I made this image from the roof deck of Lexington Avenue apartment building. The image is full of New York wear and tear – the worn, soiled arrows marking an entrance and exit to a parking area, the lowered head of the lone figure, and the well worn stepped-wall in the foreground. I initially considered converting this photograph to black and white in order to abstract it further, but the color in the shabby arrows paled into insignificance, as did the red light on the car, the orange safety cone, and the red “no parking” sign. So color it must be, and the image is all the better for it.