Thursday, November 30, 2006
S'more tables
Along with the usual popcorn and hot dogs, the Bronx Zoo has a make-your-own s'mores area where you cook the marshmallows yourself. Neat idea.
Empty space
A rare look behind the construction wall on that huge lot at N4th in Williamsburg. This place just screams roller rink to me. Or something. Seems a shame that it just sits. Last activity in there was the removal of huge cranes that were afixed to the ceiling.
Color shift
When I looked back at the Time Warner Center I thought either I was going crazy or the glass had somehow changed the color from when I was just inside the building. In fact, the colors slowly change.
Monsignor's closed!!
We noticed it was shuttered over Thanksgiving and a few days later the real estate sign went up. I have to assume the taco place that worked out of the back is also closed. That's a real shame. Now comes the time to hope/dread what goes in there. Will it be a cool place like some of the other corners of the park (Luncheonette, Mamalu, er... Turkey Nest) or will the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robins trend that just went in a block away spread to this corner with another chain restaurant?
Subway love
It looks like he's giving me the evil eye, but actually he's looking at the approaching train. I snapped this just before the train pulled in.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Hasidim on the field
It never fails that when someone comes to visit they mention seeing Hasidic guys playing softball down the street. I stood and watched them play for a while and despite the fact that they play in collared shirts, they're about as normal as you can get. At one point the base runner going home ran around the catcher who was blocking the plate. The catcher didn't have the ball, but because the runner left the baseline, the defense argued that he was out. A screaming fight of passion and rage ensued, but in the end, it was just softball. As a consession, the runner went back to third and the game played on.
'7 Berry' already tagged
Meanwhile, this thing is going up so fast, my progress photos are outdated before I can put them up. Last week's steps:
Above, see all that light in the back? Is there a courtyard in there?
Guardian angel
This is probably too dark to post, but I think the idea still works.
(Prince, I think, near Broadway.)
Nuts 4 Nuts
As I find myself taking more photos at night, I'm loving the lighting in the Nuts 4 Nuts carts. The short flourescent bulb over the service window creates a little proscenium. I almost expect to see a puppet show in there. Of course, the challenge is to take the picture of the vendor without freaking him out.
1954?
I don't claim to be a history buff or anything, but it does seem a little odd to have the date featured so prominently on what is essentially new. Or is that the address? After poking around for a while I found a construction photo on Curbed from July 2004. I don't remember the starting point. Is it just this lower corner that was preserved?
The color scheme makes me fear a Pizzeria Uno.
Above, looks like whatever goes here will have a brick oven.
Below is the lobby of the building. There are windows in the back where I can see natural light, so maybe there's a courtyard or something?
Below, view from the south so I could fit the whole building in.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Black Friday
I love to do go to Herald Square on the day after Thanksgiving. I never buy anything, I just like to see the crowds.
Bazar
The shops in the candy cane tents are open in Union Square. Cool view from the DSW window. A wider angle lens could probably get the whole thing.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Definitely Maybe
Kind of funny that they spelled the name of the movie wrong on the sign. I'm pretty sure it's this.
This is Kent and North 7th at 40 Deuce.
Shadow puppets
With the sun going down so early, taking pictures has become a game of light. This is that brightly lit parking garage on Broadway down by Astor Place.
Dinner at Vinnie's
Bedford Ave, Williamsburg.
(Yes, they're different, but only a little. I couldn't decide.)
Monday, November 20, 2006
Night stand
This the produce stand on Houston and Broadway. I was stopped at a traffic light there once and noticed that it'd be a good shot to try from the traffic island. When I walked by there tonight I remembered and was pleased to find a construction barrel to put the camera on to take a steadier shot.
Lamplight
Prince Street. Most of the vendors have their own lights set up because the street is not particularly well lit.
Broken note
Carl Fisher refelcted in the 'Sculpture for Living.' I thought it would be more distorded than this.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Junior's Cafe
I love how the presence of that old car makes it almost look like it could have been taken a long time ago...
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Glass studio changes
Looks like the glass studio on Berry is getting a new door or maybe even a showcase window. Yesterday morning there was a window delivery truck out front and last night there was a big hole added there. I wonder if they're going to make a little store on there instead of that pile of pieces in the middle of the workshop like they usually have.
(I know they have a sign that says "no pictures" but I don't think this counts.)
p.s. i love you (night shoot)
Above, the wardrobe trailer. Below, the trailer where a guy with an ear piece opened the door and said inside, "Hillary, they're ready for you." And I stood around and waited for Hillary Swank to come out and I had my camera ready and everything and after five minutes I gave up.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Framing
They're actually farther along than this on Berry at North 7th, but seeing all that sun and sky, I just wanted to put this up for mental health.
Missed connection
At first I thought he was a spy. Then I thought they were looking for each other but didn't know what each other looked like so he was saying "I think I'm behind you on the bench." But then I thought he was a spy again and telling her, "Don't turn around. I'm right behind you. I've got the item right here in my bag."
Savino's
We'll probably not buy pasta anywhere else as long as we're living in the area. Outstanding pasta (and ravioli) and a really nice family running the place.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Bagels cometh
Said the guy out front on Saturday, "God willing, we'll be open Tuesday."
Manhattan Ave.
Mean machine
Killer pinstriping.
Greenpoint, somewhere around Greenpoint Ave since that's the Greenpoint Ave subway.
Advertraffic
Four in a row. I guess it worked because now I know there's going to be a Jeopardy taping at Radio City and I didn't know that before I saw their little caravan go by.
I don't think they have a display case full of military patches up front
Weiss & Mahoney didn't close all that long ago, but somehow it feels like a million years ago. It's hard to imagine there ever being anything there but a chain store.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Willow's end
I love this view. In person the skyline really looms. View it at a large size to get a sense of it.
Manducatis
On every trip I took to Long Island City I saw people coming to this Italian restaurant. I don't mean trendy newcomers either, I mean real locals. It's right upstairs from the 21st Street subway stop.
Friday, November 10, 2006
The march of progress
New construction in Long Island City, Queens. Some of the angles on that new building feel a little like the IAC building, but it's no where near as radical as that.
Birches
I'm not sure what the name of this little park is. It's next to the Citibank tower in Queens.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
His queen in Queens
Check it out. While working on my new Flickr map for the next Curbed NeighborhoodWatch project I found a rooftop wedding proposal. (Click the image to see where it is on a Live.com map.)
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
5 Points
I went to 5 Point for the first time this weekend. It's hard to do it justice in two dimensions.
They're baaaack
The weird thing is that I haven't seen any clean spots that they must be leaving behind. I almost wonder if they're around lately because of the movie shoot. They removed graffiti for American Gangster, so maybe for p.s. i love you too. I don't imagine the city would let the movie company remove the graffiti themselves.
Moving on up
That lot at Berry and North 7th now has one story worth of walls. Looks like they're making pretty quick progress lately.
Northside Piers rises
Sheesh, you look away for a second and the next thing you know there's a building going up. It doesn't cover as much of the lot as I thought it would. Maybe it's still growing.
How high?
Wythe near North 8th. I thought this was done, but it looks like they're about to add yet another floor. How high is it going to be?
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Mind the gap
This is the pedestrian walk over the Pulaski Bridge that connects Greenpoint with Long Island City. In the middle, the two sides don't actually connect and when you stand with one foot on each side, you can feel them moving independently as cars pass over the bridge. If you look close, you can see the water below.
NYC Marathon Part 2
This first one is basically a "before" picture of the stretch just past the water station. It's not before the race, but it's before the heavy traffic started coming through.
There was a water table and a Gatorade table. The football guys are Automotive High School's Pistons football team.
The people passing out water scream, "WATER WATER WATER!" The cool thing is that you can stand behind the water table because all the action is in front of it.
This is why the water people wear rain coats.
Oops, this series is backward. Should have started with the one below.
It's amazing to me how uniform the angle of lean is among the runners.
Below, the cups pile up. See what that girl has in her hand? It's a tub of Vaseline with sticks in it. I saw a few people rubbing them under their arm pits. I guess after a while some chaffing happens.
That's a medical tent on the right.
This must mean it's exactly 12 miles from Staten Island to the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border.
I'd hoped the one below would show the circus about Lance Armstrong (see him there under the microphone?) but I'm not sure it does.
This guy runs the whole thing backward.
Tsk, Dom and Xavier, please report to the principal's office. Actually, a few people, women too, pulled over on our street to pee (the women squatted between cars). I guess as the larger group passed through the line for the port-o-johns got really long.
They're on a mission from God. (I wasn't trying to take a picture of them leering at girls, it just happened that way.)
Monday, November 06, 2006
NYC Marathon 2006
Had a busy weekend so I don't have all my photos ready. I'll put the rest of the more novel marathon shots up tonight. P.S. Yes, that's Lance in the third photo.
Parts is parts
This makes me suddenly aware of how many people probably open their taxi cab doors into passing traffic.
(Under the Williamsburg Bridge)
Saturday, November 04, 2006
I fixed the big
I didn't realize I had my Flickr account on the wrong setting so visitors weren't getting the "view all sizes" magnifying glass icon. Now, when you click a photo you'll have that option so you can see "large" and the original which is usually pretty ridiculously big.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Location: Teddy's
I'm pretty sure this is part of a production called p.s. i love you which has some great names in the cast. I took this picture yesterday and this morning it's clear that this movie shoot is going to take over half of Northside. There are signs running from North 7 to North 13 along Berry and on the side streets. This morning they were working on building a wall around Teddy's, presumably to control the lighting. If I'm going to be stepping over cables for a week, I better get a good celebrity sighting out of it.
(Even though Teddy's is the place I've eaten at most, other than the diner, since moving here in July, I think I've only taken this one photo of the inside.
Update: The above mentioned parking signs:
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Kate's Brooklyn Joint
Every day I pass this restaurant with no sign on Berry and South 2nd. Turns out, it's Kate's Brooklyn Joint. They don't have a to-go menu, so I took a shot of the menu on the door. I'm not sure if it's new or if they just never got around to buying a sign. I assume it's a spin-off from the East Village place by the same name (minus the Brooklyn).
Back porch
I had a struggle with the back lighting here. The foreground is where Marlow and Sons is. I wanted the big building in the back as a contrast, but this needs to be taken in the morning when the sun is on the other side. The curse of being a late-riser.
McCarren Lake?
I struggled a bit to get the couple on the bench to stand out in the shadows without also blasting out the sky.
P.S. There's no lake, it's from the weekend's rain.
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