Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Park opens – with my photos on the wall!
I’m well chuffed to see one of my New York panoramas now being displayed on the walls at Netherlands’ busiest airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The design agency involved got in... Related posts:...
View ArticleJuly 4th: Happy Independence Day 2011, USA [New York photos]
Seeing as today is Independence Day in the US, I thought I’d get in the mood by posting up a small selection of photos from my New York visits over... Related posts: Lovely, lovely Wales! New York...
View ArticleOld trains galore at the New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn
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... Related posts: A walk from Bedford Hill...
View ArticleNew York signs – seven photos from the streets of NYC
It’s the birthday of one of my best mates today, so in his honour I’m posting up seven snapshots from the streets of his beloved hometown, New York. Happy birthday... Related posts: July 4th: Happy...
View ArticleChelsea Hotel, New York closes its doors to guests
An uncertain fate awaits New York’s famous Chelsea Hotel, as the building closes its doors to guests for the first time since it opened in 1894. Located on West 23rd... Related posts: Chelsea vs...
View ArticleNew York sidewalk street scene: Marilyn, a giant hand and a passer-by
Curious street scene in SoHo, New York, December 2007. [More New York photos] Related posts: NYC street scene: Block drug stores and feather top hat New York photos: subways, buskers, transvestites and...
View ArticleRemembering the wonderfully precarious Coney Island Parachute Jump
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... Related posts: Coney...
View ArticleConey Island in winter: New York photo feature
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......
View ArticleBrighton Beach and Little Odessa, New York
A short walk along the boardwalk from Coney Island lies Brighton Beach, known locally as ‘Little Odessa’ due to the high level of immigration from Odessa in Ukraine. Brighton Beach was developed......
View ArticleA walk from Bedford Hill down Bedford Avenue to Brooklyn Museum, New York
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. Old brownstone houses on Bedford...
View ArticleUmbrellas fail to survive a Brooklyn storm
We saw broken brollies in Brooklyn and snapped off spokes in SoHo as we battled though a fierce New York rainstorm last Winter. This spotty brolly was no match for... Related posts: Into Manhattan with...
View ArticleA twilight walk through Times Square, New York
Once one of the seedier parts of Manhattan, Times Square was cleaned up in the mid-1990s, with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani overseeing the closing of the porno theatres and pressurising the... Related posts:...
View ArticleA winter’s walk around Williamsburg and Brooklyn, New York
After residents lost the battle to stop Williamsburg’s waterfront being rezoned for high-end development in 2005, the area has been gentrifying at an incredible rate. Although the main drag at......
View ArticleThe Art Deco splendour of the stunning Chrysler Building, New York City
Designed by architect William Van Alen for automotive magnate Walter P. Chrysler, the Chrysler Building in New York is a glorious skyscraper, packed full of Art Deco style. First catching sight of...
View ArticlePic of the day: stormy afternoon by 2nd Avenue subway station, NYC
I like this near-monochrome image of a rain-lashed, winter’s late afternoon by Second Avenue subway station in New York City. There’s so little colour in this second image that it looks like it’s......
View ArticlePic of the day: Love in a dangerous place, NYC
Seen on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York. More New York photos here. Related posts: A walk along the High Line, Manhattan NYC Anarchy in Manhattan and other street scenes Winter walk in NY
View ArticleNew York hit by Hurricane Sandy, subway floods, residents evacuated, power...
I’m thinking of my friends in New York tonight as Hurricane Sandy heads inland. Vast chunks of New York have closed down, and there’s already been severe flooding around New... Related posts: New York...
View ArticleAfter the storm – street scenes from the East Village, New York, NYC
New York is still cleaning up after the huge storm that hit the city on Monday night, and our intrepid US reporter Jim has been taking a look around his nearby streets.... Related posts: Mars Bar NYC...
View ArticleNew York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy
A mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan,... Related...
View ArticleAnti-gentrification graffiti in Williamsburg, New York City
The gentrification currently sweeping over Brixton reminds me of what happened to the Williamsburg neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Just like in south London, locals have been...
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