Early Sunday morning on Orchard Street. Lower East Side. New York City.
On cold city mornings, birds pepper the bone-white sky with movement.
And through the haze left over by clouds caught in the scuffle between autumn and winter, the wind rushes through the streets like the ghosts of yesterday’s thoughts.
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4 Park Avenue and the Empire State Building towering over birds in flight. Midtown, New York City.
There is a majestic quality that 4 Park Avenue possesses which draws me in every time I pass it in my travels. Built in 1913, the building used to be the home of the famous Vanderbilt Hotel and among its famous residents throughout the years was opera singer Enrico Caruso who lived in the building in the 1920s.
Commissioned by the great grandson of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, the hotel was erected in 1912 primarily for wealthy permanent residents looking to occupy space in a building with many amenities. It was designed by the co-designers of Grand Central Terminal, Warren & Whetmore. The Vanderbilts sold the building in 1925 and in 1967 the hotel was converted to apartments and offices.
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The Empire State Building rising above the birds. Midtown, New York City.
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The height of the buildings get lost sometimes in photos but the birds in this photo really help to illustrate the magnitude of the skyscrapers in this particular area of midtown near the Empire State Building.
The Empire State Building and the towers of 4 Park Avenue rising above birds in flight. Midtown, New York City.
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The Empire State Building and 4 Park Avenue. Midtown, Manhattan.
In keeping with the skyscraper theme today, here is a recent photo of the Empire State Building with 4 Park Avenue in the foreground. I love that the birds made it into this particular shot.
4 Park Avenue is one of my favorite New York City buildings. 4 Park Avenue was built in 1913 and used to be the famous Vanderbilt Hotel. I have a penchant for loving buildings with skyway bridges which are pedestrian bridges that connect towers or buildings to each other.
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Pier 17. South Street Seaport, Manhattan.
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New York City photography and writing by Vivienne Gucwa featuring the landscapes, architecture and neighborhoods of New York City. As a native New Yorker currently living on the Lower East Side, her photography and writing explore the ever changing urban landscapes of the five boroughs. In a city that changes and evolves at a fast pace, documenting these changes is a major focus of her work.
Her photography has been featured in a variety of publications online and in print, as well as TV: The Biography Channel, cover art for the book A Killer's Essence by Dave Zeltserman, cover art for the anthology It's Animal, but Merciful, cover art for the "Lucky Now" single by Ryan Adams, Cover of the inaugural issue of the Lo-Down Magazine, Gallery showing - Mars Bar Retrospective - at Plush NYC, ABC News Online, NBC News Online, The National Endowment for the Humanities Magazine, Io Donna - Corriere Della Sera, on a billboard screen in midtown Manhattan during the summer of 2012, NY Times - Local East Village, Digital Journal, Huffington Post, Travel and Leisure, BoingBoing, My Modern Met, Gothamist, Curbed, Eater, Time Out NY, Racked, Yahoo News, Manhattan User Guide, BlackBook Magazine, Kate Spade NY, Newsweek Online, Village Voice Online, Buzzfeed, NabeWise, Neighborhoodr, NearSay, The Lo-Down NY, Bowery Boogie, EV Grieve, The Frisky, and Schmap Guide Sixteenth Edition.Her photography can be found in a cohesive portfolio here: New York City photography by Vivienne Gucwa.
On FacebookIndex broken down by New York neighborhood, popular location and/or theme/method: Hurricane Sandy - New York City, New York City Skyline, New York - Black and White, New York - Mobile Photography, New York - Snow, New York - Night, Central Park, New York - Sunsets, New York - Autumn, New York - Winter, New York - Spring, New York - Summer, New York - Street Art, New York - Rain, New York - Cherry Blossoms, New York - Fairy Tale, Midtown, New York - Skyscrapers, Chinatown, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, 9-11 Memorial, Coney Island, Coney Island - Mermaid Parade, Brooklyn, Halloween Dog Parade, Brooklyn Bridge, East Village, Lower East Side, Manhattan Bridge, Manhattanhenge, Occupy Wall Street, Williamsburg Bridge.
Photography sightings:
In an interview on the photography blog: Mortal Muses
Featured in an article in Digital Journal
In a documentary called: Art:Seen - Vivienne Gucwa
On the cover of the anthology It's Animal, but Merciful
On YouTube relaying a message to everyone
On a billboard in midtown Manhattan during the summer of 2012
On Trey Ratcliff's Stuck in Customs Show talking about Street Photography
On the cover of a book called A Killer's Essence by David Zeltserman
On the cover of Ryan Adam's single Lucky Now
On the cover and in the inaugural issue of the Lo-Down Magazine
On a billboard in Times Square
In a gallery showing at Plush NYC for a Mars Bar Retrospective.
In the limited and standard print editions of the Plus One Collection book
In The National Endowment for the Humanities Magazine
In an interview with Thomas Hawk and Lotus Carroll for the Phototalk Plus Show
On Trey Ratcliff’s Variety Hour: Great Google + Photographer Discoveries
In a Biography Channel show called "Celebrity Close Calls"
On Boing Boing
In America's Best Dive Bars
This link has the answers to questions I get asked a lot like what kind of camera I use and the other places my writing and photography have been featured.
If you decide to re-post any of the photos you see here, please credit me as the source out of respect. Thanks.
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