Park Ave. north of 96th Street has always been a different world, but at one point it was as run down as any street in Manhattan…
©Matt Weber
May 18, 2012
Park Ave. Hotel 1986
May 17, 2012
May 16, 2012
“Monster” 1987
I saw this guy scraping the posters off of his newsstand and pulled over my taxi. I know the torn poster thing has been done for ages, but in 1987 I thought I was onto something new. Then I saw Walker Evans Minstrel Showbill photos taken 50 years earlier…Oh well.
©Matt Weber
May 11, 2012
May 10, 2012
May 9, 2012
“Empire Checker” 1988-9
I remember being excited with this view as I wiggled back and forth behind this checker, trying to line up the Empire State Building for this image….Unfortunately I underexposed this frame badly and can’t get a great print / scan from this negative. This view was gone shortly thereafter as the new office building has blocked the majestic “ESB” and I guess I’m lucky to have this picture at all…
©Matt Weber
