NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (ARCHITECTURE): GIMBEL’S BRIDGE

Gimbel’s Bridge
Manhattan, New York
A three-story copper skybridge
Built 1925
.
January 2021

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: AN ARCHITECT SOUL

𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔
𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀 𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟫𝟢𝟤
.
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓉
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽
𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 & 𝒯𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟪𝟩𝟢
.
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽

𝑀𝑒𝓉 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒞𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀 𝒯𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟫𝟢𝟫
.
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓉
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

The “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI” Building
featured on @ledzeppelin ‘s iconic album cover.
.
96 and 98 East 8th Street / St. Mark’s Place (Manhattan)
NYC 🗽
January 2021
*also the steps at this location were used for the Rolling Stones’ “Waiting On a Friend” video. Mick Jagger sitting right on them…

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: ANOTHER TIME , 𝓊𝓃’𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓉𝒶

𝓊𝓃’𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓉𝒶 𝒩𝒴𝒞 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣

Classic piece by Faile Art still up in Chelsea, Manhattan

ORLANDO, FLORIDA STREET ART: YOU MATTER

Pulse Tribute Mural by Andrew Spear

Koi by Ric One

𝒞𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝓀𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝟣𝟪, 𝟣𝟪𝟫𝟤

Tyler Durden by Danny Rock

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯. 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗛. 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘆𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯. (culturetrip)

EST. 1972

Dec2019. Orlando, FL

ORLANDO, FLORIDA: HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, & A PINK FLAMINGO 🦩

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1800𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥” 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘫𝘶? 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 “𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥” 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺. (orlandohauntedhouses.com) – . . . 𝘖𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰, 𝘍𝘓 5𝘥𝘦𝘤19

𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟱 . 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗖𝘂𝗯𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. (waymarking.com) . . . . 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼, 𝗙𝗟 𝟱𝗱𝗲𝗰𝟭𝟵

𝔢𝔰𝔱. 1974, 𝔖𝔱. 𝔊𝔢𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢 𝔒𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔡𝔬𝔵 ℭ𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔬 . . . . 𝔒𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔬, 𝔉𝔏 5𝔡𝔢𝔠19

5dec19. Orlando, FL 🍊

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STREET ART: BRIDGES

𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔒𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔇𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 31, 1909 . . . . . 𝔓𝔦𝔠 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔫 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔇𝔘𝔐𝔅𝔒, 𝔅𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔩𝔶𝔫 🇺🇸 27𝔫𝔬𝔳19

Nov2019. New York.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STREET ART: TRUTH & PASSION

Rise Above, Shepard Fairey

Brooklyn

𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 1930𝒔

ᴵ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢᵉᵉ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ⁿᵉᵒⁿ

ᴰʳⁱⁿᵏ ˡⁱᵐᵉ ᵍʳᵉᵉⁿ, ˢᵗᵃʸ ᵘᵖ ‘ᵗⁱˡ ᵈᵃʷⁿ

ᴹᵃʸᵇᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᴵ’ᵐ ˡⁱᵛⁱⁿᵍ ⁱˢ ᵏⁱˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵐᵉ

Nov19. NYC

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: PURPLE CAT

IMG_3211IMG_3026IMG_3035IMG_3031IMG_3033IMG_3037IMG_3021IMG_3018IMG_3020IMG_3024IMG_3009IMG_3028IMG_3025IMG_3047IMG_3013IMG_3014IMG_3043IMG_3044IMG_3011IMG_3008IMG_3041IMG_3007IMG_3040IMG_3039

october 2019. San Diego, CA.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: HÖPE

IMG_1850
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

IMG_1869
Hang in there, the train’s comin’

IMG_2205

IMG_2187
Christo Rey. Est. 1938

IMG_2226

IMG_2225
On Children
by Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet 
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

IMG_2223
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” Frank Lloyd Wright

IMG_2356
Old Fire Station 6. Est. 1915. Now the Firehouse Museum. Located in Little Italy.

IMG_2188IMG_1849IMG_1858

IMG_2397
Tin Roof Bar housed in the historic Carriage Works building, est. 1890.

IMG_2398

IMG_2421
Scripps Building, est. 1907.

IMG_2422IMG_2399

IMG_2429
Built in 1914, a designated historic site. Now houses 72 homeless veterans, at-risk youth, and ex-cons. 

IMG_2363
Built in 1913 and houses the Gaslamp Plaza Suites.

IMG_2364IMG_2366

IMG_2360
Old Snyder Building, est. 1923.

IMG_2365

29sep19. San Diego, CA