Month: January 2016
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January 31, 2016 at 05:22PM
Later than lunchtime #drawing: Houses on Hudson Avenue in Vinegar Hill, the neighborhood was named in honor of the Irish who were defeated by the British during a popular uprising at the 1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill in Ireland. Tomorrow, February 1, I’m installing my Literary Greenwich Village exhibition at the Hudson Park Library. #NicksLunchboxService…
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January 30, 2016 at 07:14PM
Lunchtime #drawing: I wrenched my bike out of the ice block it was frozen into on the street and bicycled over to Lafayette Street. On the left is the “Romanesque Revival style Schermerhom Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street, built 1888-89, by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh.” In the center is “Cleverdon & Putzel’s slender Romanesque Revival…
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January 29, 2016 at 04:19PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Greek Revival buildings from the early 19th Century at 4-10 Grove Street, with dormer windows up top, and a London planetree with mottled bark dashing through the middle. Grove Street was called Cozine Street in 1809, and then Columbia Street in 1811. Next week my Literary Greenwich Village show opens at the Hudson…
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January 28, 2016 at 12:55PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Bricks going dot, dot, dot around a window at the Jane Hotel, itself a relic from when the piers on the Hudson River were active with ships, cargo, wares, sailors and passengers. Just a few hours left to finish up my @lmcc_nyc Workspace application! Only need to do a last pass edit of…
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January 27, 2016 at 12:27PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Numbers 5 and 4 Washington Square North, and snow on the melt in the park. #NicksLunchboxService #washingtonsquarepark #washingtonsquarenorth @wspecoprojects #greekrevival #art #architecture #sketchbook #nyc #illustration (at Washington Square Park) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1Kb4pu1 via IFTTT
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January 26, 2016 at 03:55PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Check out my #LiteraryGreenwichVillage art exhibition in February at the Hudson Park Library on Leroy Street, and wish the library a happy 110th birthday, it opened in 1906. #NicksLunchboxService @nypl #library #HudsonParkLibrary #art #architecture #carnegielibrary #leroystreet #westvillage #greenwichvillage (at Hudson Park Library) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1PBtjWe via IFTTT
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January 25, 2016 at 04:50PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Gray birch trees in the snow on the High Line. #NicksLunchboxService @highlinenyc #birch #graybirch #snow #art #highline (at The High Line) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1lLMoqI via IFTTT
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January 24, 2016 at 04:52PM
After the storm #drawing: The scaffolding has recently come down from this building on the corner of Hudson and Perry, although there is now some snow around it. Earlier this morning I was out on Jane Street working on a commissioned drawing just after the driving ban was lifted. #NicksLunchboxService #perrystreet #hudsonstreet #sketch #art #snow…
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January 23, 2016 at 01:17PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Snow banks on Bank Street. #NicksLunchboxService #bankstreet #snow #westvillage #art #architecture #blizzard #blizzard2016 #sketchbook (at Bank St and Washington St) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1Pq5HE0 via IFTTT
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January 22, 2016 at 04:25PM
Lunchtime #drawing: The blues on Minetta Street. #NicksLunchboxService #minettastreet #greenwichvillage #bluebricks #window #art #architecture (at Minetta Lane Theatre) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1ZSC5E5 via IFTTT