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  June 8

Clouds

Wall Street Gloom

September 25, 2008.

"If money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down."

--President George W. Bush

Wall Street, September 24

"Lord of the universe"

After Hours

Facing East




Above the Fray



Garage, near Wall Street



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Chelsea

Chelsea Piers, September 2.

While other parts of the country suffers through a housing crisis reminiscent of the Great Depression, Manhattan is still undergoing a building boom. While elsewhere the headlines read "Default," here it's: "Another Crane Topples, Killing Two." And in Chelsea: buildings going up, sidewalks already jammed with yuppies and tourists provide outdoor seating for the restaurant and cafe crowd, lots of new art galleries and "energy" everywhere.

On a summer night by the Hudson, with Jersey City sparkling, there's an exuberant mix of walkers, joggers, rollerbladers and cyclists. As I walk along the Chelsea piers, I wonder where the money is coming from. Is it high tech employers like IAC? Is it the tourists from Europe and elsewhere who come here to shop at this new bargain basement? Is it still money spilling over from Wall Street? How much longer will the party last?

Ship in the Night



Night Jogger


Double vision


IAC building by Frank Gehry

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Times Square, August 19.

It was a warm evening, thousands were milling around, a friendly crowd giving off a lot of positive energy: two couples, tourist from Germany and Scandinavia asked me to take their pictures with their digital point and shoot. A Latino mother thrust a disposable camera in my hand and, with gestures and a smile, asked me to photograph her and her little boy. I struck up a conversation with two young cops who seemed to be having a good time while making their presence felt. And a guy handing out circulars for two comedy clubs spent a few minutes talking with me. I wonder how many people besides me took notice of the day's headline news?

Russia shrugs off NATO scolding



42nd. Street



700 Rooms With Private Bath





Madison Avenue

Q: What are those green columns?
A: Insulation material not yet covered.

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Manhattan at Night, August 4

Late Shoppers: Corner 5th. Avenue and 57th. Street

(The background for this picture was a couple hundred vertical fluorescent light tubes in the Louis Vuitton window display at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th. Street. That window display was dismantled a few days after I took this picture.)

Bus Stop at Columbus Circle



Bus Stop, 5th Avenue. 6PM.



Before going downtown to see the Manhattan lights, I lingered a while at the Dyckman Street station.






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