Relieved
A circa-1900 bearing-wall building, designed by someone who probably wore a belt and suspenders, and also stapled his pants to
I Must Object
From the New York Public Library Archives, the Wurts Brothers provide, in the early 1930s, an interesting photo with a
It Looked Familiar: Foreshadowing
Daredevil sits on a rooftop, with an interesting skyscraper in the background: That’s the Hearst Tower, a modern building constructed
Non-Parallel
The east end of the Times Square subway station, where the shuttle meets the concourse leading to the Seventh Avenue
Infographics FTW
Thanks to Johnny Decimal, I learned about a short video on the subway currently playing on the hour on the
Cover Your Eyes!
Okay, standards have changed, and people in the past did a lot of things we would not do today. That
Misdirection By Mislabelling
From the New York Public Library’s collection of Wurts Brothers photos, “Stanton Street – Ridge Street (looking southwest)”: Seems pretty
A Ghost With Some Stories To Tell
I was in Midtown last week, and took a picture of this ghost, at 1146-1150 Sixth Avenue: And a close-up:
Etymology
When I was in elementary school, I was taught that “Manhattan” was derived form a Native American word meaning “wooded
Repeat Head, Repeat Clouds
I’ve posted a lot of photos of skyscrapers with their heads in the clouds. Here and here and here and
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