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Photos of New York. Starting from 2003 and working my way through my library in chronological order.

All photos are my own.

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April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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The Franklin station on the 1, the Ansonia on the Upper East Side, and Franklin street fire escapes between Church and Broadway.
2004, June

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#NewYork
#Manhattan
#TriBeCa
The Franklin station on the 1 line in TriBeCa. The Ansonia on the Upper East Side was the inspiration for name "The Arconia" in the show "Only Murders in the Building" but they actually filmed it in the Belnord, 10 blocks up Broadway. Fire escapes on Franklin between Church and Broadway in TriBeCa. If you don't know, TriBeCa is the Triangle Below Canal!
April 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Hotdogs and photo walks - the epitome of summer.
2004, June

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Street photo - sitting in Washington Square Park. Crif Dogs signage Crif Dogs tile mosaic.
March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Myrtle Broadway platform on the JMZ line.
2004, May

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A long view down the JZ tracks at Myrtle/Broadway. The M line curves off to the east.
March 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Breakdancing in Union Square
2004, May

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March 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Union Square Rooftop
2004, May

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March 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Night at the Opera House
Bushwick, NYC
2004, May

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The Empire State Building from the Opera House roof in Bushwick. The JMZ tracks over a lot that is now a block of condos. Stairway to heaven, Opera House. Bushwick, NYC Dramatic! Long exposure selfie back in the day.
March 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Walking through Central Park
May, 2004

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The top of the Empire State Building framed by other buildings and a few leaves. A view of Central Park south over The Pond.
March 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Various views from a roof at Union Square South.
2004, May

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View from a roof at Union Square South, looking south. Water towers in the foreground and the AT&T building (with the aerials) in the background. 2004, May Views from a roof at Union Square South, looking north up Broadway. The One Five One building, Empire State Building and the clock of 5 Madison Avenue dot the skyline. Hiding at the far right is the Chrysler Building. 2004, May Various views from a roof at Union Square South looking north. 2004, May Various views from a roof at Union Square South looking north. The Barnes & Noble of Union Square North can be seen in the foreground. 2004, May
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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An early panorama of the Great Lawn at Central Park - I think I was using panotools back then.

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A panoramic scene of Central Park, 2004.
March 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The Great Lawn of Central Park
2004, May

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The Great Lawn of Central Park with sun bathers scattered everywhere. The Great Lawn of Central Park with sun bathers scattered everywhere. The Great Lawn of Central Park with sun bathers scattered everywhere.
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Looking across the Hudson from Downtown around the Irish Hunger Memorial and World Trade Center.
2004, May

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Looking down Vesey Street over the Hudson. The Pier Apartments as seen from the Irish Hunger Memorial. Love that sun! The beginnings of a new era. The Jersey City skyline.
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Walk from Gowanus up through DUMBO over the bridge to World Trade construction site.
2004, May

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The rusted innards of an old piano, discarded in Gowanus. The F and G elevated subway wrapped in a gimp suit on the border of Gowanus and Carroll Gardens. The Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO. Couldn't bring myself to take that OTHER photo. The pit at World Trade Center.
March 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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A spring walk from Union Square, down through the Lower East Side to the Brooklyn Bridge overlooking the South Street Seaport.

Spring, 2004
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Three guys on tricked-out bikes in Union Square. One of them is rocking an old 1980s style boombox mounted to his handlebars. Another guy is on a cellphone - you had to pull the antenna out back in those days! A zoomed shot into a Lower East Side Community Garden focusing on a white horse sculpture. Half the head has been blown off. A view from the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge looking over the South Street Seaport to Governor's Island. Governor's Island has seen incredible development in recent years and is a great place to visit for free (especially with a bike). A glimpse of the old South Street Seaport that has since been torn down. Pity, as the replacement building is an abomination. The old building was quaint with a wharf-y feel to it. It was lovely in the summer. Governor's Island can be seen in the distance.
March 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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In 2004, after my tax return gave me a few bucks, I bought the Nikon D70, which had just been announced. It was my first digital SLR camera and I loved it. Goodbye Fuji FinePix, you served me well.

(look at how small that screen is!)

#NikonD70
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Front view of the Nikon D70. Released in early 2004. Rear view of the Nikon D70. Released in early 2004.
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Brooklyn Bridge
2003, March

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February 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
2003, March

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Brooklyn Bridge Park before the park.
February 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Pay phones in the subway.
2003, February

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Close-up profile of an old New York City pay phone in the subway. A long exposure of a train entering the subway station, the headlights streaking through the image.
February 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Eddie Boros, artist of the Loisaida
"Tower of Toys"
Lower East Side, Manhattan
2003, February

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Jimmy Dougherty, a garden member and a film maker, said that most members are defenders of the sculpture. "People are either repulsed by the sculpture, or they think it's beautiful," said Mr. Dougherty, who did a documentary about Mr. Boros that was broadcast on PBS stations this year. Because the sculpture elicits such strong reactions, he said, "it's a successful art piece." Mr. Boros often climbs to the top of his sculpture. "He sits up there like a pirate in a crow's-nest surveying the neighborhood," Ms. Schifano said. "This is one of the last vestiges of the anarchistic, crazy Lower East Side."
February 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Shoe Shine on the Park.

Bryant Park, Manhattan
2002, December

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Shoe shiner next to the New York Public Library, Bryant Park 42nd Street.
February 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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American Wealth.

Midtown Manhattan
2002, December

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February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Bryant Park, Manhattan
2002, December

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The corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue looking south at Bryant Park. The corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue looking south at Bryant Park. The corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue looking southeast to Bryant Park and the New York Public Library.
February 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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6th Ave, Manhattan
2002, December

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On 6th Ave and 48th Street, looking south. Image is exposed for the sliver of sky, making the buildings dark with silhouetted edges of glass. 6th Ave and 48th Street, the crowds are thick at the end of December. The long view down the avenue creates a concentration of street lights and signs. Faces crowd the sidewalk while the vertical facades of the skyscrapers define the corridor of midtown Manhattan.
February 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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My first digital camera was the Fuji FinePix 4900Z and I loved it. It had a 2.4 megapixel SuperCCD that generated 4.3 megapixel images with a 6X optical zoom.

It's also the camera I had when I moved to New York in 2002.

www.dpreview.com/reviews/fuji...
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The Fuji FinePix 4900Z. Released in November of 2000, it was a 2.4 mega-pixel camera that "supersized" its images to a whopping 4.3 mega-pixels. Add a 6X optical zoom, and you were DA BOMB. There's one left on Amazon for 75 bucks.
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM