Mmm, Cupcakes

Cupcake shops seem to becoming quite ubiquitous these day.  Sporting views of fire escapes, neon signs, tree lined streets, and the Empire State Building, Little Cupcake Bakeshop features an orgasmic urban view.  Being the pastry fan that I am, you definitely won’t receive any laments here, I do however, wish more decent donut spots were around.

A Little Maintenance

Taken from Broadway on Williamsburg’s south side.

Graffiti Up High in Soho

A public service announcement.

The Ability to Remain Vigilant and Wage War

Sun Sets Over Tribeca

Burden...

Taken from Duane between Greenwich and Hudson Streets in the Tribeca area of Manhattan.

Lower East Side Rooftops

Lower East Signs

Taken from Essex Street on Lower East Side of Manhattan...

South Side Williamsburg on High

Taken from the Marcy Avenue Subway station in Williamsburg.

Essex Beauty

Near Essex and Stanton on the Lower East Side.

Foot of the Bridge Photography I, The Manhattan Side

This post is a collection of scenes from the foot of the 59th / Queensboro / Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge on the Manhattan side of the East River.

Crowded skyline view full of fire escapes, bridges, pylons, signs, cables, and air conditioners.  Taken from 60th street, near 1st Avenue.

I have to admit, the wonderful blur here was actually an accident, courtesy of a large smudge on the lens.  Taken at the corner of 60th and 3rd.

The Roosevelt Island skyline, Roosevelt Island Tram, and the bridge taken from the East River Waterfront Esplanade. 

Demonstrating the scale of perspective that is New York City.  Manhattan, the FDR, East River, Queens, Brooklyn, and many other NYC items all under the watchful eye of the Queensboro Bridge.

Its All Here

Just about every classic architectural New York City feature is composed in this photo. Taken on Nassau Street, near Fulton in Lower Manhattan.

The ‘Escapes’ Of Turtle Bay

Fire Escapes…Many

Near the corner of Walker and Church in the Tribeca area of Lower Manhattan…

Jaywalker in Polo

Sandal, white khakis, white socks, and light green polo…The new fashion of Lower Manhattan?

Bed Stuy Architecture

A sample of the architecture that is prevalent in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, the area of the city in which I live.  This shot was taken near Bedford and Lafayette.

Taking it in…

The Marcy Avenue subway station entrance in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; taken from Broadway.

A Rainy Night in SoHo

 

SoHo, or South of Houston is a well known neighborhood in downtown Manhattan.  It’s a neighborhood that is know for its cast iron architecture, Belgian block streets, upscale shopping, and its revival from a light industrial area to a very trendy New York City neighborhood.  Despite its upper class transformation, its one of the best preserved areas in the city and you can just feel the rustic urban history as you walk its narrow streets.

Top Right Jaundice

Perhaps this graffiti artist is working to promote hepatic failure awareness?  Perhaps not, but it merited a photograph in my eye.  Taken on 14th Street in the Gramercy/Union Square area of Manhattan.

Crossed Wires

Just hanging around in Astoria photographing wires and fire escapes.  Taken near the corner of 30th and Newtown, exact area is geotagged in Flickr.

Scenes from Nolita

 

Nolita is a portmanteau of North of Little Italy.  This neighborhood and Little Italy itself is rapidly being absorbed by nearby Chinatown as many of the residents of Italian descent have left the area and the borough of Manhattan altogether.  Other Manhattan nearby neighborhoods include the Bowery, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, and NoHo.

Nolita was the birthplace of film maker Martin Scorsese, who among others, is known for making films in the setting of organized crime (ie Goodfella and Casino); interestingly enough Gambino Family boss, John Gotti worked out of this neighborhood and Little Italy.

These photographs were taken throughout the neighborhood…