Workshop theme country club? Being that I have yet to attain the tax bracket status to join a county club, I have only preconceived notions of the archetypal ilk; operation of a band saw is definitely out of the question. Luckily, this place isn’t a country club, but a bar, which, for better or worse, I have a much better fit. Taken on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Its still around, it just got shoved over towards 8th Avenue and a few bells and whistles added. Near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown-West.
I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t been able to do any new photography in quite a while, so here is a stock photo taken from early spring in Greenwich Village. I’ve been fiending for a shot of something lately, with my camera that is.
Yes, Yes, I know, I post quite a bit of these subway shots. The New York City subway system is my primary mode of transportation, and its facilities tend to be low hanging fruit. With that being said, this is the entrance of the Jay Street-MetroTech (formerly Jay Street-Borough Hall) in downtown Brooklyn.
Attention! Oversized maps and credit cards at the ready! Let the tourism commence! Taken near the corner of 43rd and 8th, between Times Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
My street is not always pretty, but its always interesting. The creator of this piece is a street artist that goes by Willow. This shot was taken a few doors down from my own apartment in Brooklyn.
The title of this post sounds a little like some of that frat boy slang you would see somewhere on urbandictionary.com. Innuendo building aside, this station is located at Fulton and (you guessed it) Nostrand Avenues in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. One distinctive feature of this station is that express platform is on the upper level while the local is on the lower; as far as I know, this is the only station in the system with this configuration.
1/2 second exposure, handheld, resulting in a slight blur. Taken near the corner of Myrtle and Franklin in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn…
Piss, bleach, garbage, unhinged bums, delayed J trains, and excessive heat…The Chambers Street Station near City Hall has a little bit of something for everyone on a late Saturday night. Pay me no mind for I feel a little ornery on this night…
An old, abandoned, residential building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This neighborhood has become quite trendy and more and more modern condos keep going up, abeit slower due to the economy. Instead of building cheap looking modern housing that won’t last as long as this building, lets give this structure a little love.
A softer, gentrified gentler Long Island City brings costly condos to an area that was and is, in large part, still contains industrial, working class housing, and the Queensbridge public housing complex. The neighborhood’s proximity to the Upper East Side of Manhattan has determinately sealed this inevitability. Taken near Queensboro Plaza, which is at the foot of the Queensboro…err…Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
Sonya celebrating her independence in her own little way…
This one is best if viewed large (click image)
So many innuendos…So little time!
The view of the Williamsburgh Bank building from the downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of Ft. Greene.
Perhaps a metaphor for America’s ongoing real estate situation…Nah, I just like the composition. Taken on Broadway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Sandal, white khakis, white socks, and light green polo…The new fashion of Lower Manhattan?
And just what where would a seedy street corner be without a check cashing establishment, a head shop, sex shop, a liquor stop veiled in 2 inches of bullet proof polycarbonate glass (admittedly, there’s one of these a few blocks from my place of residence), or all of the above? This mini-flatiron structure sits along side the Gowanus Expressway in Red Hook, Brooklyn…
Yellow + red = Safe Photograph. Taken from Broadway on the south side of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Taken under the Neptune Avenue Station in the Coney Island / Brighton Beach area in Brooklyn.
Walter may have lost weight, but his temper is hefty as ever…Taken in the Queens Plaza area of Long Island City.
The Brooklyn Bridge gets all the glory, but I tend to enjoy the Manhattan Bridge more myself. The walkway tends to be seedier in appearance (with the graffiti, rust, and subway trains roaring by) than the Brooklyn bridge, but that makes for a less crowded walkway. More room for me, less tourists in my shots, and since my hearing is already impaired, I don't mind the trains!
The Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center (on its way up), and the Lower Manhattan skyline over a sunset.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a six lane highway, squeezed under the Brooklyn Bridge.
A few aerial views of Chinatown and the Lower Manhattan skyline…
Taken from Canal Street, where is diverts to the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown…
