Phoenix, February 14-21, 2026

Posted: February 27th, 2026 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area:

Last year I ran by Central Park and got a kick out of the name, so I wanted to return:

The amount of classic design on display at the Martin Auto Museum is really impressive and you can even sit inside many of the cars — really luxurious:

Sunset on February 17, 2026:

Bacanora on Grand Avenue:

Lost Dutchman State Park just outside of Phoenix:

Sunrise happens relatively late — 7 a.m. — so you can often catch it:

Papago Park:

Arcosanti, an hour north of Phoenix is a fun artifact of 1970s-era utopian design principles:

Love’s Travel Stop is just down the street from Arcosanti before you get back on I-17 and has an amusing hot dog roller grill:

Sunset on February 19, 2026:

The first day of Spring Training at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick:

El Norteño‘s chimichangas are highly regarded:

125th Street, An Update

Posted: February 11th, 2026 | Filed under: Manhattan

Honestly, 20 years just sneaks up on you but one of the satisfying things about this admittedly somewhat insane project is catching change over time. Walking the length of 125th Street in Manhattan in 2004 was just to see what was there, while walking the length of it on January 23, 2026 made you aware of how much of the street has evolved, so I paid more attention to the new things than I usually would have:

The former site of Demolition Depot (which is now on 126th Street I believe) . . .

. . . is now this:

And the southwestern corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in 2004 . . .

. . . in May 2020 (those images are here . . .

. . . and today:

The “Corn Exchange” building at the northwest corner of 125th Street and Park Avenue pre- and post-renovation:

The northeast corner of 125th Street and Madison Avenue:

The Studio Museum, first “of” now “in”:

“Movie Center 5” was long closed by the time we walked by in 2004, but it was once a huge Loew’s theater and is now part of a huge mixed-use project:

And the Apollo, behind scaffolding then and now:

Nelson Cleaners, same:

The pre- and post-eminent domain Manhattanville deserves its own page, here, but some side-by-sides follow:

St. Nicholas Avenue (The Whole Thing)

Posted: February 7th, 2026 | Filed under: Manhattan

St. Nicholas Avenue in Upper Manhattan stretches from 111th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem to 193rd Street in Washington Heights — 4.4 miles total.

Basically the whole route is in the link above, and then there are breakout sections for the portion in Harlem (111th Street to 155th Street) and the portion in Washington Heights (155th Street to 193rd Street). Those add images from 2004 from other pages where streets intersected. First, St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem:

The page Harriet Tubman Square is new:

As is the page for Hancock Park:

St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights: