One of my favorite late night stops was at the Optimo store which was open 24 hours.

An Egg Cream for 35¢ and a pack of smokes for 55¢ were probably my standard purchase.

Zeckendorf built a very tall building here a few months later…

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Photographing NYC for 25 years, six of them while driving a New York City taxi. Trying very hard to capture the city as life unfolds, meaning I never stage any of my photos! Also I am a close confidant of the immortal Dave Beckerman, (quintessential NYC photographer) and owner of the first photography blog in the known universe.

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