Old St Luke's Hospital

home depot? No, Goldsholle & Garfinkel

Old school in Greenpoint.

New York's oldest alehouse

another view of....

St John the Divine

i can't afford.....

Charles Street

From blogger TM: This is actually Charles Lane, not Charles St. This path is a remnant of the Newgate Prison which stood here and south to Christopher St in the 1700s. The lane was repaved with stones from the prison after it was taken down, making them some of the oldest cobblestones in the city.

Lost City Leaves

we're losing Brooks of Lost City. Please visit Brooks and wish him well.

things are looking up

SURMA

an old store, next to mcsorley;s in the east village...

a trip to roebling

once a great steel mill that supplied beams for the brooklyn and golden gate bridges, this ancient factory is now a tourist museum. Swanky....but the worn patina of its guard station and the looming rusty water tower looks like something else to me....

Bronx to Queens Expressway (BQE)

a good day to....

walk around Grand Central Station....

"Hey Sal? Vinnie. About that hit on Louie in Carnarsie. You tell him if he doesn't have my money by noon Satiday that I am gonna break his legs off and use dem for baseball bats. You got dat?"

Art on Ludlow....

October, 2006

empire diner closes

Soon to be filled by what the now former owner calls "anorexic models holding party drinks...."