Taking the new with the old (neighborhoods, that is)

It's this guy, again, at Nostrand and Lafayette...

accompanied today by a holy lady

last night in Bushwick

the new neighborhood, downtown Brooklyn/Boerum Hill has this gigantic fruit stand - it seemed to go on for an entire block

and then in BookCourt, the bookstore on Court St, I spied Eileen's book on a table of 'suggested titles'

Atlantic Ave. races into the future, except for this place, Hank's Saloon, at Third Ave and Atlantic

The Notorious B.I.G. honored here at Lexington & Bedford

and I needed a ticket, fast, to take care of the Christmas blues

somewhere in Bed-Stuy someone has an idea about governance

This is what it looks like when you get on the train at rush hour, going in the wrong direction - lots of space, and a few sleepy people. Everyone else is on the other train, going into Manhattan.

the possibilities are endless

looking through a hole in the sky, Barclay's Center

the construction never stops here on Flatbush Avenue

But I love that this small building persists in reminding us of what the neighborhood used to be about

these good people are in search of decent affordable housing for everyone in NYC, kept behind barriers - a police tactic that everyone now accepts, creating distance between freedom of speech and the person the speech is intended for, in this case, the Mayor

while these good people are waiting to get into the press conference being held by the Mayor where he will speak to the issue of affordable housing

since I moved, my commute takes me to the heart of the financial district before heading for the Staten Island Ferry

Lafayette Ave at Nostrand. The importance of a central theme communicated through symmetry

A storefront in Ridgewood near my storage space fascinates me, draws me in. I will go in next time just to satisfies my curiosity.

this is it - the last hour of the last day as I moved from my old place in Bed-Stuy to the temple in Boerum Hill

It's been a while . . . from late Winter into Spring, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and a bit of the highway from Baltimore to NYC

A painting of Anne Hathaway, apparently, at the campus shuttle bus stop at the College of Staten Island CUNY

these first three images are from the AOL office building on Broadway -- the lobby lit up on two different nights, and the longest couch I have ever seen

two piles, three photos,  of makeshift ugliness, not without humor, on the College of Staten Island campus

some food on offer - at Cinnamon Girl cafe on Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, from the Staten Island Ferry canteen, and from Scratchbread at Bedford and Lexington, Bklyn

signs of the subway

cotton candy vendor's wares on the A train at Hoyt St.

the No. 1/A/C train station at 168th St. on the West Side shows some fine tiling and gracefully arched doorways and tunnel-ways

this doorway used to be dirty, presenting itself as a slum, but one evening I walked by and it had suddenly been transformed into a nice place to come home to, with a new light fixture and a carefully placed abstract painting to greet the resident and visitor alike

a tall old building on Broadway near 11th Street - notice the beautiful windows

looking out at Lady Liberty as the Staten Island Ferry rolls on

exiting the subway at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn . . . too many lights! 

the widest intersection in Brooklyn at Atlantic and Flatbush

and also at Atlantic Center/Barclays Center, the humble and faithful  Spanish food truck

the yellow wall at the NSA supermarket at Throop and Gates, Brooklyn deserves two photos

a gorgeous sunset, looking west on Van Buren St., Brooklyn

three shots above from a rainy drive from Baltimore to NYC

waiting in line for healthcare at Bellevue