Parade in Greenwich Village. c. 1999. By Paul Goldfinger from our NYC Street Series. © Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
ANN DEE from Thoroughly Modern Milly. “Rose From Washington Square“
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Halloween in Greenwich Village, NYC
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Flatiron…
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Flatiron Building in New York on February 3, 2026| 2 Comments »
Paul Goldfinger photograph. . Flatiron Building. NYC. Tri-X collection. c.1990.
By Paul Goldfinger, Photography editor @Blogfinger. Posted on Blogfinger 2022.
Like Ocean Grove, the Flatiron Building is on the US National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1902 and has a steel triangular frame which sits at 5th Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd St. That part of NYC is called the “Flatiron District.”
This building has been a favorite subject of photographers. The name “Flatiron” refers to the shape of an antique metal clothes iron.
From a photographic point of view of buildings, sometimes you get strange angles, as there is with my photo above which gives the illusion of Flatiron tilting.
Professional architecture photographers use large format cameras with special equipment to get the correct perspective.
But many early photos of the Flatiron show the same off-perspective, but those photographers just accept the result and don’t comment about it.
Below is Edward Steichen’s famous 1904 night photograph of the Flatiron. He got the angles just right; probably with a large format camera where you stick your head under a black cloth.
Edward Steichen 1904
From Uptown Lowdown, a Jazz Salute to the Big Apple (live) with Warren Vaché (trumpet), Ken Peplowski (clarinet) and other famous players we have “Rose of Washington Square” and “Broadway Rose” : Warren is from New Jersey and he has played in the Great Auditorium at a rare performance where jazz was featured.
Thank you to Grover Frank S for his very special comment below.
December, 1963. Oh what a night! And what a parking solution!
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photography: New York City Street Series, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Jersey Boys on Blogfinger on July 10, 2025| 1 Comment »
Mid-town. Theater District. Paul Goldfinger photo. c. 2013. Blogfinger.net. NYC Street Series. Click to enlarge. ©
DANIEL REICHARD AND CAST OF JERSEY BOYS.
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.”
The city knows all.
Posted in Photography by Stephen R. Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged The city by night on February 5, 2024|
New York City. March 1, 2015. By Stephen Goldfinger, Blogfinger staff. ©
PEPE AGUILAR “Que Sepan Todos” (They know all)
At the Met…
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photos: New York City street series, tagged NYC Street Series at Blogfinger on January 14, 2024| 2 Comments »
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifth Avenue. NYC. By Paul Goldfinger. NYC Street Series. © Undated.
MAROON 5 “I Shall Be Released.” Written by Bob Dylan.
A city like no other… The music is “A Countess from Hong Kong.”
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the movies, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged NYC Street Series at Blogfinger on September 19, 2023|
Times Square. August 2014. NYC Street Series. By Paul Goldfinger Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge.
We had a Blogfinger visitor yesterday from Hong Kong; no small city either.
This music is called “A Countess from Hong Kong” and is a soundtrack selection from the movie Charlie Chaplin.
The performance is by Carl Davis conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
Blond girl
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Paul Goldfinger ©. New York City, Greenwich Village. TriX collection. Undated
BOB DYLAN From his recent album Triplicate (2017). The song is from the 1930’s when Frank Sinatra recorded it with the Harry James Orchestra.
Now this lovely song is rescued from the dustbins of musical history by Bob Dylan.
It’s been a long, long time….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photography: Black and White gallery on January 1, 2023|
Dancing in the dark. Where? When?
Posted in Photography nocturnal NYC, tagged Tierney Sutton on Blogfinger on April 19, 2022|
Dancing to the music of the Nighthawks at Sofia’s in NYC. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
TIERNEY SUTTON from her album Dancing in the Dark.
Life Upon the Wicked Stage
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography nocturnal NYC, tagged Times Square NYC 2014 on January 29, 2021| 1 Comment »
Times Square. NYC. August 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge
Cast of Showboat: “Life Upon the Wicked Stage”
At Sofia’s (Downstairs) on Restaurant Row, East 46th Street
Posted in Blogfinger Jazz Corner, Blogfinger News, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography nocturnal NYC, tagged I've got the world on a string, Photos from Sophia's in New York City on November 25, 2020|
The Nighthawks. Vince Giordano is playing tuba and singing (but not simultaneously). Upper right corner. All photos by Paul Goldfinger. © April, 2013. Click left for full view
VINCE GIORDANO AND THE GRAMMY WINNING NIGHTHAWKS from their album “The Cotton Club Revisited.” Vince does the vocal. Harold Arlen wrote this song for the 1932 Cotton Club Parade.
Lillie’s school
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography nocturnal NYC, Photos: New York City street series on September 14, 2020|
Lillie Devereaux Blake Elementary School, founded 1894. It is a public school on the Upper East Side—one of the best elementary schools in NYC. Lillie was a suffragist and supporter of public education. Photo by Paul Goldfinger, BLOGFINGER.net
MARLO THOMAS AND HARRY BELAFONTE From Free to be You and Me