Above Chinatown looking down East Broadway at the Chinatown skyline. New York City. I have been going through my photos as I add them to my new SmugMug store . It’s been quite a journey (and a huge task since I have hundreds, if not thousands of photos to add to it!) since I am trying to also add the prose and/or descriptive writing associated with each photo to the photos there. This is one of my favorite views of Chinatown! On the day I shot this, I noticed a girl perched on one of the roof tops (you can see her on the right side of the photo if you click to see a larger version) eating food enjoying the view of the bridge where I was standing. It was such a great New York City moment. I waved to her and she half-waved back! This particular spot is a Chinatown neighborhood known as ‘Two Bridges’. Two Bridges sits along the East River and has long been a dwelling spot for many different immigrant communities over the years. It sits alongside the infamous and historic Five Points area where Irish, Jewish and Italian gangs battled to the death in the mid-19th century. It is currently home to a large community of Chinese immigrants and many of the buildings are tenements dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Heart of it All - Above Chinatown - New York City” Posters and Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Above Chinatown looking down East Broadway at the Chinatown skyline. New York City.

I have been going through my photos as I add them to my new SmugMug store . It’s been quite a journey (and a huge task since I have hundreds, if not thousands of photos to add to it!) since I am trying to also add the prose and/or descriptive writing associated with each photo to the photos there.

This is one of my favorite views of Chinatown! On the day I shot this, I noticed a girl perched on one of the roof tops (you can see her on the right side of the photo if you click to see a larger version) eating food enjoying the view of the bridge where I was standing. It was such a great New York City moment. I waved to her and she half-waved back!

This particular spot is a Chinatown neighborhood known as ‘Two Bridges’. Two Bridges sits along the East River and has long been a dwelling spot for many different immigrant communities over the years. It sits alongside the infamous and historic Five Points area where Irish, Jewish and Italian gangs battled to the death in the mid-19th century. It is currently home to a large community of Chinese immigrants and many of the buildings are tenements dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page

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Buy “Heart of it All - Above Chinatown - New York City” Posters and Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

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