A continuation of my series on Street Art. Here are four views of Murals on the street.
On account of the frantic gentrification taking place in Williamsburg, Wythe Ave is chock-full of scaffolding clad construction sites. Here are four close-ups of scaffolding, presented as though they were…
One of the least noticed aspects of the NYC street lies beneath your feet, or underneath the tires of your car. I’m talking about manhole covers on pavements and roads:…
The building blocks of the city. Largely ignored by its denizens. Who knew there were so many different varieties, in so many different colors, shades, textures and sizes? And so…
An essential feature of the New York urban landscape. Many a romance or escape sequence has been set with one of these as backdrop. Best of all, they come in…
As I hurtle towards the end of my project, I seem to be regressing back to some of the basic features of the street that I first started out with.…
Street lamps are interesting things. They have a strange life of their own, probably because of the way they’re designed. In these shots, the street lamp appears to be a…
This one presents a snapshot of the kinds of commercial establishments on Wythe Ave. I couldn’t really cover all of them, and plenty have already shown up on other posts.…
What happens to chairs and benches when no one sits in them? I thought I’d capture that quality of longing…and abandonment.
Today I present decorative flourishes that adorn the grills, gratings and gates on Wythe Ave. Interestingly, they all seem to be arabesque variations on two basic shapes – hearts and…
100 Ways To See... A Street 