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Stanley Kubrick’s Dramatic Photos of 1940s New York City. Test Your Film IQ With The Best. Manhattan. Movie. Map. Ever. Map: The Five Boroughs Meet Super Mario Land. Jim Power, aka 'Mosaic Man' EV Grieve. NYC's Hottest Subway Routes-Pictures Of Hot NYC Subway Riders. Tiny Edens on Urban Rooftops - Slide Show. New York City Sparkles at Night (20 photos) As an architectural and interior photographer in New York specializing in luxury projects, Evan Joseph has climbed onto extraordinary terraces and exclusive roofs.

After a decade of shooting skyline views, however, he went in search of an even loftier angle. Nowhere to look but up, he took to the skies. Working closely with a pilot, Joseph shoots New York City in a helicopter at night. After a lot of practice, his pilot started pulling off aerial maneuvers that allowed Joseph to take shots he, previously, could only dream of getting. Though Joseph's photos look effortless, capturing the colors and drama of the living city isn't easy. In fact, he calls it "a tremendous technical challenge. " "The helicopter is like a giant tripod that moves when I talk into the headset," he tells us. "I wanted to avoid the usual 'field of stars on black' look that other night aerials have, and solving that puzzle was very satisfying.

Here's the book's description. Evan Joseph's website. Empire State Building & friends don blue at twilight for. New York, PHEW York - by Amber C. Jones. The favourite neighbourhood haunts of five clued-up New York locals | Travel | The Observer. Billy Noble 25, lives on the Upper East Side and teaches 12- to 14-year-olds in the Bronx I guess you could safely say I am not your typical New Yorker. Due to the fairly minimal pay I receive as a teacher and the high cost of living in the city, I don't eat out much and take a lunchbox to work. I'm also in the Air Force Reserve, which means getting up around 4am on weekends, so I'm not much of a cocktails guy either. But that doesn't mean I don't go out. There's a great Indian vegetarian restaurant called Chennai (1st Ave, between East 86th and 87th), and some good spots to grab a cheap pint near where I live.

When I do "go out" properly, I usually head to Alphabet City in the East Village. Annabelle's verdict: The small Neue Galerie was new to me; it has a great collection of works by Klee, Klimt, Schiele and Kandinsky, and you hear New York voices rather than Japanese and British. Francisca Ovalle 24, lives in the East Village and works for tourist board NYC & Company Ahmed Ibrahim. Reasons to Love New York 2009. Reasons to Love New York City.