Clover Deliin Kips Bay on 2nd Avenue at 34th Street To console myself for the bad New York neon news
Clover Deliin Kips Bay on 2nd Avenue at 34th Street To console myself for the bad New York neon news lately, I revisited Clover Deli, an early favorite (you can read the old post here). I was overjoyed to see the usually ad-splashed over-lit public phone thingy (what do you call those things that aren’t proper phone booths?) completely dark. Finally! An opportunity to get a decent distraction-free photo of one of New York’s brightest. Of course I also photographed House of Wine & Liquor on the corner (famous to, well, me not only for its great vertical sign (with an excellent arrow), but also its exchange neon in the window), and managed to capture both in the third photo above with a little clever traffic dodging. I should probably take along a spotter for photos like that. I feel obliged to mention here that one of my biggest pet peeves in urban photography is people who stitch together photos or do extensive cloning to hide things like bus stops or phone booths. You’ll see a lot of photos of Clover with nothing in front of it, and if you look closely, you can usually spot multiple vanishing points. So disappointing! Clover is a Project Neon favorite for many reasons including the classic pink and green, the Greek Es, and the curl on the C. They also have excellent black & white cookies, but I skipped those this time — the continued glow on the corner of 34th and Second was enough to put a smile on my face. -- source link
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