Better for You?

Strolling the aisles at Target near Princeton this fine and lovely weekend I spotted this curious sign. Notice the junk food below? There were five aisles of potato chips, candy bars and cookies all bearing the celebratory 'better for you' sign,' and one portion of a row with healthier crackers. And we wonder why Americans are obese and getting obese-r?? I asked a nearby Target worker,"Can you believe these signs?" She said, "Well, don't you feel better after you eat a candy bar?" You can't make this stuff up.

Walking Morton, Commerce & Barrow

Famous faces at 42 Morton...whom I know not!
Splendid archway..
Love on Morton
No. 72
Those fabulous caryatids...Praised by AIA.

Drink Unto Others?

Hudson Street 2694391861

Dapper Dan Uncovered

Removal of a 70s era sign revealed this stunning, 1940s era sign. Dapper Dan, we hardly knew ye...

P&G Cafe - rubble

The iconic 67 year old P&G Cafe on the Upper West Side was leveled and carried off yesterday. Gone is its ancient neon signage and Austrian wall murals (painted in 1943 by a patron who couldn't pay his tab - Jeremiah). The vanishing of New York continues.

Battered birdbath

Morton near Hudson..

Old Tribeca, Pt. 5 Old Folks, Young Lions

Located on an old Spring Street block of ancient Irish bars, including Emerald Inn, EAR Inn, and McGoverns, old grand old stands guard while gentrification surrounds him on all corners.

Old Tribeca, Pt. 4

Full frontal! 

Tribeca, Pt. 3

Same as last two days, profile view....the "scaffold" near the first floor noted by super west coast blogger Altadena Hiker is actually the fire escape staircase. The old buildings featured a mechanical firescape; once you'd fled to the second floor level, you'd use a pulley or chain to lower the moveable part of the firescape to street level..

Tribeca Storefront, Pt .2

Same building as yesterday, wide angle view....I think it is a beautiful structure, especially so amid the modern blue glass condostrosities that have cornered it..

Old Tribeca Storefront, Pt. 1

...and one of my favorite buildings, the last of its kind below Canal and above the Financial District...

At Madison Square Park...

It was a dark and spooky night in the city that never sleeps....

Lincoln Center 2

Inside the Starr cafe looking to Broadway and 66th Street.

Favorite West Village Buildings, Pt. 1

Water station on the Hudson, freaked out in Photoshop...

Grand Central

Every New Yorker has their Grand Central photos...here's mine.. 

Lincoln Center

Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center has recently been renovated (rebuilt) and the results are spectacular.

City Opera in the background..

Cool!

Dig those angles!

MADE IN USA

Industrial refuse on Hudson River Whitehall Pier....14th street 

so much beer so little time!

in the east village....

Lage Lund 55 Bar

55 Bar is one of Greenwich Village's great music bars. Last night Swede guitarist Lund performed with Bill Stewart, Ben Street and Aaron Parks.   

Charles Lane

Charles Lane, one of the oldest alleys in the west village, now cornered by blue glass towers and fashionistaS ...