OFF THE BEAT

Just an afternoon sky above Forest Park in St. Louis, Mo. Not half bad.

When you wish upon a star…makes no difference who you are…even if you’re a beagle.

Sticky hands and gooey ‘staches from messy, drip-down-your-shirt nutty buddies. A summer tradition.

Outside the St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo.

Tasty cold ones at the Mission Dolores beer garden, Park Slope neighborhood, Brooklyn, NY.

Blue the beagle turns 5 today. She’s a sweet girl but still hasn’t learned that it’s not OK to rummage through the trash.

Too much art for this guy, who was spotted napping at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

1. A couple shares a moment at the Chambers Street station, 2,3 line, NYC subway.

2. Trains and people move very fast at the Botanic Garden station, Brooklyn, NY.

Along Henry Street, Carroll Gardens neighborhood, Brooklyn, NY

Thousands of poor immigrants settled in Manhattan’s gritty lower east side around the turn of the 20th century, carving out lives for themselves by doing anything to make a living.

Above, Sara Roosevelt park cuts through a large part of the neighborhood, intersecting Broome Street that was home to several tenements buildings of the time.