Meatpacking District, Manhattan

Antebellum "bachelor apartments", wrap-around the corner of 

W14th Street and Ninth Avenue.

Loft building on south side of Ninth Avenue retains its marquee, 

unlike many of its neighbors.

The cobblestone plaza at Gansevoort Street once had a large outdoor kiln 

in the center.

Many blocks have been super-renovated in the Gansevoort Market Historic District--

but not this one!

Takes on the Public Plaza in New Orleans

Approaching Piazza d'Italia (above).

Piazza d'Italia is the postmodern collaboration of architect Charles Moore and the NOLA firm August Perez & Associates, built in downtown New Orleans in the late 1970s and recently restored.  It was revered by critics for its clever integration of multiple architectural styles, while still offering  the Italian community a unique gathering place.  

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  Water circulates throughout the lower tier of Piazza d'Italia.  

Giorgio de Chirico's Surrealist artwork titled Piazza d'Italia from 1913 (above) inspired Moore's eerily beautiful postmodern cityscape.

Milan-based artist Francesco Vezzoli's gilt bronze monument Portrait of Sophia Loren As The Muse of Antiquity (above) installed in Piazza d'Italia as part of Prospect.2

 Jackson Square was built in 1721 and the French Quarter grew up around it. The Square is the size of a city block and features an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (added in 1815).  was designed to resemble the Place des Vosges in Paris.

A Fountain in Jackson Square, New Orleans, inspired by Place des Vosges (see below).

 A Fountain at Place des Vosges in Paris, circa 1605.

A Variety of Houses, Strolling in New Orleans

 

Images taken mid-November.