In 2008 I began a photo blog at nyc-grid.com. Billed as a street-by-street documentation of the 5 boroughs, each weekday I would post a photo essay of a different block. Though the blog was modestly popular after only a few months, it really took off after I began featuring a series called Before & After.

Starting with a collection of slides my grandfather shot in 1961 before eventually moving on to public domain photos; each location was thoroughly researched before I went on-site to recreate them as closely as possible.