Can I just say how much I love your photos? New York is a pretty photogenic place (even the seamier parts), but you handle a camera very well.

By wordgirl on 11.26.06 6:23 pm

Hey! I was in NYC Saturday nite to see Rent. Yeah, I know, I’m a little late…

By Zoely on 11.26.06 6:33 pm

Nice pics of New York City! That makes up for the blurry pic of your childhood bedroom.

By Rhea on 11.26.06 7:22 pm

Is that columbus circle? God, I miss New York.

By niels on 11.26.06 7:59 pm

Those are some great pictures.

I hope to visit NYC one day again.

By paperback writer on 11.26.06 8:00 pm

I love the maple.

By Mist 1 on 11.26.06 8:29 pm

Great pics…thanks fo sharing.

Makes me want to take a trip to NYC.

And what about that last one…are you having Teresa do a reading? Oy.

By Orieyenta on 11.26.06 8:57 pm

Is anyone getting the politicial statment I am trying to make about the “Upstairs, Downstairs” class system in a city like New York where…? oh, forget it…

By Neil on 11.26.06 9:50 pm

i have no idea how to ice skate but lately i have wanted to.

By ms. sizzle on 11.26.06 9:58 pm

You’re pretty darn good at this phlogging thing

By lizardek on 11.27.06 12:31 am

no wonder toronto is used as a pretend us state, it could easily pass as new york. love that maple pic!

By better safe than sorry on 11.27.06 4:27 am

I know nothing about the political statement, but those are some very cool looking photos in any case!

By Lynnster, yeah on 11.27.06 4:48 am

Political statement? I was too captivated by the photos to even notice the title of your post.

Thanks for giving us a taste of NYC!

By plain jane on 11.27.06 7:17 am

Did you collect any leaves to take back to CA with you?

By Dagny on 11.27.06 7:31 am

Hope you had a nice thanksgiving! Liked the photos. You should see the Dominican Republic ‘upstairs downstairs”. beautiful and luscious and etc in the parts where ‘we’ go, and shacks, shanties and ruin where ‘we dont’ go.

By sarah on 11.27.06 8:18 am

That first reflected picture is awesome. Lovely photos, makes me want to drive up to NYC like, today!!

By emma on 11.27.06 8:46 am

Thanks for reminding me what a wonderful place NYC can be.

By M.A. on 11.27.06 9:02 am

You can always count on me, Neil, to notice your political statements.
Actually, I thought you refer to that wonderful book by Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase.

I have posted my own Txgiving pics, if you’re inclined to look.

By Tatyana on 11.27.06 9:12 am

Actually the second to last photo is from the Time Warner building which went up a few years ago, and I heard rave reviews about. I had not seen it yet. Bleh. An upscale Los Angeles mall with a nice view. This is what Time Warner is doing with the money they steal from me each month for their crappy cable service?

By Neil on 11.27.06 9:32 am

Neil, thanks for giving us a whirlwind visual trip to NYC. Some great shots you’ve got.

BTW, I also thought of Bel Kaufman’s book when I read your post title. You did know she’s famed Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem’s granddaughter, right?

By Pearl on 11.27.06 9:38 am

I love this series of photos!
Great story

By Leesa on 11.27.06 9:46 am

Makes me wanna go back and visit…

By Nancy French on 11.27.06 9:58 am

All I know is Teresa guarantees results in 24 hours.

By AWE on 11.27.06 10:27 am

Oh this makes me home sick… I miss New York so much.

By Melissa on 11.27.06 11:25 am

Neil, nice Upstairs/Downstairs photo commentary about the juxtoposition of classes in NY - Ah, just kidding. Until you wrote the comment, I ignored the title and thought the images were real Purty.

By Churlita on 11.27.06 11:52 am

Do we all fall down?

By MARGARET on 11.27.06 12:09 pm

gorgeous photos!

By amanda on 11.27.06 12:58 pm

writer and now photographer. Is there no end to your talents Neilochka? lol. Love the pic of the red leaves. x

By rach on 11.27.06 1:16 pm

12 pictures @ 1000 words each = 12,000 word post.

Dude, I just don’t have that kind of time. Try to keep it down, will you?

By s@bd on 11.27.06 1:17 pm

Those are gorgeous. Are you going to branch out into professional photography?

By 2nd Pearl Past the Post on 11.27.06 2:39 pm

It is so funny that you like these photos. I am not a good photographer. But my mother was on my back about shooting Valentino’s pizza yesterday rather than something more worthy, so when we got to Manhattan, she kept on pointing things out to take a photo of –

Neil’s Mother: “Ooh, you need to take a photo of the carriages in Central Park for your blodge.”

Neil: “Everyone’s seen those stupid carriages in every romantic comedy ever made about New York. And the horses stink.”

Neil’s Mother: “You really should take a photo for the blodge. I’m telling you they will love it. They want to see the romantic part of New York, not the subway.”

Neil: “OK, I’ll take a photo of the carriage, but I’m going to do it off-center with the wheel as the focus.”

Neil’s Mother: “A photographer you’re not.”

By Neil on 11.27.06 5:30 pm

Brilliant, Neil!

By Amy K on 11.27.06 5:56 pm

Blodge? I love it.

By plain jane on 11.27.06 7:12 pm

Thanks for reminding me of what a beautiful place I call home!

By teahouseblossom on 11.27.06 7:46 pm

Neil, my first thought too was Up the Downstair case. I like the pics for your blodge! Your mother is just like mine - give her a word and she will create another and never see the difference.

By Two Roads on 11.27.06 8:16 pm

I don’t really get it. But I like it!

By modigli on 11.27.06 9:33 pm

I miss NYC.

By Megan on 11.28.06 7:43 am

NYC is the best city out there for taking photos… at least from what I’ve seen. I dig the snapshots — keep ‘em coming!

By Lou P. on 11.28.06 8:46 am

Neil,

I used to live at 97-19 63rd Drive in Rego Park 20 years ago! I live in Richmond, Vriginia now (and for the past 13 years) but it was soooo cool to see your great photos of NYC and my old address!!!

By Liz R on 12.01.06 11:37 am