Manhattan

Puerto Rican Proud, and Secure

A car with a Puerto Rican flag draped over the hood, featuring red and white stripes and a blue triangle with a white star. — East 97th Street, New York

Handball courts down by the FDR Drive where my friends and I used to play until being crowded out by far superior players (challengers would play the winner of our matches until we were entirely displaced).

Empty Nester?

A sparrow perched on a chain-link fence with a blurred background featuring a building and an apartment advertisement sticker. — East 96th Street, New York

The School for Children Who Don’t Need it

A promotional banner for Gilded Lily Nursery School advertising enrollment, featuring an image of a mother and child interacting with educational blocks, with greenery and an American flag visible in the background. — East 96th Street, New York

To gild the lily:

To embellish or improve something unnecessarily.
To add superfluous attributes to something.
Make unnecessary additions to what is already complete.
Adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful).

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As American as…

Sign for 'School of Math' featuring an apple and the pi symbol. — West 79th Street, New York

Escherish

A black and white photo of a rooftop terrace featuring a wooden water tower, surrounded by greenery and a railing. The terrace's design includes a small structure with windows and a ladder visible. — W 58th Street, New York

Leaping Hare

Although I couldn’t find anything on this specific sculpture, it appears to be the work of British sculptor, Barry Flanagan, whose elephant used to adorn this space.

Tree and Wall

A barren tree with a single branch is positioned against a modern stone building. — West 52nd Street, New York

Tried to make this Rockefeller Center building the canvas for a tree portrait.

Architectural Layers

A view of a modern urban space featuring glass architecture, greenery, and a coffee shop sign labeled 'BLACK FOX COFFEE', with historic buildings in the background. — East 55-56th Street, New York

Opening the Honoring Eye

Yesterday at the Terrain Gallery in New York’s SoHo, The Honoring Eye exhibit opened. In case you missed it, the show will be running thought the first quarter of next year (2027) and here are a couple of snaps and a few seconds of video of the event that my daughter captured on her phone.