Washington Heights, Wadsworth Avenue at 173rd Street

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You have to be fast and slick when you're photographing children.




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Otherwise, they catch you at it.

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Washington Heights, 181st Street and Wadsworth Avenue

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What store has the all time ugliest shopping bag? Right, Duane Reade. It's the kind of bag you want to get rid of immediately so you don't have to look at it another second. Therefore, I'm surprised to see how beautiful their sign is. Or is it the sky? Maybe it's the photography.

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Washington Heights, Wadsworth Avenue Between 191st and 192nd Streets

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One short block over from St. Nicholas Avenue is Wadsworth Avenue, which starts at 174th Street, runs to 192, and curves back over to St. Nicholas at 193. This is that lovely curve with these pretty individual apartment buildings curving right along with it.

Here's a shot of the building with the cupola and the asymmetrical ionic columns, down there toward the end.

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These all seem to be rental apartment buildings. My curiosity is stirred. I want to see the apartment(s) at the top. I want to know who lives here. I want-- oh, never mind. I have Super Tuesday to occupy myself with now.

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