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As New York Takes a Fresh Look at Casinos, Decades-Old Gambling Parlors Still Bustle in Chinatown
Gambling has been prolific in Chinatown since the turn of the century, and as Governor Cuomo pushes for expanding casino gambling in Queens, we take a look at a community where gambling is prolific and where community associations are the only one that tax the games.
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Niche Markets in New York
These photos were produced for WNYC’s series Niche Market, about specialty shops in New York. Below are links to the accompanying stories and audio, which I also produced.
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Chasing Crime With a Spot News Photographer
Two police scanners and a handheld radio crackle as photographer Todd Maisel’s car lurches and carves its way through south Brooklyn. It’s nearly 11 a.m.
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Keeping the Memory of Cuban Legend and Conga Master Arsenio Rodriguez Alive
The Cuban bandleader and musician Arsenio Rodriguez, born 100 years ago, was a heavy man, who wore sharp suits, big round glasses and is often credited as the godfather of salsa music. But if you’ve ever heard a conga drum in popular music, listened to mambo, or boogaloo, then you’ve heard the wide-ranging musical influence that Rodriguez has left behind.
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Roaming Far From the Ranch, Real Cowboys Arrive in the City
Douglas Duncan has been grabbing the bull by the horns for half his life. The 24-year-old from Alvin, Texas, faced a different sort of bull Thursday afternoon. He was standing outside the New York Stock Exchange, waiting for the end of trading so he could ring the closing bell.
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Newark, New Jersey’s Broad Street
Broad Street, once an iconic street, as been out of fashion for years.
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Thousands of Police Officers Mourn Loss of Peter Figoski at Long Island Funeral
Thousands of grim-faced officers gathered at a small Roman Catholic Church in Long Island on Monday to mourn the loss of Officer Peter Figoski, 47, who was shot in the face when responding to a call in East New York.
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In a Growing Number of City Stores, iPads Are Replacing Cash Registers
At Ample Hills Creamery in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, everything is made the old fashioned way. As a certified dairy, they even pasteurize their own milk. So patrons of the shop — where milk shake mixers, wall posters and table mats pre-date most of its clientele — may be surprised to find an iPad on the counter where a vintage brass cash register might sit.
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Sixteen Months of World Trade Center Construction
From April 2010 until August 2011, I visited the World Trade Center site regularly to document the construction. Every visit revealed a drastically altered site. No two trips were the same.
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Tsunami Affected Japan: June 2011
These images were taken in Ishinomaki and Kesennuma in June 2011.