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The Birth of Battery Park City (Part 2)
More amazing historical photos of how Battery Park City came to be. / 2 comments
Tribeca in the 1940s
"The New York City Municipal Archives just added the 1940s tax photos to its photo database," emailed Peter with the news. "I've spent hours wandering down long lost sections of Washington, Duane, Reade.... Lots of great photos under the elevated line on Greenwich. Super cool." / 9 comments
Instagram Tribeca (Vol. 28)
This is a departure from recent Instagram Tribeca roundups in that these photos were all taken by other people. / 1 comment
Close-Up: Leonard Street
The details that give Tribeca so much of its character are slowly being cleaned up and smoothed out. Savor them while you can. / 2 comments
Quote-Unquote Funny
When quotation marks are obviously not quoting something, they come off as scare quotes—as if the subject is not what it seems to be. And that can be amusing. / 7 comments
Close-Up: W. Broadway
Do you ever slow down and look at the patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Tribeca its character? Take W. Broadway, for example....
The Blurry City
Every now and then, the camera refuses to focus, and I find the result transfixing. / 2 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: The Unknowns (Part 1)
Many of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I've been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don't just toss out a guess. / 19 comments
Valentine No. 65
By this time every summer, Mother Nature starts reclaiming what's rightly hers. / 4 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Lower Greenwich Street
In the last post in the then-and-now series of Jane Freeman's photos from the 1980s, we take a look at lower Greenwich Street, where the changes have been among the most dramatic. / 4 comments
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