Tar Beaches

Amber Freda – Urban Garden Designer

tarbeaches — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:49:12 +0000

Amber has been a big big supporter of the book project from day one. And this thing has stretched on for awhile – after the huge speedbump we hit last fall with the economy virtually shutting us down (temporarily!!).

Amber was pruning the plants on the terrace of a client on Park Ave.

Hell’s Kitchen – America at Home

tarbeaches — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:08:15 +0000

This image was published in the book America At Home. I just happened to be in the city shooting some sample pix of rooftops during the week that we were also shooting our assignments for the book project and this one was selected. The guy at the far right is one of the creators of the Sub Urban Riot line of organic Tees.

Tar Beaches: New York’s Love Affair with the Roof.

tarbeaches — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:20:38 +0000

Rockefeller Center’s hidden gardens above the ground. This is an example of one of the earliest “green roofs” in New York.

My apologies for the long absense. I have been trying to get the funding to keep this project moving forward. Something which is proving to be challenging right now despite the obvious interest in the topic.

In the beginning …

tarbeaches — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:11:54 +0000

In the beginning there was an image, and then a dream, an idea, a friend, an agent, a partner and a publisher (almost). Then everything changed.