under the jmz
It was fun meeting up at Gotham in Bushwick last night. It felt like a secret base hidden below the JMZ. Now all we need is a tough sounding name for our photo-gang.
It was fun meeting up at Gotham in Bushwick last night. It felt like a secret base hidden below the JMZ. Now all we need is a tough sounding name for our photo-gang.
January 31, 2010
As Peter said, it was cold as hell in Coney Island Thursday night. So cold my freshly charged battery died after 4 shots. I think I need to get a new battery to keep warm in my pocket. With 30mph winds and temperatures near zero, my battery wasn’t the only one dying. It was kinda [...]
December 8, 2009
I took this while riding my bike through my old neighborhood on the Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill border. Different maps define the neighborhoods differently. When we first rented the place, the Craigslist ad said it was Clinton Hill. However, the car service begged to differ: they always wanted to charge me $5.00 more because they considered it [...]
December 7, 2009
It’s getting cold out there. This is a view from my rooftop down Washington Avenue. I enjoy the first few weeks of Winter in New York. I’m usually sick of it after New Years. Soon the holidays will be over, it will start raining everyday, and the streets will be paved with ice until March. [...]
October 22, 2009
Riding under the BQE (Gowanus Expressway) I pulled off to catch a shot of this beat up old El Camino. No matter what neighborhood you’re in, when you explore under an overpass you are bound to find a different world. Trash, beat up cars, graffiti, homeless people, people drinking, construction; a little bit of the [...]
October 9, 2009
It seemed like a dream. Prior to this day, I had no idea this place existed, and until I found it on Google Maps, I was pretty sure it was all a dream. It had to be in the 90′s that day, and after riding my bike for the previous hour in the blistering sun, [...]
October 2, 2009
The Manhattan Bridge turns 100 this weekend, complete with fireworks by the Gruccis. Festivities will commence at 7:00pm this Sunday (10/4). Apparently the Manhattan School of Music Brass Quintet will perform at the East River Park Amphitheatre, but I say and skip the music stay in BK. I work in DUMBO and took this photo on my lunch break. [...]
February 5, 2010