Tag: robert beck

Summer is flowered dresses, late afternoon breezes, and Sunday evening music at Manny’s Bistro.

Now teaching, Cynthia Harvey is considered one of American Ballet Theatre's greatest Ballerinas of all time.

The story of two dead chickens found on West 92nd Street couldn’t answer those fundamental questions of journalism: who (did it), when, or why.

As Neil Gaiman said, "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can bring you back the right one."

There are many private gardens on the Upper West Side, but this one caught Robert Beck's fancy.

It’s more than a record of what’s new business-wise, having as much to do with the substance and culture of the UWS.

It was good to have someone on-site after an earthquake who knows the merry-go-round mechanicals.

The doorman on Central Park West was positioned in front of the entrance, shaded by the awning, dressed for another century.

As the band got deeper into the set, I saw more people turned to watch them play.

There are a number of stores where you can get smoked fish on the Upper West Side, but there is only one Murray’s Sturgeon Shop.

"The sound is different up there. Just having nothing above your head feels good."

Books, linens, plates, hats, gloves, remakes of old toys, necklaces, bracelets, statues, cards, dolls, mugs, soap, candles...and More & More.

I pass tree sellers on my way to my studio along Columbus Avenue and Broadway.

There’s no secret to why everyone has smiles on their faces in that place.

The parade is a whole lot different in real life than it is on the flat screen. The live experience is much better.

Robert Beck watched the first runner cross the Marathon finish line on Sunday -- and painted the last.

A commonplace moment, complete with hard reality, as the cleaner balances above the street, reaching for that last smudge.

Pre-Autumn is that pause at the top of the diving board before the colorful splash of Real Autumn.

I was living in a small cabin in a rural part of Bucks County when what they call “first reports” came in.

It has graciously ferried patrons home for decades, although at 87 years old, it’s had its duties scaled back.