Every spring, the streets surrounding Gramercy Park Historic District seem to soften beneath waves of blooming trees and carefully tended townhouse gardens, but these dazzling Pink Azaleas on East 18th Street managed to completely steal the scene. Exploding in vivid fuchsia blossoms, the shrubs almost seem electrically bright against the stately brick facades and ironwork details of the Italianate-style rowhouses standing behind them.
The contrast is part of what makes the moment so memorable. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Blooming Pink Azaleas→
This rose bush grows in a planter bed out front of my apartment building, and it somehow manages to stay alive nearly all year long. This photo was taken in early December of 2017, and I can’t believe I got such a great shot of these tiny Pink Blossoms, and one still-tight bud, covered in a light snowfall. The roses are actually taking a break right now as there’s at least two feet of accumulated snow in the bed, but this photo is a reminder that they’ll be back in the spring.
Say you were creating a miniature holiday diorama, and you were in need of something to represent a Pink Christmas Tree. Wouldn’t this flower, which is a variety of Cockscomb, be just the thing? These little pink blooms have been spotted in the public flower beds around First Avenue and 16th Street during the transition into early fall. Sadly, the bright pink color fades as they come to the end of their lifecycle.
Grown Up Flowers is the name of a fun Public Art installation that you can see at several locations along Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave) in Midtown Manhattan. This Pink Flower, which is called Rose, lays prone in front of 1221 Sixth Avenue, and just a bit further on you can see her Orange friend, peeking out just a bit in the background. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Giant Inflatable Pink Flower→
The Nespresso boutique, located on southeast the corner of Prince and Mercer in Soho, really went the extra mile on their Mothers’ Day decorating, adorning the façade of its building in oversize Pink Blossoms. Happy Mother’s Day!
