More Graffiti

This is in the East Village...Do not park your car here to take a picture of the graffiti. It will get broken into in 2 minutes flat. Bleah...

I have seen better graffiti. I like the shapes in the green word on the left. The shapes make me think of a dragon, or forest. I have no clue what the word says so functionally it stinks, but it looks cool. Now that I look at the picture, I wish I had gotten more of the word on the right. I like the shapes there too, with the ovals and teardrop shapes. I'll have to go back, but next time I'm taking the subway.

Mural or Graffiti?

I'm pretty sure it's a mural, but what is the difference? (One guess what Street this is on.)


Clinton Street in Manhattan just south of Houston.

Here is a former student's tag I just found at a train station. This definitely isn't a mural, but it definitely is graffiti. It's not art, but some of the other tag-work he has done is...it's sad when he just defaces surfaces with crap.


I'll take a cheesy mural any day.

Mmmmmm Signage!

My favorite fast food place!




I'm glad there are none of these in the east or I would weigh a lot more than I already do.

Manteca, CA

Topography Without Topography

I ♥ topographical maps, and this was right under my feet as I was walking down the street.



Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery in Manhattan.

Decorative Architectural Lace

I wouldn't call it beautiful, but it did catch my attention because it is unique.




This is on Bond Street in Manhattan between Lafayette and Bowery.

Elephant Bar Door Handles

Need I say more?



One doesn't often find architectural elements of note at chain restaurants (now that I said that I will,) but I thought these door handles were fun.

Elephant Bar
Modesto, CA

The Architecturally Rough Side of Harlem

Harlem has such beautiful and historically interesting architecture...and it also has boarded up buildings, and buildings that are falling down. The sign on the overhang caught my eye, but I must go back to take another picture because it did not show up very well in the picture. I Still think the picture is interesting, so I'm posting it.

I think I was on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. somewhere north of 135th and south of 144th

Beautiful Bronx

Just some snapshots from the car window of my commute. These pictures are interesting in their own way, but my goal is someday to walk around the Bronx to get some interesting architectural pics.

Wow Check Out This Office

Wow check out this office in Spain! (Posted on Arch Daily which has a lot of fun buildings/plans on it.)

Something draws me to this sign...I think because it hearkens back to days past, and it may be my whole thing with decay and imagining what things may have been like in their heyday.

Horse Heads in Harlem

These horse heads are on a parking garage...I just wonder if the building used to be used for something else.

Beautiful Borderland

There are so many gems in Harlem. This is probably a bit north of the Upper Harlem border, but I guess I'm not sure what this area is called. The borderland between "Old Sugar Hill" in Harlem and Washington Heights?



This is on 158th between Riverside and Broadway on the North side of the street.

Judson Memorial Church

The building overall looks very Italian in style (I did not take a picture of the whole thing however.) The details of the circles make the building interesting and unique up close and from a distance.







It's on the South side of Washington Square in Manhattan, which is where NYU's campus is.

Small Rectangles of Texture

From a distance this element looks like one on the Capitol building in D.C., but really this one is chunkier. The one in D.C. is more elegant. This is from downtown St. Louis.

Repetition in St. Louis

Repetition of flowers, leaves, wreaths, and shields in downtown St. Louis, MO.