Soho, NYC. undated. Photo by Paul Goldfinger . NYC Street Series. Blogfinger.net
THE MELLOWS “My Darling.”
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Soho street corner harmonies…
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Soho street corner harmonies, The Mellows on September 28, 2024| 2 Comments »
Village fountain at twilight
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 September 26, 2024| 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.
Bud Light on 7th Avenue
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged 7th Avenue couple at night, The Paris Sisters on September 16, 2024| 1 Comment »
7th Avenue, NYC. By Paul Goldfinger © NYC Street Series. Reposted from BF 2014.
THE PARIS SISTERS:
Satin Doll on Fifth Avenue…
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged MUSIC: Duke Ellington, Satin Doll on Blogfnge on September 14, 2024|
Fifth Avenue. By Paul Goldfinger. NYC Street Series. Click once to enlarge and see this satin doll smile.
ANITA O’DAY: “Satin Doll” Music by Edward (“Duke”) Kennedy Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
“Cigarette holder which wigs me over his shoulder, he digs me
Out cattin’ that satin doll
Baby, shall we go out steppin’, careful, amigo, you’re flippin’
Speaks Latin, that satin doll”
A Couple: Poetry by Charles Pierre
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Charles Pierre poetry on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photography: New York City Street Series, Photos: New York City street series, Poems by Charles Pierre, tagged Charles Pierre poem on Blogfinger on August 11, 2024|
Upper East Side, New York City. August. 2014. Photo by Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge
A Couple
By Charles Pierre
That man and woman walking side by side
almost glide together through the evening,
parting the oncoming crowd with a singleness
of rhythm that erases the differences in height
and stride. Palm to palm, with fingers entwined
and arms swinging between them, they keep
their shoulders straight and eyes fixed forward,
talking without turning aside, letting the words
swirl around them in a cloak of conversation.
His left to her right, they reflect one another,
both wanting an equal partner but remaining
self-possessed, the emptiness of darkest space
less a threat than if each were facing it alone,
though their need for connection goes mostly
unconfessed: a solitary pair accustomed
to the same pace, limbs moving in unison
through the rush of wind leading night’s advance.
Frank Vignola plays Gershwin. “Our Love is Here to Stay.”
Chinese Market in Flushing, Queens.
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Chinatown--Flushing-- Queens on July 8, 2024|
“I want that one…” By Paul Goldfinger. Flushing, Queens Chinatown. October 2012. Click for full view.© Click back arrow to return.
Text and all photos by Paul Goldfinger, egg roll editor @Blogfinger. David Fox mentioned Flushing for Asian food, so here is our post about a visit there:
Flushing is an area in the borough of Queens. It was founded in the 17th century by the Dutch. In the 20th century, until 1970, the population was mostly Italian and Greek. Now it is home to a huge Asian community including one of the largest Chinese districts outside of Asia. Also there are many Koreans as well as South Asians such as Indians and Sikhs.
The Chinese food markets are huge and fun to walk through with all the unusual choices—especially produce and seafood. Much of the fish are alive in big tanks. It is the ultimate in fresh fish, just behind actually catching it yourself. I heard that Japanese tuna fishermen like to slice a hunk of sushi right on deck after catching a big one.
So we went to Flushing with some Chinese friends who led us around like two tourists in Shanghai. It was great fun. I noticed that most of the people were in a hurry. They seemed to be focused, not looking around much or stopping to chat. What does that mean? Who knows?
I didn’t even know what to order in a restaurant. Our friends took care of choosing the dim sum. Everything tasted wonderful except one item that was fried omentum.
SOUNDTRACK: This song is from Flower Drum Song, original London cast album. It’s about Chinatown, only this one is on the left coast. “Dong dong, you’re in Hong Kong:”
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- Gang of three: Jake, Viv and Eileen (she’s on the right, trying to fit in).
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- “I want that one…” By Paul Goldfinger. Flushing, Queens Chinatown. October 2012. Click left for full view. Copywrite 2012
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- The freshest fish in the store
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- Light show
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- Prawns still wiggling
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- Dim Sum restaurant. Biggest chandelier ever.
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- Buy Chinese underwear and shoes here.
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- Downtown Flushing
The very thought of you..
Posted in Blogfinger Music Department, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Girls in their summer clothes, Photography in America, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Nat King Cole on Blogfinger on June 26, 2024|
Central Park. August, 2014. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to enlarge.
NAT KING COLE (requested by Kevin Chambers) The song is by Ray Noble from 1941, and there was a movie of the same name that featured this song. Re-posted—A girl in her summer clothes.
Central Park after the Blizzard of 1969…
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Central Park on Blogfinger, MUSIC. Erroll Garner on May 28, 2024|
Central Park. Taken on the roof of Mt. Sinai Hospital, 5th Avenue. Paul Goldfinger, MD photo. © Silver gelatin darkroom print. Click to enlarge.
ERROLL GARNER “Penthouse Serenade” from Woody Allen’s movie Mighty Aphrodite. Sending this out to Stephen Winters, MD, a true blue Mt. Sinai alumnus.
Nocturnal bouquet.
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series on May 18, 2024|
Upper East Side. NYC Street Series. August evening, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger
BEBO VALDES and CHUCHO VALDES “Tres Palabras”
2013 at NYU: 80 degrees. Students flock to Washington Square Park.
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Summer in April---Greenwich Village on May 1, 2024|
Greenwich Village. April 9, 2013. New York Street Series. Photo by Paul Goldfinger. Click for full view. Reposted from BF in 2013. This image was used for the NYU freshman orientation booklet.
CAST OF ANYTHING GOES NYC
Distancing in crowded New York…
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series on April 21, 2024|
The City: Is it a warm welcoming place or is it cold and cruel?
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, Photos: New York City street series, tagged New York winter on April 18, 2024|
Central Park. Silver gelatin darkroom print by Paul Goldfinger ©.By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Winter can be lonely anywhere it’s cold. In the City the bleakness factor is diminished by the presence of so many people who can live or visit there and enjoy the warmth of it all, with simple pleasures like ducking into a corner coffee shop, wandering in a snow driven Central Park , going to Lincoln Center to see the Bolshoi, feeling the crunch of snow underfoot while coming and going from small shops on Madison Avenue, visiting Rockefeller Center at Christmas, or watching the snow fall on cedars in Washington Square Park.
There is an endless supply of delightful bistros and small ethnic restaurants that welcome you as you come in from the cold—often with a fire crackling nearby as they offer you an array of lasagna or steak frites or Thai noodles.
But, it can also be a solitary place—lonely and bone chilling. Maybe feeding the birds can help. Maybe you need to serve dinner in a shelter. The City wants everyone, even the homeless, to have a place to get warm, and they do a good job of retaining charity and humanity through winter in the City. The NYPD is on the front lines of providing compassion and warmth, making sure that the lonely get embraced by the greatest city in the world. We all want Spring and we all have dreams for tomorrow.
FRANK SINATRA
April Come She Will
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged April Come She Will on April 6, 2024|
West Village tulips. Spring. By Eileen Goldfinger.
KARRIN ALLYSON “April Come She Will.”