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January 6, 2011

Snow in the Square

With the return of winter, I’m even more eager than ever to catch a few out of the ordinary scenes while the snow flies. I’ve only been in town for one snowfall so far this year, although there’s news that another storm may make a stop in the seacoast over the weekend. Here, one of the benches near the Market Square fountain sits empty as a pedestrian stands just long enough for me to snap this shot (conveniently in the vicinity of the lamppost and wreath). Happy winter to all, and happy shooting to those brave enough to enjoy the elements for the next few months.

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Filed under Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Winter

Tags: Bench, Carl Zeiss 21mm, Market Square, New England, New Hampshire, Philip Case Cohen, Photography, Portsmouth, Portsmouth NH Photos, Snow, Winter

December 4, 2010

Rejuvenation | State Street

As I promised earlier in the week, I’ll begin to feature the “evolved” look of State Street. The sidewalks have been jazzed up with bricks all the way from the Memorial Bridge entrance and near Prescott Park down to the Pleasant Street intersection at The Rusty Hammer and all the way to my parking spot at 325 State Street. Without question it’s a new look, complete with street lamps (all freshly adorned with pine wreaths for the holidays), sidewalk trees and nice bumpouts to moderate the flow of traffic – all which result in a handsome new look for the streetscape. I hope all the merchants are feeling good and enjoy some peace and quiet after the long year everyone has had…and that 2011 will reap some of the benefits. I almost can’t believe it’s been as long as it has, but also can’t believe how much has really been accomplished. Now when are we going to bury those overhead powerlines?

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Filed under Fall, Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Rebuilding Portsmouth

Tags: Bricks, Carl Zeiss, Carl Zeiss 21mm, HDR, New England, New Hampshire, Philip Case Cohen, Photography, Portsmouth, Portsmouth NH Photos, Rebuilding Portsmouth, Sidewalks, State Street

November 23, 2010

The Chef’s Table | State Street Update

State Street’s facelift continues. While I was driving home and treating my car to the luxurious new pavement on State Street, I realized that the new street lights were actually lit! Along with the new pavement and brick sidewalks (that are well on their way to being done), the city had turned on the street lamps on Thursday night. After realizing the street had a whole new look (finally), I decided to stop and snap a couple photos to prove it.

It was after I stopped that I met Eddie Sargent, the Chef/Owner of The Chef’s Table. Eddie was kind enough to get out of the way of what he thought was my shot (even though he wasn’t in it)…so I went over to say hello. Turns out he had just installed the new sign, which looks great. I loved the clean look of the new sidewalks and the granite stairs welcoming guests into the building, and the new sign was the icing on the cake. Hopefully – in a few more weeks, we’ll get State Street back to enjoy for ourselves, free of delays, construction cones and dust clouds. Below – see what a difference a day makes. Both shots were taken around 1pm at lunchtime…

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Filed under Fall, Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Rebuilding Portsmouth

Tags: Construction, HDR, New England, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Rebuilding Portsmouth, State Street, The Chef's Table

November 6, 2010

Scene @ Five | The Daily Portsmouth

You are cordially invited for an exciting event on November 18th at historic The Music Hall in downtown Portsmouth!! The Music Hall is a cultural treasure for the Seacoast and New Hampshire, and I’m proud to announce that I’m part of this month’s Scene @ Five event – it’s a two hour event starting at 5 in the gorgeous new lobby. The night will start with some mingling as the lobby opens at 5, and at 5:30 we’ll take a look back at the last year and a half to see what things looked like here at The Daily Portsmouth. In putting together the slideshow that will be shown, I’ve realized how many things have been in the process of changing throughout downtown, and how my shooting and photography has changed since things started back in June 2009. I’m very excited about the event and hope that you can make it to say hello and check out The Music Hall (in case you haven’t seen it). Thanks to everyone who continues to tune in and for all of the feedback from the great people I’ve been able to meet through my photographic endeavors.

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Filed under Fall, Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Arts

Tags: Downtown, New Hampshire, Philip Case Cohen, Photography, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Arts, Portsmouth NH Photos, Retrospective, Scene @ Five, The Daily Portsmouth, The Music Hall

October 27, 2010

Market Street Fog

With the changing temperatures this week came some thick fog on Tuesday evening. I snapped this shot on Market Street next to 100 Market as I was enjoying the foggy streetscape and the lamps marking the sidewalks when a car presented itself. I have a love/hate relationship with this time of the year, when daylight is fleeting and the opportunities to shoot sunset are basically gone for months. It’s a nice challenge to force myself out of the house…and it’s always nice when there’s some nice atmospheric conditions like warm weather and fog to make it a more enjoyable evening.

Thanks for visiting…stay tuned for an exciting announcement before the end of the week!

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Filed under Fall, Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsmouth By Day | Portsmouth By Night, Uncategorized

Tags: 5d Mark II, Canon, Fall, New England, New Hampshire, Night, Philip Case Cohen, Photography, Portsmouth, Portsmouth NH Photos

October 23, 2010

Chronicles of the Martingale Wharf

In today’s post we’ll feature two recent shots of the Martingale Wharf, the long awaited construction project currently underway on Bow Street on Portsmouth’s waterfront. The building is finally getting its skin, with bricks being installed on the Bow Street facade…along with new windows and more inside that I can’t really see. The good news is that we might actually have a streetscape on Bow St. like we used to in days gone by….a win for both locals and tourists. I really dig the shot above – it feels very natural and realistic all at the same time. Taken with the Zeiss Hasselblad 100mm….it seems to call out textures and lighting on objects that just seem to fall flat with other lenses (or maybe I’m just a bit crazy). Below, the front of the building gets its new brick skin…

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Filed under Fall, Historic District, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Rebuilding Portsmouth

Tags: Bow Street, Carl Zeiss 100mm, Construction, Hasselblad, HDR, Martingale Wharf, New England, New Hampshire, Photography, Portsmouth, Portsmouth NH Photos, Rebuilding Portsmouth, Waterfront, Zeiss

October 19, 2010

Poco’s | Now & Then

The season for The Decks is drawing to a close. The Old Ferry Landing has closed for the year…I haven’t seen many folks down at the River House lately, I’ve seen a few folks at Poco’s in their new covered deck and a few die hards at Harpoon Willy’s still venture out (and rumor has it they’re hoping to stay open through Halloween).

I wanted to take a minute to reflect at the past spring/summer/fall season that saw a lot of changes to the Decks. The new pavers were put in throughout the alleyway, and looked pristine for a while (now you wouldn’t guess they’re only a year old with all of the grease and traffic they’ve seen), The River House constructed a second story deck and saw another successful year…and probably the most noteworthy change was the shift of Poco’s deck from on the water to against the building. I’ll always miss the old configuration, but there’s something to be said for eating/drinking in a warmer spot against the building. It’s opened the area up significantly….check out the shots below, which was taken last September just before the old structure came down. Quite an evolution for this little part of town.