Green-Wood Cemetery: Part 3

On April 21, 2013April 21, 2013 By Fred KingIn Brooklyn, design, Fall, New York, Nikon D7000, pond, ThoughtsLeave a comment

From modest to ornate, headstones of all ages and types can be found at Green-Wood. Early Dutch settlers to Wall Street Barons. The pond is really a nice feature. I’ve visited the cemetery three times and have probably only covered 30% of the site.

Green-Wood Cemetery: Skylights for the Dead

On April 20, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Brooklyn, buildings, New York, Nikon D7000, Thoughts1 Comment

At the top of a hill in the cemetery there are rows of these Skylights for the crypts below. I’m not sure the dead are appreciating the extra light they are receiving, but……as with all burial places, they are probably more for the living than the deceased. I just found these rows of skylights fascinating and even peered down into the one with the broken glass. Design-wise I am not sure what period these skylights were placed there. Guessing early 20th Century…. but????? Green-Wood should be on everyone’s Bucket List.

Floating Petri Dishes

On March 30, 2013 By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, boat, Brooklyn, New York, Nikon D7000, Red Hook, river, ThoughtsLeave a comment

A cruise on one of these will never be on my Bucket List*.
*photos were taken from inside the Ikea Taxi, through a very dirty, scratched plexiglas window.

A Vespa Driving Lawyer?

On March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 By Fred KingIn Brooklyn, Fall, New York, Nikon D7000, Thoughts, Uncategorized1 Comment

This Vespa has some dings and scrapes. Rough going in Brooklyn.

All Things Italian

On March 15, 2013March 21, 2013 By Fred KingIn Brooklyn, Car, New York, Nikon D7000, ThoughtsLeave a comment

Vespas and a Fiat, my fascination for Italian design lives on. All this post is missing is an espresso machine :-).

Spotted in Red Hook

On March 15, 2013 By Fred KingIn Brooklyn, buildings, New York, Nikon D7000, Red Hook, Signage, ThoughtsLeave a comment

If this is the ‘Active Gate’ I would like to see the ‘Inactive Gate’.

I’ve Found It

On March 14, 2013 By Fred KingIn B&W, Brooklyn, New York, Nikon D7000, reflection, Signage, ThoughtsLeave a comment

I’ve been searching for the ‘unknown’ for quite some time. I found it last Fall on a bench in Brooklyn. Precisely, a bench on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

Perhaps.

On March 11, 2013 By Fred KingIn Bridge, graffiti, Nikon D7000, Seattle, ThoughtsLeave a comment

Spotted on a bridge support in West Seattle.

Shy Plants

On February 25, 2013 By Fred KingIn blossoms, Flowers, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, red, ThoughtsLeave a comment

Thursdays Literary Suggestions

On February 21, 2013 By Fred KingIn Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

“Love Nature”; perhaps I have the wrong address?

On February 1, 2013 By Fred KingIn Brooklyn, buildings, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Rust, Thoughts, Urban DecayLeave a comment

Tuesdays Art

On January 29, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Art, Brooklyn, buildings, New York, Nikon D7000, ThoughtsLeave a comment

I’ll be Your Waiter this Afternoon

On January 24, 2013 By Fred KingIn Art, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Don’t mind my missing thumb… DSC_8161-001

A Sunny Morning in the Lower East Side

On January 23, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, design, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, people, Thoughts1 Comment

DSC_8167-001 DSC_8173-001 Modernity, with people. I don’t recall the purpose of this building, but I’m not sure I care for the look. Maybe it does serve a function, other than looking like it is going to tip over?

LES Street Art

On January 21, 2013 By Fred KingIn Art, buildings, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, ThoughtsLeave a comment

DSC_8154-001 As opposed to the previously posted street vandalism on the Lower East Side here was a couple of examples of something akin to Street Art.

Passenger

On January 20, 2013 By Fred KingIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

In a departure from the photoblog content I have been posting for the past three years I thought I would take a moment to present an idea with the support of a song:

I think, if all 7 billion of us on this planet could thing of ourselves as ‘passengers’ on planet Earth, we and the planet might create a better future.

Vandalism in LES

On January 20, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, buildings, graffiti, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Signage, Thoughts, Urban DecayLeave a comment

I guess this is some type of public scribbling? I don’t understand the need to vandalize occupied businesses, buildings and public surfaces in general? I might be missing something. DSC_8149-001 DSC_8150-001

Things that Fade Away: The Lower East Side

On January 18, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, buildings, fading ad, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Signage, Thoughts, Urban DecayLeave a comment

DSC_8134-001 DSC_8140-001 A wall that fades into the distance and a fading ad slowly retreating into history.

How Jay-Z Got His Name

On January 16, 2013 By Fred KingIn Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Signage, ThoughtsLeave a comment

DSC_8131-001 DSC_8130-001 Disclaimer: I know nothing about rap or hip hop music, therefore, I am ably qualified to propose the following theory: the popular ( and very rich) rapper/hip-hopster Jay-Z ( formerly known as Shawn Carter) chose his nom de rapper from the NYC subway station of the same-well, similar-name. I submit, in evidence, the two photos in this posting as well as this link.