First Avenue runs the full length of Manhattan’s East Side, a vital north–south artery stretching from Houston Street in the East Village northward through Midtown East, the Upper East Side, and East Harlem, before ending at the Harlem River Drive near 127th Street.

Second Avenue runs north–south along Manhattan’s East Side, stretching from Houston Street in the East Village to Harlem River Drive at 128th Street, tracing a near-continuous line through some of the island’s most storied neighborhoods: the East Village, Kips Bay, Murray Hill, Turtle Bay, Midtown East, the Upper East Side, and East Harlem.

Third Avenue is one of Manhattan’s longest and most emblematic north–south arteries, extending from Cooper Square at Astor Place in the East Village to the Harlem River at 129th Street, tracing the eastern spine of the island through nearly every major phase of its development.

Description goes hereAtlantic Avenue is one of New York City’s oldest and most storied thoroughfares—a 10-mile artery that cuts a straight and symbolic line across Brooklyn and Queens, from the Brooklyn waterfront at the East River to the Van Wyck Expressway near Jamaica, where it continues eastward toward Long Island.

Atlantic Avenue is one of New York City’s oldest and most storied thoroughfares—a 10-mile artery that cuts a straight and symbolic line across Brooklyn and Queens, from the Brooklyn waterfront at the East River to the Van Wyck Expressway near Jamaica, where it continues eastward toward Long Island.

Myrtle Avenue runs through the heart of Brooklyn and western Queens—an east–west spine nearly 8 miles long, from the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill. Beginning near Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension, it travels eastward through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, and Ridgewood, before crossing into Glendale and Richmond Hill, Queens.

The streets of New York form the living framework of the city — a network of energy and intention carved through centuries of movement. They are the city’s arteries, drawing millions through their corridors each day; a language of pavement and pattern that speaks of order and chaos in equal measure.

The landmarks of New York are its great signatures — the visible testament to ambition and endurance written across stone, steel, and sky. From the Statue of Liberty’s raised torch to the Gothic crown of the Woolworth Building, from Grand Central’s constellations to the towering planes of the Empire State, each landmark embodies a chapter of the city’s identity.

Few cities have turned creativity into civic identity quite like New York. From the marble halls of The Met and the Cloisters to the experimental pavilions of MoMA PS1, from the sculptural quiet of Little Island to the open canvases of its murals and parks, the city exists as a gallery in perpetual renewal.

There are as many New Yorks as there are moments of light. Seen through rain or reflection, in twilight haze or midnight flare, the city remakes itself in every frame. Visions of New York captures those transformations — the fleeting alignments of architecture, weather, and mood that define how the city feels.

Every photograph begins with a walk — and every walk through New York is a journey through both city and self. Explorations of New York is the ongoing record of those days: a chronicle of routes taken, bridges crossed, seasons observed, and stories found at street level.