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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
The Birth of Battery Park City
Fifty years ago, Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed the Battery Park City Authority Act—the first step in a long process of building a neighborhood from the ground (or water) up. Historical photos show how it happened. / 4 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Upper Greenwich Street
It's hard to imagine now the state of decay that much of Greenwich Street—prime Tribeca these days—was in three decades ago. Lucky for us, Jane Freeman was taking photos.... / 11 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Washington Street and Environs
Over the past few decades, some of Tribeca's most dramatic changes have occurred in the neighborhood's northwest corner, where small buildings have been replaced by larger, fancier ones. / 4 comments
Close-Up: White Street
Do you ever slow down and look at the patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Tribeca its character? Take White Street, for example....
When Hollywood Built a Fake Diner in Tribeca
Amid Jane Freeman's cache of photos from the 1980s and 90s was a thorough look at the set constructed for "It Could Happen to You," starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. The set designers also built a loft building next door. / 18 comments
Tribeca Then and Now: Hudson
We continue our crawl through the past with a walk up Hudson Street, from Duane to Laight. / 1 comment
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