Rivertown Lounge, part II

Many times I get phone calls or emails from photo editors who are trying to find images that can illustrate upcoming stories. Typically the question is, "Hi Cary, do you have any photos of _____?" (the blank could be anything: people being rude while using their cell phones, the Staten Island Ferry, people reading books in parks, certain buildings, neighborhoods, etc.). While I really enjoy these kinds of queries, it's a lot of work digging through my "archive" in search of an appropriate photo. Lately I've been coming across a lot of forgotten pictures of people playing pool, from 2000 and later. I'll try to post some of them soon. Above picture is one such image, taken with a Widelux. I had scanned it back then, using the horrible scanner I had at the time (I'm on my second scanner since). But I recently reworked it and I think the result is entirely worthy of this blog. It's of my old pal PW, from a night of pool at the old Rivertown Lounge on Orchard Street. P.S. Thanks go to him for bringing this to my attention.