I was just cleaning up some image files in my laptop, and I came across this photo. I don’t remember exactly where or when I took it, but the “SMELL” graffiti art still makes me smile. This...
https://tinselcreation.com/2014/09/26/on-the-street-smell-graffiti/
I normally avoid the Rockefeller Center area as one might avoid a plague site or a minefield. However, once in a while I need to stop into Saks, and then I need to find a nearby subway station, s...
https://tinselcreation.com/2014/08/11/on-the-street-joseph-cornell-in-midtown/
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https://tinselcreation.com/2014/06/06/on-the-street-carpe-diem/
I took these two photographs during my commute one morning last week. I could easily take several similar photos during every morning and evening commute, as well as at my office, to make this ob...
https://tinselcreation.com/2014/04/22/on-the-street-doc-martens-redux/
I took this photo on Christmas Day, when Mr. TC and I were taking a quick tour of the store windows on Fifth Avenue. Bergdorf Goodman’s theme for the 2013 holiday season is “Holidays on Ice,�...
I may be reading too much into the holiday-season windows of this Vince boutique on Madison Avenue when I say that they immediately remind me of Minimalist artist Dan Flavin’s series Monument f...
https://tinselcreation.com/2013/12/03/on-the-street-vince-boutique-madison-avenue/
I don’t normally slow down when I pass the various bead and trimming stores in west Midtown, but this sign made me laugh. I can never resist a reference to New York City history. I’m sure the...
https://tinselcreation.com/2013/11/12/on-the-street-york-beads-and-manhattan-history/
I passed the Hermès flagship boutique on Madison Avenue one day last week and paused to take this photograph. I wasn’t impressed by the overall window display—I don’t really understand the...
https://tinselcreation.com/2013/10/16/on-the-street-hermes-on-madison-avenue/
A few days ago, I passed the Plaza Hotel on 5th Avenue. I did a double-take and then I took this picture. Look closely: on its front facade, the Plaza is wearing a cleverly fitted covering, desig...
https://tinselcreation.com/2013/08/15/on-the-street-the-plaza-hotel-in-self-camouflage/
I was on my way to dinner with friends in Midtown when I saw this sign posted in the doorway of an office building. I laughed as I took the picture. What on earth is a “Poets’ Security Force�...
https://tinselcreation.com/2013/07/10/on-the-street-midtown-west/