Veselka and dawn off the glass. 2nd Avenue and East 9th Street, East Village.

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Ice Cream at Dawn. Davey’s Ice Cream, East 9th Street, East Village.

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Temperance at 6 looking east. Temperance Fountain with Hebe, the carrier of water, on top. Donated by Henry Cogswell in the late 19th century with the hope people would drink more water and less booze.

White Horse Tavern, the lens tilted off the glass. Hudson Street, West 11th Street, Greenwich Village.

Hollywood Diner, still at it 24 hours a day. Getting a little reading done, 6th Avenue, West 16th Street, Chelsea.

Ludlow Street, almost at Canal. The side of the old Loew’s Canal Street Theater, a 2300 seat movie theater, still sitting empty since the 60s. 1) On the way out in the morning, 2) On the way home. Lower East Side.

Cowgirl SeaHorse, Front Street and Dover Street. Brooklyn Bridge overhead, Manhattan Bridge in the distance, toward dawn. South Street Seaport.

Have a Nice Day. 2) Maybe little rice and chicken. Chrystie and Rivington, Lower East Side.

Iggy’s Keltic Lounge wrapping it up for the evening. Ludlow Street, Lower East Side.

Bottom of Eldridge Street, Eldridge Street Synagogue on the left and a produce wholesaler providing the nice background glow. Snow taking on the New York look. Lower East Side/Chinatown.

Seeing through the absence of Village Cigar. Christopher Street, 7th Avenue South, West Village/Greenwich Village.

Charles Lane, looking east, as the sky brightens. Charles Lane, “Pig Alley”, the path on the north side of Newgate Prison. Newgate Prison came down in 1825, and the path/lane didn’t have a name (except for “Pig Alley”) until the 1870s. Greenwich Village.

Little Ruby’s, West 4th Street and 7th Avenue South. The old Riviera Cafe, where Lou Reed kicked John Cale out of the Velvet Undergound.

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Back for the morning light. White Horse Tavern, Hudson Street, West 11th Street, West Village, Greenwich Village.

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Fish Prep, Before the Fish. Getting ready for the day. Mott Street, Chinatown.

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Holiday Cocktail Lounge. Neighborhood place with a nice morning glow. St. Marks Place, East Village.

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Happy New Year to all. Washington Square Arch looking up 5th Avenue.

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Happy New Year’s Eve. Drink, Sing, All Good…Planet Rose. 2) The always festive interior. Avenue A, East Village.

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Clean up, aisle 7. Cafe Habana, Prince Street, Nolita.

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The Day After. No Tell Motel, Avenue A, East Village.

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Hester and Orchard, Lower East Side, Lighting Assist by Wray.

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Mishka Soho, keeping one corner of Soho colorful. #1-4, going with the rainbow.

Inspiration In Reach. Somehow I’m not seeing it. Bleecker Street storefront in flux. Noho in the morning.

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Elvis Under Exit Sign Lighting. Elvis, the old Great Jones Cafe, with a long exposure to gather the light. Elvis bust is no longer in the window. I haven’t been inside but I wonder if “Elvis has left the building”.

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Ray’s Candy with a few holiday lights. Ray on the overnight shift, of course. Avenue A, East Village.

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Looking at the flowers in the morning. Julia Testa, Thompson Street, Soho. Window/street.

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Painted in, painted on, tagged, graffitied, romanticized. Stable, auction house, “Gangs of New York” era gang clubhouse, boxing club, Andy Warhol building, Basquiat studio (and crown). Now Atelier Jolie.

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Minetta Tavern, Cafe Wha?, MacDoughal Street, Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village.

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Casa Adela, prep time and overnight parking. Loisaida Avenue/Avenue C, Loisaida, East Village.

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Remnants of a Western Theme (that is/used to be a cattle skull for the doorway. The side door to Doc Hollidays, East 9th Street,/Avenue A, East Village.

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