From South of the Mason-Dixon Line: Baltimore

Park Place street fair - NY's Bravest entertain the neighborhood kids

After the tour of the fire engine, the kids get to try out the fire hose!

A String Dangles Tantalizingly

A Day in Manhattan

Urban symmetry at Hudson and W. 14th Street. I always liked this building. I took a writing class here once with the fabulous Laurie Weeks.

W. 14th Street Meat Packing, MePa for all you shoppers out there.

W. 14th Street is becoming gentrified in a scary way - designer shops replace streets that felt safe to certain street-roaming types. Now they just feel expensive, i.e. not so safe.

Further uptown a bit, on W. 21st St. in Chelsea, there is a curious building that has many balconies, all closed in with wire fencing and bamboo-looking shades. Altogether unattractive, but attractive just the same.

Sometimes one feels the urge for complete symmetry. In that situation, go to Grand Central Terminal.

A busker at the Delancey Street F subway stop. I should've caught more of the performance, but got just enough to give you an idea of how calming his playing was on the crowd waiting for the train.

The Metro North Train Coming Into Harlem - a movie

The Metro North train going through Pelham,
and then past Fordham U. and through
the Bronx, down into Manhattan to
just past the 125th St. Station in Harlem

The Ebony Hillbillies at Times Square Subway Station

The Ebony Hillbillies can be found at the Time Square
subway station, right by the Shuttle that will
take you to Grand Central Terminal.

Walking down Park Place - a movie

The Q-train heads back to Brooklyn, where it belongs.