Random Photos

Following up on my post of 2018 photos from mid-June, here are few more recent photos from the last few months. Enjoy!

14th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

The view from New Directions's offices,
late spring, Manhattan

At the New Directions Book Expo
American annual party, Manhattan

At a neighborhood association meeting, to stop
a monstrosity from going up on our street

One of the endlessly rising towers,
downtown Jersey City

Waiting for a ride, Jersey City

Filming an ad, Jersey City

Outside Berl's Poetry Store, DUMBO, Brooklyn

Amid the prosperity, Jersey City

Empire State Building, Manhattan

Another closed store I used
to pop by, Manhattan

Praying, on busy 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Repairs, Exchange Place Station, Jersey City

Waiting for the 6, Upper East Side, Manhattan

Street poet, near Astor Place, West Village, Manhattan

Crossing 5th Avenue, West Village, Manhattan

Cyclists, 5th Avenue, West Village, Manhattan

A new high(er) end business,
8th Street (formerly "Shoe Row"),
West Village, Manhattan

8th Street, with empty storefronts, West Village

Another empty storefront, 8th Street, West Village

Bleecker & Christopher Sts., West Village

A can collector, in front of another empty
storefront, Christopher Street, West Village

Rows of empty storefronts, Christopher Street,
West Village

The beautiful letter press edition of my
poem "all music," by Daniela Del Mar
and letterpress-printed at her shop,
Letra Chueca Press in Portland,
as part of my visit to Reed College
and presentation to Samiya Bashir
and her students

Construction on what was formerly
NYU's Coles Athletic Center,
with the Silver Towers in the rear,
West Village, Manhattan

Mercer Street, with one of my favorite
used bookstores in Manhattan,
Mercer Street Books, which has managed
to hang on (please visit them if you're in town)