Posted in Music from the movies, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Greenwich Village, MUSIC--"An Affair to Remember", Warren Vache on trumpet on December 27, 2018| 1 Comment »
Washington Square Park. New York City street series. 2012. By Paul Goldfinger ©
WARREN VACHÉ (trumpet) AND BRIAN LEMON (piano) play the music of Harry Warren.
This song is from the 1957 movie of the same name “An Affair to Remember.” It starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. The music is sophisticated and erotic. It feels like Washington Square Park at twilight.
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Greenwich Village Christmas on December 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Christmas in New York City. Washington Square Park. From the NYC Street Series. By Paul Goldfinger ©
ELVIS PRESLEY AND ANN MURRAY
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Little park in Little Italy, Lt. Joseph Petrosino on December 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Petrosino Square. By Paul Goldfinger © Click on the image to appreciate the flavor of this location southeast of Greenwich Village. Re-posted from 2013 on Blogfinger.
Internet photo
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
Lt. Joseph Petrosino was born in Italy in 1860. He later came to the US and became a NYC police officer who specialized in Mafia style gangs in lower Manhattan. He became famous fighting the infamous “Black Hand.” Petrosino died at age 49, in 1909, while on an undercover mission in Sicily. He is the only NYC officer who was killed in the line of duty outside the country. Mayor Koch renamed this little park for him in 1987. It is located at the crossroads of Little Italy, Chinatown, the Bowery and Soho.
Of course that neighborhood had all sorts of immigrant ethnic groups, and they learned to “adjust” to each other. They could not avoid finding out about each others’ politics, foods, customs and values. One group that was in large supply was the Irish. Here is a song that comes out of that era:
ANN DEE: From Thoroughly Modern Millie
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography in America, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Bette Midler on Blogfinger on November 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Upper East Side. August, 2014. NYC Street Series by Paul Goldfinger ©
BETTE MIDLER from her album The Girls
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Moe Demby, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Chelsea Market in NYC, You can call me Al by Paul Simon on November 4, 2018| 4 Comments »
By Moe Demby, Blogfinger staff. April 1, 2014. © Re-post from 2014. NYC.
The Chelsea Market, which is referred to as an urban food court, is located in Manhattan—- 75 9th Avenue. The market fills two city blocks, stretching from 9th Avenue to 11th Avenue. The Chelsea Market is much more then your average food court. Vendors here sell hand-crafted soups , breads, farm fresh vegetables , seafood , coffee, wine, and every type of meat cut you can imagine. Unique art work adorns the walls of this underground market, and city dwellers punch away on their iPads while munching on a freshly made lobster roll and sampling a glass of Merlot.
Check it out, enjoy people watching, but bring your credit card because nothing is cheap in the Big Apple.
—Moe Demby.
PAUL SIMON from his album Graceland
“A man walks down the street
He says why am I soft in the middle now
Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo-opportunity
Na na na na .”
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged New York New York by Frank Sinatra on November 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
“No Turns.” By Paul Goldfinger © Mid-town Manhattan.
FRANK SINATRA recorded this song in 1979 for his Trilogy album. It first appeared in a Martin Scorsese film in 1977 called New York, New York and was written by Kander and Ebb (Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and first performed by Liza Minnelli in the film.
Robert de Niro rejected the first song written by Kander and Ebb for the movie, and our song below was the result of the re-do. It was first titled, “The Theme From New York, New York.”
I recall hearing this song performed in that film by Liza. It was a nightclub setting, with the spotlight on her. It struck me that it was an amazing song, and I remember wondering why I hadn’t heard it before. It’s the only thing from that movie that I recall, although that’s true of many of the movies I have seen.—Paul @Blogfinger.
“Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leaving today
“I want to be a part of it: New York, New York.”
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Len Cariou on September 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Fifth Avenue at Central Park. August, 2014. © Paul Goldfinger photo, NYC Street Series . Click to hear the melody better.
LEN CARIOU AND THE ZIEGFELD MALE CHORUS (with a wonderful staging of the Irving Berlin song) from the London production of Ziegfeld (about the Ziegfeld Follies—flapper era review.) Some of you may know Len Cariou from his role as the father in Blue Bloods (CBS)
Ziegfeld Folllies. Internet photo. Click to enlarge.
Ziegfeld girl. 1920’s. Internet photos (PG did not take this photo)
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Mad Men, MUSIC. Peggy Lee on August 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Lincoln Center. Undated. Silver gelatin print. By Paul Goldfinger ©
PEGGY LEE: This song was a hit in 1969 for Peggy Lee. It was featured on the first episode of the last season of Mad Men. Don Draper is haunted by the lyrics and the haunting melody.
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, Photography: portrait of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Upper East Side. NYC. Paul Goldfinger ©.
STAN GETZ (sax) and GARY BURTON (vibes) “Little Girl Blue” from the album Getz For Lovers.
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Guantanamera on April 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Guantanamera juices. By Paul Goldfinger. NYC Street Series. © 2014
Mariachi Real de San Diego “Guantanamera”
