fractenberg
@fractenberg.bsky.social
High-minded, middle class, lowbrow
Visuals Editor for THE CITY
Visuals Editor for THE CITY
If anyone’s looking for their pineapple top, it’s currently on the tracks at Bowling Green.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If anyone’s looking for their pineapple top, it’s currently on the tracks at Bowling Green.
Does Dan Smith know about this dude?? Is there gonna be a turf battle?
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Does Dan Smith know about this dude?? Is there gonna be a turf battle?
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Quite the lively building
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Quite the lively building
“Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everyone has to make the decision when the call of duty comes,” said retired doorman Bobby Amos about childhood friend and FDNY member. “I come out of every year to pay my respects.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everyone has to make the decision when the call of duty comes,” said retired doorman Bobby Amos about childhood friend and FDNY member. “I come out of every year to pay my respects.”
Now that I've hit the big time I'd like to say I'm also available to photograph money-filled Cheetos and Utz bags.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Now that I've hit the big time I'd like to say I'm also available to photograph money-filled Cheetos and Utz bags.
“Not my first rodeo.”
-Me at my second rodeo
-Me at my second rodeo
August 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Not my first rodeo.”
-Me at my second rodeo
-Me at my second rodeo
Montana morning walk ✨
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Montana morning walk ✨
There really is an award for everything.
August 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There really is an award for everything.
Does this mean my Airbnb host won’t mind if I squat on their property?
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Does this mean my Airbnb host won’t mind if I squat on their property?
Ok this is just getting silly…
July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ok this is just getting silly…
The New York Times, apparently.
July 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The New York Times, apparently.
Whatever you’ve got to do to bring in the tourists.
July 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Whatever you’ve got to do to bring in the tourists.
These New Yorkers didn't let a little scorching heat keep them from the polls.
Here's @thecity.nyc dispatch from across the five boroughs.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
Here's @thecity.nyc dispatch from across the five boroughs.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
June 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
These New Yorkers didn't let a little scorching heat keep them from the polls.
Here's @thecity.nyc dispatch from across the five boroughs.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
Here's @thecity.nyc dispatch from across the five boroughs.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
More of the scene outside immigration court today.
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More of the scene outside immigration court today.
And a non-functioning OMNY card.
June 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And a non-functioning OMNY card.
May we all live so long our family needs to keep stitching on the years
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
May we all live so long our family needs to keep stitching on the years
These ICE agents are looking pretty wild.
May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
These ICE agents are looking pretty wild.
This new Tesla model may sell pretty well in the red states.
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This new Tesla model may sell pretty well in the red states.
Something tells me this isn't going to be the explanation we're all looking for...
May 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Something tells me this isn't going to be the explanation we're all looking for...
What a time to be alive.
May 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a time to be alive.
So…I should get paid for pushing this button?
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So…I should get paid for pushing this button?
The real question from the mayor's mental health crisis response team presser is what it's like for this NYPD officer with the demon neck tattoo talking to people suffering from delusions.
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The real question from the mayor's mental health crisis response team presser is what it's like for this NYPD officer with the demon neck tattoo talking to people suffering from delusions.
“My American Dream is my sons…I want my children to perhaps have what I didn’t have, but at the same time I want to show them how to earn it, and how to work like good people.”
There has been a big demand surge in NYC for ESL classes.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/e...
There has been a big demand surge in NYC for ESL classes.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/e...
April 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“My American Dream is my sons…I want my children to perhaps have what I didn’t have, but at the same time I want to show them how to earn it, and how to work like good people.”
There has been a big demand surge in NYC for ESL classes.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/e...
There has been a big demand surge in NYC for ESL classes.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/e...