Replacing facade

Restoring stone work on facade of apartment building in Kips Bay.

Just another one of those daily sights you tend to overlook.

Fore Rent Sign- Fred Astaire!

Small building has space for rent...

Surprised that Fred Astaire Studios are still in business!

The Charleston

When they were building it, the developers prominently called the building The Charleston--but now seem to have hidden most of that name from view.

Maybe some market research study told them it was not a good name for a building.

Women Putting out Crumbs for Birds

Not forgetting our fine feathered friends, this lady on 31st Street drops some crumbs around for them....

The Law

Cop near Empire State Building.

Cops won't let you take their photos but this guy probably thought I was just another dumb tourist and did not object,

Looks like he would like to arrest me, though.

Shoemaker at Work, finally

Here, FINALLY, is neighborhood shoemaker ( 31st Street) at work and in front of his shop.

You wouldn't believe how long it has taken me to get a shot like this...agreeable fellow, the shoemaker.

The Park Reader

Cold February day still finds people out reading in the park....

Red Scultpure

Think this sculpture on Third Avenue in Midtown looks better in a photo than it does in real life.

Laila Rowe

Laila Rowe has been mentioned on the BBC as a place for women to find cut rate fashion stuff..

They have a lot of sales/

Think they aim mostly at younger women with limited budgets...

Fed Ex on Third Avenue

I have been to this Fed Ex/Kinko's so many times over the last five or six years..

Mostly for the Kinko copies, used for school purposes.

Lot of memories here, like getting binding done on Typography project.

February Basketball, father and son

What I take to be a father and son fool around with a basketball at St. Vartan's Park with the February snow unmelted...

Pashmina- $5 and Up

A Springlike Monday finds this street vendor off Third Avenue in Midtown...

Quite an array of merchandise, huh?

The Madoff Building

This used to be known as "The Lipstick Building"..

Now, however, because it was where he had his headquarters for his Ponzi scheme, it is "The Madoff Building"

The Verticality of Third Avenue in Midtown

Vertical is the word for Third Avenue in Midtown

Nice Sculpture

I am generally very critical of modern sculpture, but I liked this one in Midtown on Third Avenue right away...

Blasts from the Past- Smith & Wollensky

Good ole' Steak House on Third Avenue...

Seems everyone is Vegan now..

Must be some people who still want a good steak

Blasts from the Past- P.J. Clarke

Twenty, thirty years ago P.J. Clarke's was a very fashionable bar on Third Avenue...

It seems to belong to the era of that show "Mad Men"

Rooftop Transmitters- Dangerous?

Just how dangerous is it to live right under these transmitters like the people in these apartments on 2nd Avenue are?

I have been sent a link to an article I have to read...

Grand Union Hotel

An old hotel in Midtown that had once fallen on hard times now completely gentrified and upscale...like so many others.

Three Guys

Early on a Sunday afternoon, three guys stand near a street corner in Murray Hill and probably debate what they are going to do next..

How typical...

February Thaw

Thaw in February shows a bedraggled yard on 32nd Street....

Gigi's

Scared mice women ( at right) cling to wall of Gigi's in Midtown as they realize they are being photographed..

Are they somewhere they are not supposed to be? What are they up to?

Sussex Wine and Spirits

Notice Sussex Wine and Spirits at 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue always has nice window displays...
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I don't drink, by the way, but sometimes in the winter I feel like I might really like a glass of red wine like my grandparents used to drink.

Neighborhood Shoemaker

Small shops like this shoemaker are clinging on to life on 2nd Avenue...

Until the rents go up again, I guess.

What I would really like to get a photo of is a REAL shoemaker working on some shoes.....

Home of the Goodburger

I was riding the 2nd Avenue bus home on wintry day and this old man in front of me said to another..." The Goodburger!What will they think of next."

I felt like telling him the store has been there for years and years but didn't.