[Leica] Manhattan and Beyond

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

sounds like a wonderful story that should be shared sometime (ala uncle t)

i'd love to hear more

thanks

ric


On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:19 PM, "Leon Pomeroy " <drleonpomeroy at verizon.net> 
wrote:

> Re: "you evoke questions is it a story you share? Ric"
> 
> 
> 
> Cryptic Ric..Philippe's images are the story. Son-of-Lluis is a story of
> sorts. "My Manhattan" (as in "My Berlin," "My  London," or "My Paris") is 
> an
> unintended story. Ok, my Manhattan bachelor days are captured by the lyrics
> of Rogers and Hart's 1929 song "Manhattan." The lyrics fail to mention how 
> I
> spent lots of time hanging out in the photo district buying and trading 16
> mm movie Leica equipment from the likes of Ken Hansen, 47th Street Photo,
> Oldens, Willoughys, and B&H Photo, to name a few. Those were the days when
> Manhattan was the center of the photographic-universe; from which one
> travelled to capture "light" and "moments" around the world.but always
> returning to Manhattan's photography-central. It was then I began attending
> the annual Cape Cod Leica Seminars sponsored by E. Leitz, Co. and initially
> conducted by Walter Heun followed by Ted Grant. I'm a proud graduate of the
> Grant-Heun School of Photography. Your Leica M5, 50 mm 1.2 Noctilux & Fuji 
> X
> Pro1 Guy, Dr. Leon Pomeroy, Northern Virginia, USA   
> 
> 
> 
> Manhattan  
> 
> 
> 
> Summer journeys
> 
> To Niag'ra
> 
> And to other places
> 
> Aggravate all our cares.
> 
> We'll save our fares.
> 
> I've a cozy little flat
> 
> In what is known as old Manhattan.
> 
> We'll settle down
> 
> Right here in town. 
> 
> 
> 
> We'll have Manhattan,
> 
> The Bronx and Staten
> 
> Island too.
> 
> It's lovely going through
> 
> The zoo.
> 
> It's very fancy
> 
> On old Delancey
> 
> Street, you know.
> 
> The subway charms us so
> 
> When balmy breezes blow
> 
> To and fro.
> 
> And tell me what street
> 
> Compares with Mott Street
> 
> In July?
> 
> Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by.
> 
> The great big city's a wondrous toy
> 
> Just made for a girl and boy.
> 
> We'll turn Manhattan
> 
> Into an isle of joy. 
> 
> 
> 
> We'll go to Greenwich,
> 
> Where modern men itch
> 
> To be free;
> 
> And Bowling Green you'll see
> 
> With me.
> 
> We'll bathe at Brighton
> 
> The fish you'll frighten
> 
> When you're in.
> 
> Your bathing suit so thin
> 
> Will make the shellfish grin
> 
> Fin to fin.
> 
> I'd like to take a
> 
> Sail on Jamaica
> 
> Bay with you.
> 
> And fair Canarsie's lake
> 
> We'll view.
> 
> The city's bustle cannot destroy
> 
> The dreams of a girl and boy.
> 
> We'll turn Manhattan 
> 
> Into an isle of joy. 
> 
> 
> 
> We'll go to Yonkers
> 
> Where true love conquers
> 
> In the wilds.
> 
> And starve together, dear,
> 
> In Childs'.
> 
> We'll go to Coney
> 
> And eat baloney
> 
> On a roll.
> 
> In Central Park we'll stroll,
> 
> Where our first kiss we stole,
> 
> Soul to soul.
> 
> Our future babies 
> 
> We'll take to "Abie's
> 
> Irish Rose."
> 
> I hope they'll live to see
> 
> It close.
> 
> The city's clamor can never spoil
> 
> The dreams of a boy and goil.
> 
> We'll turn Manhattan
> 
> Into an isle of joy. 
> 
> 
> 
> We'll have Manhattan,
> 
> The Bronx and Staten
> 
> Island too.
> 
> We'll try to cross'
> 
> Fifth Avenue.
> 
> As black as onyx
> 
> We'll find the Bronnix
> 
> Park Express.
> 
> Our Flatbush flat, I guess,
> 
> Will be a great success,
> 
> More or less.
> 
> A short vacation
> 
> On Inspiration Point
> 
> We'll spend,
> 
> And in the station house we'll end,
> 
> But Civic Virtue cannot destroy
> 
> The dreams of a girl and boy.
> 
> We'll turn Manhattan
> 
> Into an isle of joy!  
> 
> 
> 
> Rogers and Hart, 1929 
> 
> 
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