Streets of El Barrio: East 108th Street between First Ave and Second Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

City Begins to Thaw, New York City -- March 26th, 2022

Times Square, 1979

Flatiron - Evening, Edward Steichen, 1904-05

New York City

City Lights

Niko, 19

“I’m wearing my Stella McCartney work uniform. I am on my break and put on my Calvin Klein Raf Simons sweater given to me by my extremely stylish aunt and an oversized coat that takes my outfit to more of a London look. Makeup is my favorite accessory. Today’s look is my favorite army green grunge eye paired with rococo blush and a dark lip. I love androgyny and though I’m normally in a vintage Comme dress, being in a tailored masculine look brings out the eroticism of tailoring that I am fond of. My style is mainly inspired by starlets like Marlene Dietrich mixed with the Japanese avant-garde and 60s dominatrix’s.”

Sep 30, 2023 ∙ Soho

Henri Heiderscheid. New York. September, 1972

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/ Thomas Hoepker, New York City, 1983

Men, women and children doing the classic New York thing: hanging out on the stoop, East Harlem, 1947-51.

Photo: Rómulo Lachatañeré via NYPL

'N. Y.' (Phone Booth), 1988. Helen Levitt,

1913 - 2009. Dye transfer print.

Streets of East Harlem: East 121st Street and Sylvan Court in East Harlem, upper Manhattan

Sylvan Court is a 1/2 block hidden alley with several homes and one of Manhattan’s most obscure mews.

Thursday, December 7.

There are apples, and then there are apples.

And this would be the latter. In fact, apples really don't come much bigger. If this particularly large apple were a nation-state, it would have the tenth-largest economy in the world. Which is pretty good, for an apple.

But this is New York City, after all, and its reputation precedes it. Sometimes described as the world's most important city, sometimes as the capital of the world, it truly is all things at once. It is defined by its fevered, electric pace of life. A global city in which 800 languages are spoken, it is a cultural, historical, sporting, and political superpower. It is, famously, The City That Never Sleeps. Better still, it enforces a right-to-shelter law ensuring, in the legislature, a bed and roof for anyone who needs one, regardless of immigration status.

Today it transpires that #new york is trending. A lot is going on, so take your time. Enjoy it.

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Greenwich Village as photographed by Nicolai Canetti, 1976

New York City