Some brick building do not look very old, some - do.. To me, - even in reality, Carl Fischer looks like it may have been built anywhere between 30s and 50s.
The new glass building was built after I left NY, so 4-5 years is about right. I just found that Astor Wines has moved to a new place, a few blocks south: 399 Lafayette (at East 4th St.) New York, NY 10003 We used to live on Washinton Pl., just a block away from Washington Sq. (I used to say that my address was NY, NY, NY) Too bad I didn't know you then - as I may have seen you on the street. We liked a small neighborhood-type sushi restaurant right where you live: Ginger on 1st ave, - just south of 7th street. We haven't been there since 2003, but I just read on Yelp that it still exists and seems to be doing well. The owner is very nice and friendly. We were among his first clients and he might still remember us. It reminds me that we haven't been to NYC for long time. Cheers, Igor Sun Sep 6 13:50:04 CDT 2009 ann sanfedele wrote: > Igor Roshchin wrote: > > >I like the composition, including the tree branches. > >However, I am not seeing that much of the old-new contrast in it. > >The brick building does not look that old in this photo. > > > > It may not look that old in the photo, but trust me, it is. but then > "old" is a relative term. > The Carl Fischer building was built in 1926. The glass one was finished > about um 4 or 5 years ago. > > >Manhattan has a few places where this contrast is more striking. > >It's even stronger in Boston, near Newbury Street, Boston Commons, > >Public Garden, Copley Place and around. > > > Indeed it does. > > >So, as far as I can tell the photo was taken from that small area > >just south of Copper Union - between 7th St and Copper Square, > >just East of the side of the 4th Ave. > >Right? > > > right - I was standing in that little triangle below the south entrance > to Cooper Union... > Waiting for the 3rd ave bus to come along, actually. > > >It's an interesting area with a mixture of different buildings and > >stores. There is(?) (was) an interesting Tibetan Restaurant on St Marks > >Pl, > >or E. 9th. There is also a nice wine store across the > >street from this new building that you photographed - "Astor Wines" > >with a very interesting selection of wines from around the world and > >very reasonable prices. > >Igor > > > I think the Tibetan restaurant is still there - its 9th street... but > you blink now a days and another old something is gone. > Astor Wines , alas, has been replaced by a Walgreens drug store. > > I live near 7th street and 1st ave, Igor - and have for the last 41 > years. > > ann > -- 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.
