City - NY - Jewish market on the East Side 1890 Side by Side

Colorized photo from 1890... more

by Mike Savad

Title

City - NY - Jewish market on the East Side 1890 Side by Side

Artist

Mike Savad

Medium

Photograph - Colorized Photo

Description

Colorized photo from 1890
Original Title: Jewish market on the East Side, New York, NY
Location: Lower East Side near Elizabeth St.

This is really complex, I tried carefully to not make too many bright colors, only enough to attract the eye from one spot to another. The people that lived here were quite poor and its doubtful they could afford the brighter colors anyway.

The awnings were the exception, I think they were colorful, to attract attention. There were some people that I added a spot of color so your eye would jump naturally through looking at scene to scene.

I think this one may have thumbnail issues, with so much going on in the scene, making just one area like the awnings, rainbow like, I think it should be easier to spot.

The location of this place is kind of unknown, every place that referenced this location had a different spot picked out. One said Hester street, where a street fair takes place, another says its in that same area only the block is gone. There were a number of locations.

They all agreed though that this is a poor area, and so because of that, I made the place look worn out, old and tired. It was pretty old looking anyway, that colonial in the middle looks like its about to fall at any second. The other buildings I kept up the Victorian feel with all the colors, but do show worn out paint on trim and all the carts.

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October 30th, 2015