NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A truly beastly day. We’re suffering under a record heat wave in the Northeast. I sought refuge in the shade of the plaza of Lever House and shot passers by against the backdrop of Hello Kitty. Not a good day to be outdoors.
Leica M9 with 28mm Summicon lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – While walking on East 68th Street today I stumbled on a fashion shoot in progress – probably for a catalogue based on the wardrobe.:
Hasselblad H3D 39 with HC 100 lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – This afternoon I walked over to the Guggenheim Museum to take a look at the new restaurant there, The Wright (get it!). Â The Wright and its architect, Andre Kikoski, won best restaurant design at the James Beard Awards earlier this week. Â Link to James Beard Award winners. I ended up not photographing the restaurant, but caught a detail from the Church of the Heavenly Rest (occasionally referred to as “the church of the overly dressed” referring to its Fifth Avenue location)Â a block north of the museum. Â Image taken with a Leica M9 and a 24mm Summilux f1.4 lens. Â I took more details of the Guggenheim – I’ve attached one of the images in a comment.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services held it’s annual spring gala at Gustavinos tonight. The JBFCS is a wildly impressive organization providing social services in New York to clients of all religions, races and ethnic backgrounds. Â Gustavinos is a lovely space built into the vaults under the approaches to the 59th Street Bridge.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK –  Well here we are back at Tom Sach’s statue, Hello Kitty, in the sculpture garden at Lever House. This is a real urban oasis  As I’ve noted elsewhere Hello Kitty is a Japanese toy character owned by Sanrio.  Here’s a link: Sanrio
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A rainy, miserable day.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Congregation Shaaray Tefila (Hebrew for Gates of Prayer) at Second Avenue and 79th Street. Â The current sanctuary of this congregation, which was organized in 1859, was dedicated in 1959. Â It was converted from a Trans-Lux movie theater. Â I’ve taken the liberty of posting the image twice – once in color and once in gray scale.
