ETCHINGS OF NEW YORK Page 1
Carrousel and Wonder Wheel
2005 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
This carrousel was removed from Coney Island when Astroland Amusement Park closed in 2008. The Wonder Wheel stands in the background.
City of Ships
2003 12 x 15 inches edition: 50
View across the Erie Basin in Brooklyn. Most of this commercial waterfront has been redeveloped.
When I Peruse the Conquer’d Fame
2003 9 x 18 inches edition: 50
A view of Manhattan’s Grand Army Plaza from Central Park’s Scholar’s Gate.
Contemplating the Skyline
2003 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
A view of lower Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Wykoff Avenue Station
2002 6 x 12 inches edition: 100
Woodside
2002 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
Looking west where the LIRR crosses Roosevelt Avenue.
Colapsing Piershed
2002 9 x 6 inches edition: 100
This is a view from one of the sagging covered piers of the old Bush Terminal in Brooklyn. It has since been demolished.
West
2002 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
Looking south on West Street. The south tower of the World Trade Center is not missing but hidden behind the north tower.
Church
2002 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
Looking south on Church Street toward the World Trade Center.
Marcy Street Station
2000 6 x 12 inches edition: 100
A scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Fulton
2000 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
Market Street
2000 6 x 9 inches edition: 100
Broadway at Broome
1999 6 x 9 inches edition: 100
The background features the cast iron facade of Soho’s Haughwout Building.
125th Street IRT
1999 6 x 10 inches edition: 100
Riverside Viaduct
1999 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
5th Avenue
1999 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
A view looking south on Fifth Avenue from 56th Street.
Iron and Steel
1998 10 x 6 inches edition: 100
An upwards view from Pearl Street in lower Manhattan.
Broome Street Facades
1998 6 x 9 inches edition: 100
Examples of Soho’s cast iron architecture along Broome Street.
Queensboro Plaza
1997 6 x 10 inches edition: 100
Mercantile Exchange
1997 10 x 6 inches edition: 100
A pedestrian bridge spans Staple Street in Tribeca.
Times Square
1997 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
This view features the Longacre Building, which was demolished in the late 1990s.
Trinity
1997 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
The rear of Trinity Church from Trinity Place.
White Street
1997 6 x 9 inches edition: 100
This southward view on West Broadway features the old Gideon Tucker House on White Street.
Inbound on 7
1997 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
A view from the front of the 7 train as it leaves Queensboro Plaza. The famed sign of the Silvercup Bakery, now Silvercup Studios rises in the background.
Old Fort Tompkins Light
1997 4 x 6 inches edition: 100
This lighthouse at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island was constructed after the originl tower was determained to be too near the guns of Fort Tompkins for its own safty. By the 1890’s it was decided that its new location was too far inland for the beacon to be usefull, so the structure was carefully taken apart and put into storage. No one has seen it since.
Pearl
1997 9 x 12 inches edition: 75
Howard Street
1997 6 x 9 inches edition: 100
At Anchor off Robbins Reef
1994 6 x 12 inches edition: 100
Robbins Reef is a navigational hazzard in New York Bay off Staten Island. In 1873 it was capped with the cast iron lighthouse depicted here.
Colors on the Gunwail
1994 6 x 10 inches edition: 100
The Portuguesse ship Sagres II tied up at South Street Seaport.
Rossville Hotel
1985 8 x 10 inches edition: 50
This old Hotel on Staten Island’s Arthur Kill has been demolished.
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