Well I used to work at 1180 Sixth Ave - which was between 46th and 47th st - 821 would be downtown from there a number of blocks and that is the west side... I'm just off 1st ave - the east side .... and farther "south" than he was....
If I'd read your post before I went to the little photo show I just got back from I would have strolled down to see what is there now... I was at 44th just west of 6th and 821 is at 28th st - I sent someone on a search for the line ann Bob W wrote: >>>He did a series called As From My Window I Sometimes Glance, in >>> >>> >which > > >>>he photographed scenes from his apartment in NYC. >>> >>>Some of them are here: >>>http://tinyurl.com/ypq8zj >>> >>>http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInse >>> >>> >>rtion.Vie >> >> >>>wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD1974RW&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThum >>> >>> >>b_VPage&C >> >> >>>T=Story&SP=Story >>> >>> >>> >>> >>OMG - You know, I never saw these (well, at least that I >>recall) .... >>but there are many of the photos I took in the 70's and 80's from my >> >> > > > >>window that could have been taken in 1958 as well -- in fact, >>I lived a >>block away from where I live now >>in 1959 for a few months... on 6th street - well before I got into >>doing photography. And the Smith photos >>I know well are the coal miners, the kids in the woods, etc >>and um the >>old guy in the boat :) So mine are >>not by way of an homage. That second shot sure looks like my 'hood. >> >> > > > >> I'd love to know what corner that is. >> >>I have this vague recollection that someone I knew from the days >> >> >when > > >>the Game Room was in the basement >>next to the Beacon theatre (it is now a bar/club of some >>sort) lived in >>Smith's building, which I thought was >>then , at least, on the upper west side. >> >> >> >[...] > >The pictures were taken from 821 Sixth Avenue. I don't know if that's >near Sixth Street. Apparently the building was once a brothel, but was >rented cheap by jazz musicians and other arty bohemian & Beat types. >Smith also did a series called The Loft From The Inside In, in which >he photographed the people who lived there and passed by. > >http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInsertion.Vie >wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD52NHB&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThumb_VPage&CT >=Story&SP=Story > > > >>Well - now the question is (and I googled first to no avail) >>where did >>that title come from? surely a line >>of verse... >> >> > >I think Smith invented the title. His photography was great, but his >prose was leaden and portentous - which I think that title is. > > > >>The character of the east village is being rapidly destroyed >>by the NYU >>high rise dorms and luxury buildings >>It is beginning to get a little scary on a number of levels. >> >>You can tell I just got up -- I'm running off at the keyboard ! >> >>ann >> >> > >It looks like a great area. It's a shame these places get ruined. I'm >living in an area which I love at the moment, but already it's >starting to be surrounded by more and more high rises. > >Bob > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
