Photo of the day: RUST NEVER SLEEPS
April 30, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: architecture, Crazy Horse band, DEVO, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, Mark Mothersbaugh, Neil Young, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Reprise Records, RUST NEVER SLEEPS, Rust Never Sleeps lp 1979, Rust-Oleum paint, rusting pipes, rusty pipes, South Street Seaport | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: BY THE SHORES OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
By the shores of the Brooklyn Bridge,
April 29, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: architecture, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn piers, Brooklyn waterfront, DUMBO, East River beach front view of Brooklyn Bridge, East River view of Brooklyn Bridge, Hans Von Rittern, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1855, Hiawatha, Hiawatha 2014 version poem, John Washington Emily Roebling, low tide east river, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, revised Hiawatha poem, the Roebling family, The song of Hiawatha, view of DUMBO, walking the Brooklyn Bridge | 2 Comments
Photo of the day: COVERING THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
April 28, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 2013 2014 renovation of Brooklyn Bridge, architecture, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn waterfront, DUMBO, East river New York, first suspension bridge, German Roebling family buiilds Brooklyn Bridge, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, views from Brooklyn Bridge, walking the Brooklyn Bridge | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: I FOUND I COULD SAY THINGS WITH COLOR…
The Jeffrey Leder Gallery: 2137 45th Road, L.I.C.
April 26, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz destroyed, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, celebrities, Cortes, Court Street subway stop #7 G, Court Street subway stop 7 G train, Experiencing the destruction of 5 Pointz, Georgia O'Keefe, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Hunt Rodriguez, Jeffrey Leder, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Just One, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Marie Flageul, Meres, Meres One, Meres One Cohen, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Topaz, Whitewash grand opening, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: WELCOME TO THE JET AGE
April 25, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 1960's retro, 1964 New York World's Fair, 50th anniversary of the World's Fair, 7 train, Flushing Queens, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, New York World's Fair fifty 50 years later, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, retro World's Fair New York, the new jet age 1964, transportation, Unisphere, unisphere jet retro models, World's Fair Unisphere | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: WELCOME TO THE 1964 WORLD’S FAIR 50 YEARS LATER!
April 22, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 1964 New York World's Fair, 50th anniversary of the World's Fair, 7 train, George Jetson, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Men In Black, New York City, New York photo, New York State Pavillion, New York World's Fair fifty 50 years later, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, WORLD'S FAIR | 4 Comments
PhotoS of the day: 5 OF MY 5 POINTZ PHOTOS HAVE SOLD!
April 21, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, celebrities, Cortes, Court Street subway stop 7 G train, graffiti, Hans photos sold, Hans Von Rittern, Hunt Rodriguez, Jeffrey Leder, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Just One, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Marie Flageul, Meres, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Topaz, Whitewash grand opening, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: AN EASTER BUNNY TAIL
April 20, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: bunny suit looses tail, bunny suit tail loose, BUNNY TAIL, children and Nestle Quick bunny, Easter, Easter fair, entertainment, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Easter fair, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, Nestle Bunny looses tail, Nestle Quick Bunny, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography | 2 Comments
Photo of the day: COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL FOR EASTER!
April 19, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "Yolk" dance performance, 70's egg chair, 70's fashion, Afro 70's retro dance, afro woman rising out of egg, dance, disco egg dance, entertainment, fashion, Hans Von Rittern, Happy Easter, Liberated Easter, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Third Rail Projects | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: JESUS ‘CROSSES’ THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Called The Way of the Cross, the traditional Catholic pilgrimage began at St. James Cathedral in Downtown Brooklyn where Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presided over a short service. Observers then spilled out of the church doors to follow the Rev. Richard Veras, who carried a large wooden cross over the bridge.
The Way of the Cross procession in Brooklyn began in 1996 with a small group of friends. Participants visit five symbolic stations of the cross at St. James Cathedral, a point on the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall Park, Ground Zero, and finally ending at St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street in Manhattan.
People of all ages followed the somber Friday morning procession — some praying and singing out loud while others stayed silent. My Swiss guests were astounded to see so many people in the procession. I told them, “Having once lived at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, I have seen all sorts of people cross the bridge, from racers, protestors, 9/11 survivors and politicians – now I have seen Jesus crossing too.”
April 18, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: bishop nicholas dimarzio, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, city hall park, Good Friday, Ground Zero, Hans Von Rittern, Jesus Christ, Manhattan, Manhattan skyline, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, St. James Cathedral, St. Peter's Church, The Way of the Cross, tourists | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: LILIES OF THE FIELD
HOUGHTON LEAVES A RYUKYU – Louis Houghton, a soldier during World War I, is responsible for the popularity of the Bermuda lily, better known as the Easter lily, here in the U.S. In 1919, he brought hybrid bulbs home with him to the southern coast of Oregon and gave them to family and friends to plant.
Today, ten growers, most located along the California-Oregon border, in an area known as the “Easter Lily Capital of the World,” produce 95 percent of all bulbs grown commercially in the world. They produced almost 11.5 million bulbs last year for commercial greenhouses in the U.S. and Canada. Easter lilies are the fourth largest crop in wholesale value in the U.S. potted plant market despite a sales window of only two weeks. The Easter lily is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The cultivar “Nellie White” is the most popular form of Easter lily in the U.S. To prolong the life of an Easter lily’s blossoms, remove the yellow anthers (pollen-bearing pods) found in the center of each flower. |
April 18, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: Bermuda lily, Brooklyn, Easter Lily, Easter Lily Capital of the World, facts about Easter lilies, Hans Von Rittern, LILIES OF THE FIELD, Louis Houghton, Manhattan, nature, Nellie White, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, RYUKYU Japan | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: FROSTED BLOOMS
April 17, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: April snowfall, changeable weather, Farmer's Almanac, flowers covered with snow, frozen pansies, Hans Von Rittern, late spring snowfall, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, white pansies covered in snow | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS – This is Oscar my ‘pet’ squirrel who comes by every morning to have his breakfast served by me. Every morning he has 2 unsalted peanuts and 1 pecan waiting for him on my third floor windowsill, but nothing gets him going more than a good old fashioned piece of stale toast! (But no coffee, it’ gets him too wired.)
April 16, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: city squirrel, Hans Von Rittern, New York City, New York photo, Oscar the Squirrel, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Squirrel eating breakfast, squirrel eating toast, squirrel on fire escape, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: TAX DAY ! Even drunks file their taxes . . .
April 15, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: dollar sign and trash bags, drunk guy filing taxes, filing taxes, Hans Von Rittern, IRS, New York City, New York photo, Occupy Wall Street dollar sign poster, Photo of the day, photography, post office, Queens, Sunnyside, Sunnyside post office, TAX DAY, Waiting in line at the post office | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: NEW YORK FK’N CITY
April 14, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: couple looking at t-shirts, fashion, Hans Von Rittern, I love New York, I Love New York logo, Little Italy, Little Italy street vendor, Manhattan, New York Fucking City, New York photo, obscene t-shirts, Photo of the day, photography, souvenir t-shirts, t-shirt vendor | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: BIBLE SEMINAR
April 13, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: bible seminars, Bryant Park, Hans Von Rittern, man sleeping in park, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, New york Public Library, Photo of the day, photography, springtime in New York City | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: GASPING FOR ART
April 12, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "Gasping for Art", 'Metropolis', 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, art destroyed 5 Pointz, black white painting, Carlo "See TF" Game, Fritz Lang, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Marie Cecile Flageul, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, See TF, street art museum, world war imagery | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: “COME TO THE JEFFREY LEDER GALLERY MY FRIEND!”
The paintings are beautiful…even the photographs are beautiful (and selling) !
My dear friends Tom Orzo, Mindy Cassle-Rosato, of course Mom, Deborah Blau and Frederica Meister all came for the grand opening party of the 5 Pointz “Whitewash” exhibit that I am a part of! Why don’t you join the ranks of graffiti lovers, street art lovers, preservationists and the passionate and check out my 16 photos along with the fantastic works of artists Auks, Cortes, Jerms, Just One, Meres, Orestes, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad, Hunt Rodriguez proving art is forever! A mourning and celebration of the destruction of the world’s most spectacular street art museum. $20 catalog available for sale in the gift shop.
Fremde, etranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, spray paint!
April 11, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, architecture, arts, Auks, Cortes, Deborah Blau, entertainment, Frederica Meister, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Hunt Rodriguez, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Just One, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres, Mindy Cassle-Rosato, Mindy Csssle, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Ray Rosato, See TF, SHIRO, Tom Orzo, Topaz, Ursula Von Rittern, whitewash of 5 Pointz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: THE CAVEMAN’S PREGNANCY COMPANION
What’s a clueless caveman about to become DAD to do? After all, it’s tough carrying a child for nine months—for him as well as for her. He’s just not sure how to behave. But help is on hand, in the form of a reassuring (and hysterically funny) course for the totally perplexed. Along with a large dose of humor, it provides the father-to-be with all the know-how he needs to become a well-prepared, well-heeled partner who’s really ready to stand upright and embrace his new responsibilities…rather than cowering from them. Every cave-student will find out how to support his mate through this emotional time, cope with his own feelings, deal with baby-related projects, and perform admirably during labor and delivery. So whether it’s catering to his exhausted companion’s needs by preparing a nutritional and tasty meal or engaging in a snuggle session when she craves a little cuddling, with the help of this book a guy will become the proud Cro-Magnon caregiver he longs to be!” Book written by David Port and John Ralston.
April 10, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 7 train, A three-trimester evolutionary crash course to guide the prehistoric papa-to-be through the prenatal, David Port and John Ralston, fist time dad coping, funny read home on subway, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, man reading pregnamcy book on subway, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, pre-parental wilderness., Queens, subway, Sunnyside, The Caveman's Preganacy Companion | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE, FAMED ROSELAND CLOSES WITH LADY GAGA AS FINAL ACT
Roseland started on 51st Street as a 1919 dance hall for ‘refined dancing’, slowly that evolved to ‘dance hostesses’ who offered dances for 11¢ a dance (think film “Sweet Charity”). From white ‘refined’ music it evolved into a swinging big band and jazz club featuring the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie with his “Roseland Suffle”, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra to Madonna, Beoncé and Donna Summer and all the other major music acts of our time. The original club closed and reopened in 1956 one block over on 52nd Street in a former ice rink. Slow dancing turned into disco nights and rock concerts. Infamous underground parties (Black Party), fan shows, conventions, new and old music groups appeared here or made their reappearance here, for example disco diva Grace Jones in 1978 broke through a brick wall on her motorcycle and then did her act surrounded by tigers. She made her grande reappearance in 2012 and hadn’t changed a bit (see my old post).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland_Ballroom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland_(film)
April 8, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 10 cents a dance, Bloomberg corrupt, buying a council member, Chick Webb, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald, Colony Records, corrupt city politics, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, Councilman Jimmy Van Brammer, Count Basie, Count Basie with his "Roseland Suffle", dance hall, dance hall hostesses, disco dance nights at Roseland, Donna Summer, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Grace Jones, greedy politicians, Hans Von Rittern, Jimmy Van Brammer, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga closes Roseland, Lady Gaga final show review, Lenox Lounge Harlem, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, politicians can be bought, Queens, rezonning laws in New York, rock concerts Roseland, Roseland, Roseland 1977 film, Roseland Ballroom, Roseland Ballroom closing, Roseland torn down, South Street Seaport, Times Square, zoning variances in New York | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: YOU CAN’T WHITEWASH US! “WHITEWASH” EXHIBIT HUGE SUCCESS!
April 6, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, celebrities, Cortes, Councilwoman Christine Quinn, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Hunt Rodriguez, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Just One, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Topaz, Whitewash grand opening, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photos of the day! 5 POINTZ “WHITEWASH” GRAND OPENING TONIGHT! Come meet Hans 6-9pm
Leder Gallery: 2135 45th Road, on the street of the Court Street #7 and G subway station.
April 5, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, art event, arts, Auks, Cortes, entertainment, gentrification in Long Island City, graffiti, Grand opening of Whitewash exhibit, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Leder Gallery, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, photos, Poem, politics, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photos of the day: ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHITEWASH
Photos of the weekend: WHITEWASH – Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 2137 45th Road a few steps away from the #7 train Court Street Station, April 5, 6-9pm. All my friends are invited to celebrate! http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/5-pointz-is-backon-gallery-walls-at-least?fb_action_ids=4088797314782&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.Uz620EaI39U.like&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 — at Jeffrey Leder Gallery.
April 4, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, a fractured 'twas the night before Christmas', arts, David Wolkoff, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Sunnyside Gardens | Leave a comment
Phot of the day: TWO DAYS TILL “WHITEWASH” April 5, 6-9pm !
Jeffrey Leder Gallery: 2137 45th Road, 2 blocks from 5 Pointz and PSI MOMA.
Long Island City, New York 11101
Gallery 212-924-8944
April 3, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz celebration, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz wake, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, Cortes, Gold Coast Arts Center, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, mourning 5 Pointz, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Queensboro Plaza, See TF, SHIRO, street art, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment