Riverside Drive, July 2006

A summery planting at the entrance to the Peter Stuyvesant apartment building, at 98th Street and Riverside.

Meatpacking District, June 2006

Another artwork by Elbow-Toe, on Gansevoort Street near the West Side Highway. (For more about the street artist Elbow-Toe, click here.)

Greenwich Village, June 2006

A slightly scary montage of '60s singers on W. 3rd Street, with the Beatles front and center. Looks like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison are all there - and who are those guys on the bottom? The Stones?

East Village, June 2006

These doors, on either side of a pub on Avenue B near Houston Street, appear to be the work of Chico.


The Empire State Building seems a bit squat, but the jaunty angle is nice. I like the Brooklyn Bridge, above, and the stars add a nice touch.

TriBeCa, June 2006

The tile-and-terrazzo entrance to the State Insurance Fund building meets the sidewalk, on Church Street.

Eighth Avenue, June 2006

Without question the best new large building in New York in recent years, the Hearst Tower by Norman Foster cuts a jagged figure in the sky. (In London, Foster is responsible for the amazing Swiss Re building, also known as "the gherkin," and many others.)

Yorkville, June 2006

Sometimes advertisements and architecture come together in unusual ways. Here on E. 93rd Street, I liked the contrast between the very modern ad, for the movie "A Scanner Darkly," and the old cast-iron ornamentation on the left.