Thinking Dumbo

Walk the streets of Dumbo in Brooklyn and you get a feel for the kind of ambiance that SoHo had…

Black Eye Girl

This example of paste-up street art on Ludlow St. in the Lower East Side of New York forces the viewer…

We Can Rock a Party

Ah, the good old summer block party. A New York City nabe wouldn’t be the same without one, especially when…

Graffiti to Go

Graffiti taggers and artists have been putting Krylon to all sorts of vehicles all over New York City for years.…

Marketing Spiderman

With the Spiderman sequel hyped to be among the blockbusters of the summer movie season, marketing for the film has…

Calvin

The sides of tenements and lofts along Houston St. in downtown NYC are perfect for hanging building-size ads. Not only…

Police Friend

To many New Yorkers, an NYPD patrol car is a sign of security, holding the line against crime and keeping…

Cookiepuss … Claw

This spray-painted claw by the graf writer “Claw” is a familiar graffiti icon of downtown New York, though it’s not…

Lucky Newstand

Lucky. Really? You wouldn’t think so by the condition of this newsstand’s sign. But maybe we’re just judging a book…

Wild Style in Billyburg

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg (sometimes called “Billyburg” by local hipsters) is not a part of the borough generally known…

Resistance is Futile

Ever read that book “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell? It explains how evolving, collective social preferences build up a…

iPod Overkill

Found this blitzkrieg of ad bills for Apple’s popular portable MP3 music player, the iPod. These ads are everywhere in…

The Cafe at Bloomingdales, SoHo

Last week, Bloomingdales, the grand, old New York City department store, went downtown–way downtown–to lower Broadway in SoHo, where it…

Burned-out Clothes Dryers

There seems to always be some kind of major building renovation in progress in Lower Manhattan, where today’s sweat shop…

Cedar Hill, Central Park

The first truly, properly mild and flower-blooming day of spring arrives and New Yorkers and tourists take to Central park…

Street Art by Swoon

This is the work of the New York-based artist Swoon, whose street art can be found plastered on buildings throughout…

The Window View at Brown Cafe

Took this photo at the beautifully-designed Brown Cafe on Hester Street in Chinatown’s eastern-most fringe in Lower East Side, in…

Street Art of Immigrants

Some street art on Ludlow Street just south of Delancey on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. These paintings are…

Fake-French Shop Row

This row of French-looking shops is actually one business, a French restaurant and bar called Epicerie Charbon on Orchard Street…

Absolut NoHo

Absolut has always melded art-world savvy with clever and iconic advertising campaigns. This billboard on Lafayette St. at Bleeker St.…

Making Sushi at Bond St

Our favorite Japanese restaurant in New York. Bond St., which takes its name from its address in NoHo, is one…

Empire View

The view from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, looking south toward Lower Manhattan, the East Village, Lower…

Test

What we are wearing today is a pair of Bathing Apes sneakers and Evisu jeans. Our fashion tastes are more…