Category Archives: The Worst of New York

BSWAM’s West 35th Street

Posted on September 2, 2016 by AHC McDonald

A Bartender’s skills with a Manhattes returns.  West 35th Street. Soon all of New York not a historic district will look like this. Historic shopfront. Note inventive window treatment. Look, as long as you flush.  Tasteful signage. ( A New … Continue reading →

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Amenia New York

Posted on March 16, 2016 by AHC McDonald

In the now traditional fashion of treating the whole planet in terms of being environs -albeit distant of Perth, BSWAM presents Amenia NY. Once again I’m not entirely certain if BSWAM understands what worst is vis a vis here. Amenia … Continue reading →

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IAC Building New York

Posted on May 12, 2014 by AHC McDonald

Some more worsting New York style from BSWAM. Two views of the IAC Building. I like the penis tanks. Is that C&B Ukranian style? Graffiti probably done by a Shedist.

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Offhand demolish New York

Posted on May 12, 2014 by AHC McDonald

BSWAM wants to let us know what New York is currently casually demolishing – for no real reason. Jesus. Rizzoli’s Bookshop going. But they are taking the chandelier. Also a disregarded front entrance I would love to have at home.

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New York Sublime & Bitches

Posted on May 9, 2014 by AHC McDonald

Is everyone sick of the plight of Maylands? BSWAM Bartender’s skills with a Manhatten sends a poignant New York subway song in two parts. For a moment we can feel that Noo Yoik could be Maylands.

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Grand Central

Posted on February 22, 2014 by AHC McDonald

Snuff is still on snow monkey sabbatical, so some shots from the Manhattes Barkeep of Grand Central Station.  BSWAM says… Grand Central Kerning. They left out the “i”. I was unaware there was any such thing. Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central … Continue reading →

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Goshen, Orange County NY

Posted on January 31, 2014 by AHC McDonald

More internationalising of worsts. Another from Bartender’s Skills with a Manhatten. For those still wondering, the whole world is regarded as the outer environs of Perth. BSWAM says… We’re off to Goshen, NY, land of horse races and gin-soaked sadness, … Continue reading →

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Cold Spring

Posted on October 18, 2013 by AHC McDonald

Another scarifying look at Americaville worst a by BSWAM. Cold Spring motherfuckers. BSWAM says… Today we’re visitng Cold Spring, NY, a small town on the banks of the Hudson opposite the West Point Military Academy! It is a quaint village, … Continue reading →

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Nyack NY Part 2

Posted on September 27, 2013 by AHC McDonald

Bartenders Skills with a Manhatten continues his treatment of Nyack New York. But first here’s a shot from part one where BSWAM documents the moment when brutalism hit Nyack, and after it, a shot I took of the Curtin University … Continue reading →

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Nyack NY Part One

Posted on September 25, 2013 by AHC McDonald

BSWAM sends a wide ranging appraisal of Nyack New York. Today we visit the historic city of Nyack, settled in 1707, in Rockland County, “The Pearl of the Hudson”!  Split up into North Nyack (the aristocratic Gatsby-looking bits); South Nyack … Continue reading →

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