Paul Stenquist wrote: >821 Sixth is near 28th street. A lot of music studios in that >neighborhood. Most of them doing commercial work. That would be just >south of the garment district. >Paul > Did you remember taht from when you lived ehre or did you do map quest as I did? :) :) ann
>Paul >On Sep 29, 2007, at 9:11 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > >>Well I used to work at 1180 Sixth Ave - which was between 46th and >>47th st - >>821 would be downtown from there a number of blocks and that is the >>west >>side... >>I'm just off 1st ave - the east side .... and farther "south" than he >>was.... >> >>If I'd read your post before I went to the little photo show I just >>got >>back from >>I would have strolled down to see what is there now... I was at 44th >>just west of 6th and 821 is at 28th st - >> >>I sent someone on a search for the line >> >>ann >> >> >>Bob W wrote: >> >> >> >>>>>He did a series called As From My Window I Sometimes Glance, in >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>which >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>he photographed scenes from his apartment in NYC. >>>>> >>>>>Some of them are here: >>>>>http://tinyurl.com/ypq8zj >>>>> >>>>>http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInse >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>rtion.Vie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD1974RW&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThum >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>b_VPage&C >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>T=Story&SP=Story >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>OMG - You know, I never saw these (well, at least that I >>>>recall) .... >>>>but there are many of the photos I took in the 70's and 80's from my >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>window that could have been taken in 1958 as well -- in fact, >>>>I lived a >>>>block away from where I live now >>>>in 1959 for a few months... on 6th street - well before I got into >>>>doing photography. And the Smith photos >>>>I know well are the coal miners, the kids in the woods, etc >>>>and um the >>>>old guy in the boat :) So mine are >>>>not by way of an homage. That second shot sure looks like my 'hood. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I'd love to know what corner that is. >>>> >>>>I have this vague recollection that someone I knew from the days >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>when >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>the Game Room was in the basement >>>>next to the Beacon theatre (it is now a bar/club of some >>>>sort) lived in >>>>Smith's building, which I thought was >>>>then , at least, on the upper west side. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>[...] >>> >>>The pictures were taken from 821 Sixth Avenue. I don't know if that's >>>near Sixth Street. Apparently the building was once a brothel, but >>>was >>>rented cheap by jazz musicians and other arty bohemian & Beat types. >>>Smith also did a series called The Loft From The Inside In, in which >>>he photographed the people who lived there and passed by. >>> >>>http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx? >>>VP=Mod_ViewBoxInsertion.Vie >>>wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD52NHB&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThumb_VPage&C >>>T >>>=Story&SP=Story >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Well - now the question is (and I googled first to no avail) >>>>where did >>>>that title come from? surely a line >>>>of verse... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I think Smith invented the title. His photography was great, but his >>>prose was leaden and portentous - which I think that title is. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The character of the east village is being rapidly destroyed >>>>by the NYU >>>>high rise dorms and luxury buildings >>>>It is beginning to get a little scary on a number of levels. >>>> >>>>You can tell I just got up -- I'm running off at the keyboard ! >>>> >>>>ann >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>It looks like a great area. It's a shame these places get ruined. I'm >>>living in an area which I love at the moment, but already it's >>>starting to be surrounded by more and more high rises. >>> >>>Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>and follow the directions. >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
