The Wanamaker Annex at 770 Broadway by D.H. Burnham & Co. c. 1903 as seen from East 9th and Stuyvesant Streets. This view only recently opened up following the dismantling of 51 Astor Place which can be seen surrounded by scaffolding across 3rd Avenue.
Jan 26, 2012
The Wanamaker Annex / 770 Broadway
The Wanamaker Annex at 770 Broadway by D.H. Burnham & Co. c. 1903 as seen from East 9th and Stuyvesant Streets. This view only recently opened up following the dismantling of 51 Astor Place which can be seen surrounded by scaffolding across 3rd Avenue.
Jan 1, 2012
In the Park
Dec 30, 2011
Violet the Washington Square Park Hawk - RIP
Today came news that one of the best treats of Washington Square Park, Violet the Red-tailed Hawk, has passed away after undergoing surgery to remove her right foot after necrosis set in. I'd been watching Violet and her mate Bobby from both the park and my window since I moved to the Village in 2009. Above, Violet pictured in March 2010 with nest making materials sitting on 11 Fifth Avenue (The Brevoort). The nest they went on to build on top of 1 Fifth Avenue didn't work out for the pair in 2010 but this past May the couple had a baby Red-tailed named Pip from a nest on NYU's Bobst Library. The NYTimes installed a camera and those who were interested watched as Pip went from a tiny hatchling to a fairly large RTH before it left the nest in early July. I always enjoyed watching them soar over the park (hunting rats) and especially from my bedroom window. Violet will be missed.
These two screen grabs come from the NYTimes hawk camera from May 2011. Above, Violet stands close by as Pip sleeps through the night. Below, Pip can be seen giving the camera a close up while spending some alone time in the nest. 
Nov 20, 2011
The Bottom of Fifth Avenue
Looking north up Fifth Avenue through the 1892 Washington Arch with the 1929 No. 1 and 1951 No. 2 Fifth Avenue apartment buildings and the 1931 Empire State Building looming in the distance.
Oct 19, 2011
The New World Trade Center
File this one under New-NYC but I had a chance to visit the 9/11 Memorial and thought I'd post a couple of pictures from the site. One World Trade Center above and the North Tower memorial waterfall below.
Oct 17, 2011
Inside the Church of the Ascension
Inside the Church of the Ascension designed c. 1840 by Richard Upjohn in Greenwich Village with an interior remodeling by Stanford White between 1885-1889 which included a mural by John La Farge.
Sep 22, 2011
Mills House No. 1
Mills House No. 1, built by Darius Ogden Mills and designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. Click HERE for a complete history of Mills House No. 1 by Christopher Gray of The New York Times.
Sep 11, 2011
9/11/11
Looking South beyond the Stanford White designed Washington Arch with the unfinished but still very tall 1 World Trade Center rising in the distance.
Jul 18, 2011
Ludwig Baumann Mausoleum
The mausoleum of Ludwig Baumann (1843-1904), a Bohemian Jewish immigrant and partner in Ludwig Baumann & Co. and later Baumann Brothers, dealers of furniture and carpets. Click HERE to read the LPC designation report on the Baumann Brothers store on 14th Street. The mausoleum is located at the Ahawath Chesed (Central Synagogue) Cemetery also known as Linden Hill in Ridgewood, Queens.
Apr 24, 2011
Freie Bibliothek und Lesehalle / Deutsches Dispensary
On the left, originally 'Freie Bibliothek und Lesehalle' and now the Ottendorfer Branch of the NYPL. On the right, originally 'Deutsches Dispensary' and now the Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital, both designed by William Schickel between 1883-84 on Second Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets.
Mar 14, 2011
Hook & Ladder No. 8
Hook & Ladder No. 8 on North Moore St., also known as the Ghostbusters firehouse, seen during a department exercise.
Dec 31, 2010
Nov 6, 2010
The View to Hell Gate
The view from Carl Schurz Park of the R.F.K. Memorial Bridge (formerly the Triborough Bridge), opened in 1936, and beyond, the Hell Gate Bridge, built c. 1915.
Oct 5, 2010
Sep 26, 2010
The Bayard-Condict Building
The Bayard-Condict Building at 65-69 Bleecker St. designed by Louis Sullivan c. 1898.
Sep 1, 2010
St. Joseph's Yorkville
St. Joseph's Yorkville, designed by William Schickel c. 1894 on East 87th Street between York and First Avenues.
Jul 11, 2010
Downtown
A view of downtown NYC from the Brooklyn side of the East River. Governor's Island is all the way to the left.
The Manhattan Bridge
A view of the Manhattan Bridge from Empire Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn.
Jul 10, 2010
Empire Stores
The Empire Stores warehouse at 52-58 Water Street, built c. 1869 with 1885 additions and the Tobacco Warehouse along the Brooklyn waterfront.
Jun 27, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
Feb 24, 2010
Jan 23, 2010
The Polhemus Memorial Clinic
The Polhemus Memorial Clinic, designed by Marshall Emery in 1897 in Cobble Hill as part of the Long Island College Hospital. The building was paid for by Caroline Herriman Polhemus in memory of her husband Henry Ditmas Polhemus, Regent of LICH from 1872 until he died in 1895.
Dec 20, 2009
Nov 14, 2009
Nov 11, 2009
Oct 31, 2009
Oct 23, 2009
Above Washington Square Park
The view from a perch on the 17th floor (taken this past summer) looking at the eastern portion of the park that was just shut down for it's part of the renovation.
Aug 1, 2009
Apr 18, 2009
Apr 17, 2009
The WSP Hawk on Judson Memorial
The rather large Red Tailed Hawk that hangs out in Washington Square Park perched on the cross atop Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Greenwich Village. 
Apr 4, 2009
Looking North Over West 23rd Street
St. Vincent De Paul, Chelsea Stratus and the Empire State Building as seen from the rear of a building on West 22nd street.
Mar 21, 2009
Mar 7, 2009
Mar 6, 2009
Feb 28, 2009
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