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 

Points of Observation

Classic and restrained solutions to the problem of having large wads of cash laying around. Mostly one dollar bills, I believe, but the display of real money in this gents' store window was provocative nonetheless. Below, additional possibilities for the elegant male.

The late summer sun through the leaves of the fig tree in the backyard; then additional lightplays -- light and shadow on the bathroom wall, with the light breaking apart into a soft prism; and late afternoon light streaming through the empty cavern of what used to be Daffy's at Atlantic Center, downtown Brooklyn.

 

The interest in this policing device on Lexington Ave., Bed-Stuy,  doesn't wane. I decided to get a closer look, below, at the mechanism and design.

One of the entrances to the Louis Armstrong Houses, where the police surveillance tower is parked. And below, a sign welcoming visitors to the housing block.

 

I love this Roti catering truck, which has been parked for months behind a fence in a lot near the Bed-Stuy YMCA.

 

The work continues on the Mark Morris Dance Group mural -- these shots taken a week after the first ones posted on September 21.

An important message about water, Third Ave., Brooklyn.

On Lafayette Street, Fort Greene . . .

and a glittering new bicycle as viewed from the rather filthy window of the No. 38 Bus.