
Delmonico
When I began to paint the Delmonico Restaurant and its surrounding area, the building on the right hand corner of the canvas was still there. It balanced my composition perfectly, and luckily remained until I finished the painting. Soon afterwards it was torn down.
This was a wonderful spot in which to work. There was little heavy traffic, the neighborhood seemed to be filled with history buffs who loved this building, and when I needed to see further into the distance than what my street view allowed, I was offered viewing space from some of the top floors of the surrounding buildings.
I kept my painting supplies at Delmonico and at India House ( which was only a block away) and it was never as windy as the nearby areas of my other paintings had been
Some of the people....from left to right
John Cantrell..from India House...1st on left, dark glasses
JoAnne O’Connor..from Delmonico..lady in yellow
Curtis Carrot..man with dog, guard dog from area
Helen T. Vahey..in front of Bianca Commerciale Italiana
Ben Bowman..pushing hand truck
Robert de Mott..photographer, man on curb, white shirt
Al Loyd..from Q and R Clearing Co....white shirt and vest
Jaquie..waitress at nearby Pearl Restaurant, pink sweater
Susan Johnson..from Delmonico, wearing yellow
Lillian Scott Bruner..from Merril Lynch, wearing red
Yitz Grossman,..from Target Capital, white shirt and tie
Parents of Sally and Burt Fried.....right of Delmonico
Burt and Sally Fried..crossing street
Stacey Fried...daughter
Jane Fried..daughter
Beth Fried..daughter
Corbin Marr...from Faherty Aliaga and Co,In. Wearing blue jacket
John P. Marie Jr. ..driver of Coca Cola truck
Ben Longo..in front of Italian Alps Restaurant