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New York City Streets

As fall approaches, and the leaves begin to hit the ground, I’m suddenly more aware of all the surfaces I walk upon on a day-to-day basis. In such a pedestrian friendly city like NYC, you can’t help but notice the changing landscape as you crisscross different paths. Surfaces can look vastly different from one setting to the next and this has always been fascinating to me. Here are some photos I’ve taken over the years during walks around town – everything from parks, pavement, crosswalks, coffee shops, our home, our studio, grocery markets and cobble stone streets. My favourite of them all being the glass blocks on the sidewalks in Soho. When coal was the predominant energy resource, many buildings built underground vaults to store stacks of coal and often these rooms were very dark. The solution to the darkness was to create the ceilings out of glass blocks to let in light, which is now what you see on many of the sidewalks on Broadway. Despite all the pedestrian traffic in the area, these are the little things about New York that make it so special. Hey New York, it’s ok to look down every once in awhile!