New York - February 2024
The DoughNut Plant - Brooklyn.
Barclays Center - Home of the Brooklyn Nets
If you google “Barclays Center rock” you at first get a bunch of information about how the “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” induction ceremony was once held in Brooklyn instead of at its home in Cleveland (which is a rabbit hole I’ll probably go down once I have a few more drinks). The sculpture out front, however, is actually titled “Ona” and comes from artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.
Downtown Brooklyn.
Park Slope
Bedford Stuyvesant.
Williamsburg
Appreciated this place’s “Surf Cincinnati” style chairs.
The face/street art piece in the upper left of the auto shop is a recurring figure out west.
2020 House of Hades / Toynbee tile found while walking back to the hotel.
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Barad-dûr.
Mario-inspired street art.
Little Island at Pier 55
The High Line
The Standard.
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree (2023).
Hudson Yards
Vessel, a tourist attraction from designer Thomas Heatherwick, has been closed indefinitely since 2021 due to a rash of suicide attempts.
Edge Observation Deck
Hudson Yards - 34th Street Subway Station.
City Hall.
Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center.
The Oculus
The Coolest
Thanks for a wonderful trip, getting me back to New York after nearly ten years, and introducing me to the greatest donuts I’ve ever had. You’re the coolest and I love you.
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