Umbrellas fail to survive a Brooklyn storm
December 21st, 2011 3:00pm
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We saw broken brollies in Brooklyn and snapped off spokes in SoHo as we battled though a fierce New York rainstorm last Winter.
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A walk from Bedford Hill down Bedford Avenue to Brooklyn Museum, New York
November 28th, 2011 10:30am
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After enjoying an excellent coffee at the Bedford Hill Coffee Bar in Bedford-Stuyvesant, we decided to walk the 1.7 miles to Brooklyn Museum, neat Prospect Park.
Coney Island in winter: New York photo feature
November 24th, 2011 4:31pm
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I’ve always been drawn to Coney Island, a faded seaside resort in southern Brooklyn facing the breezy Atlantic Ocean.
Once a thriving retreat for New Yorkers, the area has been slowly decaying for decades, and worrying new big business plans look set to remove any remaining charm from the seafront. Here’s some photos from my visit last year.
Remembering the wonderfully precarious Coney Island Parachute Jump
November 2nd, 2011 4:15pm
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Here’s the remains of the famous Parachute Drop in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
Standing 262 feet (80 m) tall and weighing 170 tons, the amusement ride was once known as the ‘Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn,’ and was built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens. It was moved to its current location in Coney Island (then known as Steeplechase Park amusement park) in 1941.
Old trains galore at the New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn
July 5th, 2011 3:45pm
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The New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn is a great place to visit if you’re in New York and have a bit of an interest in old trains, mechanical things, old maps and transit memorabilia.
Located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights, the museum costs $6 to get in and lets you wander around old station equipment and step onto vintage cars ( ‘cars’ being what us Brits would call ‘carriages’).
Scroll down to see some more pics from our visit.
Anarchy in Manhattan and other street scenes
April 29th, 2011 2:00pm
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Here’s a collection of street photos taken around Manhattan and Williamsburg, starting with this fire service box (or whatever it is Americans call them!) in lower Manhattan.
Into Manhattan with a stunning Brooklyn Bridge sunset, NYC
January 24th, 2011 2:30pm
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Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan one November evening, we were greeted by this absolutely stunning sunset.
Bedford Hill Coffee Bar, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NYC
December 17th, 2010 3:00pm
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We’re happy to tramp quite vast distances in our quest for great cafes and good coffee, and our trek out to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn was rewarded by excellent beverages and some delicious hot bagels and cakes at the Bedford Hill Coffee Bar.
London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005)
December 15th, 2010 4:45pm
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Currently swarming with hipsters, estate agents, career-seeking graffiti artists, wannabe musicians, website-promoting entrepreneurs, record-bag clutching DJs and – thankfully – a fair few normal people, is the area of Shoreditch in east London.
New York photos: subways, buskers, transvestites and fallout shelters
December 13th, 2010 2:15pm
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Here’s another selection of photos from our December 2010 NYC trip, starting with these buskers on Bedford Avenue subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
More New York snaps
December 4th, 2010 8:28pm
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New York City snapshots
November 29th, 2010 5:34pm
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Here’s some camera phone pics from NYC (using the HTC Desire phone and the Vignette app).
Above is a scene in Williamsburg, with cranes looming in a chilly winter sky.
Some photos: Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
March 12th, 2010 8:36pm
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New York street photos
August 6th, 2009 11:53pm
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New York street scenes. Some photos of graffiti, skylines, neon shopfronts and fallout shelter signs from our travels around Brooklyn and Manhattan last winter
More photos here: New York street photos
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC photos
August 5th, 2009 12:44am
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Last winter we paid another visit to Red Hook, Brookyln � a down-at-heel, former industrial port which was once dubbed the ‘crack capital of America.’
Here’s some photos I’ve finally got around to posting up!:
More photos here: Red Hook photos part one
Red Hook photos part two