Exhibitions: Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition

Jay Schneider. New and old Park Slope, 2008. All rights reserved

Artist Statement

Brooklyn has always prided itself on not being like any place else in New York, or the world, for that matter. This photo shows the intrusion of Manhattan style glitzy steel and glass architecture into our Park Slope neighborhood. The brownstones are overwhelmed by this structure, and the character of the tree lined street changed forever. The photo was taken with a Sony DLSR-A100, F/9, 1/125 exposure, 26 mm lens, with the sun rise highlighting the reddish tone of the brownstone.

15 Comments

This picture captures the theme better than most that I have viewed. Also color due to morning sun, make the cahanges in the buildings stand out.

Would have prefered it with the cars or without. Its O...K

good choice, solid, saturated colors make the "old" yell for attention. but composition?!!

oversaturated

I think this really does a great job of clearly pointing out the changing face of Brooklyn. The two times seem forced tightly together

Good concept, but could have been done better.

Yes, that's grossly inappropriate. Living in East London where the same is happening, I have a lot of sympathy with Brooklyn.

Really nice. Perfectly suits the theme of the exhibit, excellent composition.

This photo clearly shows the changing face of Brooklyn - where we are changing to compete with our neighbours - Manhattan.

Ok photograph, but captures old/new Bklyn well.

Common snapshot

Wow a house on steroids!

I've seen this building, too; it looks terribly out of place on the block.

Great colors!

This is a great example contrasting old and new. The new ones just take away the beauty of the old brownstones. The new buildings are supposed to be "modern" bu they are just plain ugly.