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stuck | 365:071

Stuck super-late at the office tonight. It happens. But of course I had to find something completely innocuous to take a photo of on my desk so as not to accidentally give away any confidences.

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before | 365:083

Tomorrow is d-day. As in, demolition day. Contractors arrive to tear out all of this classic New York City bathroom-ness. Black and white subway tile is pretty much the mark of a quintessential...

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hmm | 365:086

Not a great picture tonight, because they took the bulb out of the light fixture and I wasn’t going to attempt to put it back. They’ve started installing the new drywall for the ceiling, and the wood...

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waiting game | 365:088

The photo is a little warped looking, as its stitched together from a few photos, so it get a little fisheyed. The tile still hasn’t shown up. More excuses today. After giving us a delivery time of...

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nyc subway | 23rd street and 7th avenue

The 23rd street 1 train station is another one of the original IRT lines, with classic mosaic subway tiling. Like 18th street, it doesn’t have any “special” mosaics identifying unique characteristics...

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Instagram | may roundup

not too many photos in May, largely because I had been concentrating on the subway project. But just to catch up…

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nyc subway | 28th street and 7th avenue

I’m afraid I’m going to spoil you with the fact that I’ve photographed the original IRT stations first. They really have the most beautiful tilework in the entire system, given their age. 28th street...

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nyc subway | rector street and greenwich street

Here is yet more of the original IRT tile work, this time in pinkish hues. I particularly like that while the entire line was thematically consistent with the tiling, each station had its own color...

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nyc subway | south ferry (old)

The South Ferry Station is one of the oldest in the system, and was not built to accommodate the current configuration of subway cars. Because of this, an entirely new station was built and opened in...

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nyc subway | 14th street and 7th avenue

The 14th Street/7th Avenue IRT line is another “original mosaics/no other appreciable art” platforms. The mosaics themselves are the original trackside “14” tile work, much of which (as you can see...

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nyc subway | chambers street and west broadway

Reports indicate that this station was renovated in 2007-2009, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from the deteriorated condition of the wall mosaics. Here the barely visible and water-stained mosaics...

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nyc subway | atlantic avenue (2/3/4/5 platform)

The Atlantic Avenue station is a monster transfer station in Brooklyn, that has been completely renovated in conjunction with the development of the Barclays Center. It actually connects 9 different...

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june instagram roundup

non subway-project subway photos, fireworks, the high line, and pride month. It was June.

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lincoln center

It was too nice and warm today to think about going down into the subway, and after last week’s series of commuting mishaps (I got “detoured” from my normal/planned route every single day last week) I...

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nyc subway | park place

This platform/station is a combined transfer station with the Chambers Street A/C/E (IND) and forms a fairly large complex, but those platforms will be addressed separately. Directly upstairs from the...

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nyc subway | bleecker street

Bleecker street station used to be a standalone station, but relatively recently it underwent a fairly massive reconstruction in order to connect it properly to the Broadway-Lafayette complex, allowing...

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nyc subway | columbus circle (a/b/c/d trains)

Back to columbus circle, this time for the A/B/C/D train platform. These trains were part of the IND line, and were built later than the IRT 1 train previously discussed, and Columbus Circle is one of...

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wyoming photography workshop

I know it seems like I travel a lot, but last week I actually started my first vacation of 2015 (provided you don’t count the fact that I took January 2nd off as part of the tail end of last year’s...

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frida

As part of my “summer vacation, part II – staycation”, on Wednesday a friend and I went to the New York Botanical Garden for the Frida Kahlo – Art, Garden, Life Exhibit. One might question our sanity...

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instagram update | july and august

I never got around to posting my instagram pics from july, so I’m posting everything from july and august together, now that we’re heading into labor day weekend. Pics include my normal subway related...

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