Chummey Bear
Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road, Notting Hill
London, October 2009
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Lateran Baptistery
Interior of the Lateran Baptistery
Basilica of St. John Lateran
Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano Rome, May 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Soaring Figure
“Soaring Figure” by Stella Shawzin
Fordham University, Lincoln Center campus
New York, September 2008
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Château d'eau
Fontaine du Château d'eau de Montmartre
(Fountain of the water tower of Montmartre)
Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément
Quartier de Clignancourt, 18th arrondissement
Paris, July 2010
Friday, May 27, 2011
Gilt of Cain
“Gilt of Cain” by Michael Visocchi with a poem by Lemn Sissay
Fen Court (St Gabriel Fen), City of London
London, October 2009
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Fontana dei Monti
Fontana dei Monti (Fountain of the Mountains) by Pietro Lombardi
Via di San Vito, Rione Monti
Rome, May 2011
See also: Fontana della Pigna (Fountain of the Pinecone) - Fontana del Timone (Fountain of the Helm) - Fontana dei Libri (Fountain of the Books) - Fontana delle Anfore (Fountain of the Amphorae) - Fontana delle Palle di Cannone (Fountain of the Cannonballs) - Fontana delle Arti (Fountain of the Arts) - Fontana della Botte (Fountain of the Cask) - Fontana delle Tiare (Fountain of the Tiaras)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan and Bryant Park
Seen from the Empire State Building
New York, October 2007
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saint Germain de Charonne
Church of Saint Germain de Charonne
Place Saint-Blaise
Quartier du Père-Lachaise, 20th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Vesuvio Bakery
Vesuvio Bakery
Princes Street, SoHo
New York, September 2008
External links: Shoes in the Bakery Window and Other Mysteries - History in the Baking
Friday, May 20, 2011
Horse Tamer
One of “The Horse Tamers” of Marly by Guillaume Coustou the Elder
Cour Marly, Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005
See also: Cour Marly - Marly Horses
Thursday, May 19, 2011
George Washington
George Washington by Jean Antoine Houdon
Bronze replica of the marble statue in Richmond, VA
Trafalgar Square
London, October 2009
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Fontana della Terrina
The Terrine fountain by Giacomo della Porta
“Ama Dio e non fallire, fa del bene e lassa dire”
(Love God and do not fail, do good deeds and let others talk)
Piazza della Chiesa Nuova
Rome, May 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Dieu et mon droit
Royal coat of arms, Hôtel de Charost
Embassy of the United Kingdom
Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
Quartier de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2010
See also; Honni soit...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Sunset at the Louvre
Pyramide du Louvre (Louvre Pyramid) by I.M. Pei, 1982
Cour Napoléon (Napoleon Courtyard)
Palais du Louvre (Louvre Palace)
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1er arrondissement
Paris, July 2008
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Rione of Regola
Plaque of Regola, the VII ‘rione’ of Rome
Piazza Benedetto Cairoli
Rome, September 2010
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Clown's Hat
Le Chapeau de Clown (The Clown's Hat)
La Fontaine Stravinsky (The Stravinsky Fountain) by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle
Place Igor-Stravinsky
Quartier Saint-Merri, 4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Peter Ackroyd's London
Deckchair with text
Hyde Park
London, September 2006
“There was a grove in Kensington Gardens
devoted to the rooks; it contained some
seven hundred trees forming a piece of
wild nature, a matter of delight and
astonishment to those who walked among
them and listened to the endless cawing
that blotted out the city's noise.”
From “London: The Biography” by Peter Ackroyd,
page 417. In the book the author sadly concludes:
“But the trees were torn down in 1880.
The rooks have never returned.”
Friday, May 6, 2011
Clivo di Scauro
Buttresses across the Clivo di Scauro
Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Campo S.S. Giovanni e Paolo
Celian Hill
Rome, September 2010
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles)
Pisa, April 2011
See also: Piazza dei Miracoli - Leaning Tower - Battistero di San Giovanni
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Puck
Gilded statue of Shakespeare's character Puck
Puck Building
Lafayette Street
New York, September 2007
“The Puck Building is a historic building located in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry and Jersey Streets. An example of the German Rundbogenstil style of architecture, the building was designed by Albert Wagner, and was constructed in two parts. The north section was built in 1885–86, and the south addition in 1892–93. The front of the building – on Lafayette Street – was relocated in 1899 when the street – then called Elm Place – was widened, this was supervised by Herman Wagner. The building was rehabilitated in 1983–84 and further renovated in 1995 by Beyer Blinder Belle. The building sports two gilded statues by sculptor Henry Baerer of Shakespeare's character Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, one on the northeast corner at Houston and Mulberry, and one over the main entrance on Lafayette. The building is located at the northwestern corner of Manhattan's NoLIta neighborhood, bordered by SoHo and the NoHo section of Greenwich Village. It is owned by Kushner Properties, the company of Charles Kushner and his son Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former United States President Donald Trump.” (Puck Building, Wikipedia)