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New York 20 Years Ago: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000

Fri 24th January, 2020Fri 24th January, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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New York street art and signs – SoHo and the Bowery in forty photos

Thu 20th June, 2019Mon 17th June, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was back in New York earlier this year, and took this series of forty photographs showing some of the street art and scenes around Soho and the Bowery.

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In photos: The Griffith Observatory and Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California

Mon 17th June, 2019Sun 16th June, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On the last day of our US tour, the band’s driver – the ever-accommodating Steve Michener – took us up to Griffith Park, where we were able to enjoy commanding …

On tour in America: signs, street lights, snow, wires and stop signs

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On tour in America: road signs, street lights, snow, wires and traffic signs in 100 photos

Thu 30th May, 2019Thu 30th May, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a set of photos of road signs, street lights, wires and traffic signs from the east and west coasts of America. I grabbed the pictures as I toured with …

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Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA

Wed 1st May, 2019Wed 1st May, 2019 - by Contributor - 1 Comment

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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Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019

Wed 27th March, 2019Wed 27th March, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the …

In photos: Echo Park, Los Angeles, in the dying light of day

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In photos: Echo Park, Los Angeles, in the early evening light

Wed 20th March, 2019Wed 20th March, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Located close to Sunset Boulevard in LA’s Eastside can be found the lovely Echo Park, a small public space dominated by a large lake.

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In photos: Central Park in the snow on St David’s Day, New York, March 2019

Wed 13th March, 2019 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Here’s a selection of snowy scenes taken in New York’s Central Park on the 1st March 2019, St David’s Day.

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In photos: Snow in Manhattan. Wintry scenes on the streets of New York

Fri 5th January, 2018Fri 5th January, 2018 - by Jim_NYC - 1 Comment

Jim, our resident New York snapper, took to the snowy streets of Manhattan yesterday to capture these dramatic views of the streets under snow as temperatures plummeted across the city.

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Read the full list of Donald Trump’s amazing 70 election promises to America

Wed 9th November, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On the day that Donald Trump defied the polls and pundits and became the next President of the United States, I thought I’d repost this collection of pledges that he …

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The Old New World: Incredible short film animates 20th century postcard views

Thu 7th April, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This wonderful short movie by Moscow-based photographer and animator Alexey Zakharov entitled The Old New World brings old postcard views into life using clever 3D animation techniques.

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Ticket to the Top – a World Trade Center memory on 9/11

Fri 11th September, 2015Fri 11th September, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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A photo walk across Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan

Thu 5th March, 2015Wed 4th March, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a series of photos capturing a walk over Williamsburg bridge into Manhattan from Brooklyn, New York. Check out the dude in shades and leather jacket skateboarding by.

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Photos of the snow-covered deserted streets of New York in the wake of Winter Storm Juno

Tue 27th January, 2015Tue 27th January, 2015 - by Jim_NYC - 1 Comment

The predicted Biblical winter storms never arrived, but a deathly hush descended over New York today as the streets lay empty under a covering of snow.

New York / photos / Places / railways

Don’t look now, but there’s dancers suspended from the subway roof: New York scenes

Tue 2nd December, 2014 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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. …