Remembering the fabulously scuzzy Mars Bar in East Village, New York
I’ll be the first to agree that it wasn’t the prettiest place to look at – and things only get more gritty inside – but the Mars Bar was one …
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New York 20 Years Ago: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000
New York is a fascinating place to visit and photograph – here’s a selection of 60+ street images taken during January 2000 – exactly twenty years ago.
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Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA
In March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister …
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Early Hip Hop culture photographed: Beat Positive at the Getty Gallery, London
It’s quite a small exhibition, but there’s some cracking images to be seen at ‘Beat Positive,’ a photographic celebration of early hip hop culture at the Getty Gallery in central …
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Ticket to the Top – a World Trade Center memory on 9/11
This has been on my pin board since 1999. It’s a ticket stub for a trip to the observation deck of the World Trade Center in New York, which would be …
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Faces of New York – street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC
Here’s a selection of candid street shots from my various New York travels. I hope some of you find them of interest. Scroll down to the bottom to find out details of …
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Don’t look now, but there’s dancers suspended from the subway roof: New York scenes
I sometimes enjoy a bit of street theatre and impromptu dance, and it was fun to see these guys bursting into a NYC subway train and start acrobatically spinning around the carriage. …
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Vinyl galore at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, Williamsburg, New York
It’s taken me a while to post these up (sorry!) but I came across this busy record fair in the East River State Park (90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St) …
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The abandoned townhouses of Admiral’s Row, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
Currently crumbling away in Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn is this row of derelict Second Empire style townhouses, formerly used by naval officers. Named Admiral’s Row, the once-grand buildings formed part of Brooklyn Navy Yard …
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Photo of the day: road signs, Beacon, New York
I’ll be posting up a load of photos from my recent trip to Beacon in Dutchess County, New York soon, but here’s a couple of pics of some road signs that caught my …
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A walk along a deserted Hunter’s Point South Park, Long Island City, New York
The new Hunter’s Point South Park can be found on Long Island City, across the East River from Midtown Manhattan.
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Brooklyn magazine advertises its charms
Here’s a very unfortunate search result on Google I thought I’d share with you all 🙂
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A rainswept stroll along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York
Running from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District right up to 30th Street, the High Line park follows the route of a disused elevated freight railroad spur on the west side of …
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A wonderful First Avenue subway musical moment in New York
This was one of those wonderful late night New York moments. We were waiting for a subway train at First Avenue and heard this amazing busker, who was playing classical …
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Below Williamsburg bridge, Brooklyn, New York – 22 photos
Taken in December last year, here’s a series of 22 photos showing scenes around and underneath Williamsburg Bridge, New York.
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The future looks bleak for three abandoned trolley cars from the Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn
The Red Hook waterfront has been dominated by the sight of three abandoned trolley cars for many years, but last weekend they were unexpectedly removed and now face an uncertain future.
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Williamsburg, Brooklyn – gentrification, street scenes and dustbin lids
Rarely has an area gentrified as rapidly as Williamsburg in Brooklyn, and although I’ve been visiting the neighbourhood for well over a decade, it was startling to see just how …
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Lower Manhattan, Soho and East Village and a dangling pretzel – ten New York street photos
Here’s a selection of ten photos I took around Lower Manhattan during my recent visit to New York. Most of the photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D camera and …
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New Yorker on a Boris Bike battles the city snowfall
Seen on the Lower East Side this morning was this hardy New Yorker riding the US equivalent of a ‘Boris Bike‘ down the snow covered streets.
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Return to the Cake Shop, Ludlow Street, New York
With many familiar haunts being priced out of the Lower East Side in the last decade, it was refreshing to see that the Cake Shop is still up and running …
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A trip on the East River Ferry from Williamsburg to E 34th St, New York
Connecting Wall Street with Brooklyn Bridge Park/DUMBO, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Long Island City and Midtown Manhattan, the East River Ferry is an affordable way of getting around New York. And boy …
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Ray’s Pizza, New York: cash stuffed bras, drugs and the mob connection
Last week, the New York Post got in touch to ask if they could licence one of my old photos of Ray’s Pizza in Prince Street, Manhattan New York, a …
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New York sunset: a beautiful sky seen from Brooklyn Bridge
Spurred on by some very flattering words about my photos from a native New Yorker (thanks, Victoria!), I thought I’d share this wonderful sunset I witnessed as I crossed the …
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