weekend on a public playground, he's not full of crap. He's really playing too, no posing.
Yes, I realize I'm a lousy paparazzo.
Have you ever heard a celebrity talk about doing something normal and you think they're full of crap? Well when Tim Robbins says he plays street hockey on the weekend on a public playground, he's not full of crap. He's really playing too, no posing.
Yes, I realize I'm a lousy paparazzo.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Stroller scopin'
Actually she's probably looking at the baby in the stroller.
Fun city challenge: How many strollers/new families can you get in a single shot. No parks allowed.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Ground Zero tribute center
This is my after picture.
The first picture is here.
Small change noted in the characters of ground zero post.
Clinton Papaya
I was disappointed her shirt came so hot, but I was metering for inside the restaurant so she was collateral damage.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Old and new
The windows are the new apartments behind 1 York, technically on "Avenue of the Americas" (is it still 6th ave down here?). The reflected building is the one with the Canal Room in it.
Dressed up
I was actually going for a hip shot of the kid stylin' in a suit with white shoes (see him on the right, below) but missed. Still, I like the way her stride came out. I don't know why the photo didn't load all the way, I'll reload it when I get home from work.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The Riverhouse
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I don't see the mirrors working yet, unless that's them making the mark on the Mercantile Exchange.
Dear colleagues with wide angle lenses, the Teardrop Park complex is a 360 bonanza.
Made in the shade
Half sun, half shade. I took a million of these trying to get a good balance.
Clinton St.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Birds
Again I find sick/dead birds on the Northside sidewalks. Does this happen all the time everywhere and I simply never noticed? (I mean, obviously birds die, right?)
Resculpted?
I don't quite understand this, so hopefully I can check out the reception tomorrow and see if they actually go that far with it. Of course the sculpture is the Jeff Koons piece in front of 7WTC. (The name is something like "balloon animal" as I recall.) This guy is saying he's the artist and it's called "angioplasty."
Bedford Cheese Shop
Before and after.
I wonder what's going to go in their space in the mini-mall/market. I imagine the smell of cheese shop lingers.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Marlboro parking?
Here's a new one. In the "production" space it says Marlboro Menthol. What kind of cigarette commercial could they be shooting that requires a block of Berry and the long block of North 6 between Berry and Wythe?
Monday, October 02, 2006
Happy Pulaski Day
I was wondering where the heck the Polish Pride was this afternoon. Turns out it was still at the parade. By 6p.m. it was in full evidence.
The jacket of the guy in the middle says White Eagles MC.
The jacket of the guy in the middle says White Eagles MC.
Moving Day
Thankfully not my moving day, but still not a bad day to sit on furniture in the street.
Clinton Street.
200 Chambers Rising
The top photo is from January '05. I was just taking a straight shot down Chambers, but you can see the sign in the lot that would become 200 Chambers. I have others of the hole and the trucks, etc, but this is one of the most consistent progress series I've done.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Glass hands
The top one is a little bit out of focus, but I think I prefer it that way. The sharper one looks kind of creepy.
Fish's eddy of course.
Thank you Union Square!
This was for Daffodil Day. The white bag he's holding up in the second shot contains flower bulbs. Looks like a U2 video from this side.
The Lodge
Grand Street and Havermeyer.
The place was empty when we got there and I thought I'd be able to get a nice free shot. By the time we left it was packed and I had to sneak a couple.
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