Hurricane Sandy

set to swallow Manhattan

East Village

Downing Street Storefront 2007

In the gentrified hell that is New York City, small businesses like this one (plumber), photographed not long after they vacated the premises, have been lost to soulless chain stores. I took this through a window, a week later - poof!   

Sophie

Village block

Melissa Aldana at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

An amazing young tenor player.