Paul Goldfinger photograph . Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Undated. Click once to enlarge. Silver gelatin darkroom print by PG.
ENNIO MORRICONE (Solisti e Orchestra del Cinema Italiano) from the film “Once Upon a Time in America”
Archive for the ‘Photos: New York City street series’ Category
Village people…
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East Village, New York City
Posted in Music from the movies, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Music from the Deer Hunter, NYC, Photo: East Village on September 30, 2026| 1 Comment »
In front of St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery on East 10th Street. NYC Street Series. 2014. By Paul Goldfinger. Silver gelatin print. Click image once for larger view.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor, Blogfinger.net
A quiet Sunday morning in the East Village. In front of a church, it seems odd to see a lion. The lion looks towards the church and is contemplative. He carries a shield befitting his role as king of the beasts.
But in contrast to that, he stands quietly mute, as if on guard against any evil that might appear in his small peaceful territory with his subjects, the pigeons, at his feet.
He wants to be the protector of anyone who might feel lonely and who would sit on those benches. You get the feeling that he would roar if it became necessary.
Denise Van Outen : “Tell Me on a Sunday” It’s a sad New York story.
Central Park. NYC blizzard. 1969.
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photos: New York City street series, tagged NYC blizzard on May 25, 2026|
Central Park from 5th Avenue rooftop, Mt. Sinai Hospital roof. East 100th Street. By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Silver gelatin darkroom print. by photographer. 1969 blizzard. Click once on image to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ. USA.
My photo (above) looking down on a 1969 NewYork blizzard reminds me of the work of famous American photographer Andre´ Kertesz. (1894-1995) who lived on the 12th floor of a Greenwich Village apartment, and it was from his window that many of his most famous images originated. He worked in black and white and he was photographing during the years when I lived in New York.
Of course I was aware of Kertesz’ work, but I wasn’t thinking of him when I took the image above. I would say that coincidence was at play, but I could not deny some subconscious influence.
Here is one of his snow scenes taken from his room 12 stories up from Washington Square Park:
Andre Kertesz looking down onto Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. I made no adjustments to this print. 1950’s .
But many photographers have been inspired by images obtained from above. Today I saw a photo posted by Leica Fotographie International . They did not provide the artist’s name or story, but it is of the same school of photos from heights, and it does remind me of Kertescz.
MOSTAR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. “Salut d’amour” Op 12. Edward Elgar, composer (1888).
Only Sixteen? Ask Dr. Hook.
Posted in Photos: New York City street series, tagged Dr. Hook doesn't know on May 9, 2026|
Washington Square Park, April 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo © NYC Street Series
DR. HOOK
Brooklyn, New York: Daddy’s Little Girls
Posted in Photos: New York City street series, tagged Brooklyn memory, Daddy's little girls on April 4, 2026| 2 Comments »
You saw some of Helen Levitt’s street scenes, but here is a shot from Eileen’s family album–Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.
c. 1950’s. Photographer is Dad—Bernard Harkavy. Eileen is big sister. Hope is little sister. There is some drama going on, but what is it? Re-post from Blogfinger 2013.
THE MILLS BROTHERS:
True love ways
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Paul Goldfinger. Central Park. 2014.
BUDDY HOLLY with one of the sweetest songs to come out of the 1950’s. He wrote this for his wife, 4 months before he died in a plane crash.
St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Little Italy, NYC
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Mulberry Street, near Chinatown. By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Blogfinger.net. Sept 2013. Click once to enlarge. ©
Little Italy has been fading away for years. Yet you can still take a food tour there and visit family businesses that exist after more than one hundred years.
On Columbus Day, the Italian-American community is celebrated —-Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL BOYS AND GIRLS CHOIR “The Lord is my Shepherd”
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.
Who knows where the time goes?
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Judy Collins on Blogfinger on January 6, 2026| 1 Comment »
Central Park at 5th Avenue and East 85th Street. Paul Goldfinger photo. Silver gelatin darkroom print. © Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge
JUDY COLLINS: “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” From the album Christmas in New York
“Across the morning sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it’s time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?”
Like a melody? We’re referring to a pretty girl.
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Len Cariou on December 29, 2025|
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)
Remembering John Lennon…
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photos: New York City street series, tagged Central Park photograph, Remember John Lennon on Blogfinger on August 23, 2025|
Taken next to Central Park, a place Lennon loved. August, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click once to enlarge.
BILL FRISELL; “Imagine” by John Lennon
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.
Central Park near the Met
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: girls in summer clothes, Photos: New York City street series on March 12, 2025|
Near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Silver gelatin darkroom print by Paul Goldfinger © Undated. Click to enlarge.
BRITTANY PORTMAN from Annie (on Broadway):)