Major Close-Ups

These are elements I had previously posted, but I GOT A NEW CAMERA! Here's to close-up elements.

Signs Signs Signs

I have stumbled on some fun signs in the last couple days. Now that I look at these pictures again there are more signs in them than I focused on when I was taking the pictures. So this blog has a signing bonus.
The first two are from Clarkson Street, and the last one is from Broome Street.

I love the scale of this and the fact that it's a brick wall "painted" on a brick wall. Plus Batman: The Dark Knight is the talk of the town right now.


I love objects as signs, so a coffee cup letting me know there is a Dunkin' Donuts there makes me happy.


This sign is clever. It's for an eyewear store. Plus look at the detailed roll as architectural element at the edge of the building. Very nice!

On Graffiti & Shoes

On my way home from the Brooklyn Brewery I noticed some fun urban elements in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. If you're going to do graffiti art at least make it good...



I'll find some good urban art to post here. This will just be my urban element warm-up.

This is on Wythe Street by 11th Street, which is around the corner from where the Brooklyn Brewery is located. I highly recommend checking out the former Matzo ball factory in a tour. Tours happen on the hour every Saturday and Sunday beginning at 1pm and ending at 4pm. For More information!

Architecture On Broome: Westside Edition

This is a continuation of the previous post...same street just a bit further West.



This definitely looks like WPA stuff to me, but I have no idea what the history of this building is. It just has a Social Realist look to it.

Can anyone tell what the first man is doing? It looks like he is planing something, but if he is he is cutting toward his hand and that's a definite no no. He also looks like he has the halo of a saint. The second man, it appears, is some sort of chemist.

Architecture On Broome: Eastside Edition

Two buildings with interesting elements from east to west on Broome Street in Manhattan.


Almost everything around this window had shape and detail to it. I wonder what inspired the plant motif...


These little gargoyle-looking creatures caught my attention right away. They look like they have chicken legs. I love them!






Look at the dragons! They have such elegant flow from head to tail. And the one on the right looks like it is eating its own tail.

I would have to say these are some of the most interesting elements I have noticed in Manhattan in a while.

More Miami

Architecture As Wave

These sections of buildings in Miami look like waves to me, so I thought I would post them together.

Miami Signs

I love typography and architecture, so here are two of my loves put together.

Art Deco In Miami

Pastels and Bright Colors

Market in Lima, Peru

Arequipa, Peru

Peru has quite a variety of architecture for a relatively small country. Part of that is the distinctly different climates in different areas of the country and part of it is the change over in governmental power structures over the centuries.

Cage as Firescape...Firescape as Cage

From a distance these just look like jail bars. That is not where I would like to be stuck during a fire. I love the repetition, and angles in the building, and variety of lines in the photos though.

53rd Street between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.
Manhattan

Grand Central Station

This really is a scary, strange-looking sculpture.

Modernist Skyscape

The square shapes and signs made me think of the title...enjoy.

Mini Architectural Elements

Have you ever realized how circuit boards from computers look like little cities and buildings? I didn't either until yesterday.

Baseball Withdrawal

Shea is not the most beautiful stadium, but the big chunky concrete walkways and steal i-beam supports have a repetitive appeal.