Street Corner Named After Bill Cunningham

The sign naming the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue -- aka Bill Cunningham's favorite photography perch -- after the late New York Times shutterbug just went up today. Kinda makes you smile, huh?

Bill Cunningham, Legendary New York Times Photographer, Is Dead at 87

There will surely never be another one like him. RIP. Read his (what else?) New York Times obituary HERE.

Legendary New York Times Photographer Bill Cunningham Suffers Stroke -- UPDATE

Sending my best to Bill Cunningham, who is in the hospital recovering from what a Times spokeswoman says appears to have been a stroke. “Bill’s family and senior editors from The Times have been in regular contact with him,” she said. “We believe that his recovery will be quick.” The 87-year-old bike-riding virgin was the subject of a 2010 documentary, “Bill Cunningham New York,” which showed him riding around the city snapping pics and in his "Hoarders"-worthy studio in the Carnegie Hall building. We worked together for years, frequently chatting in the elevator at the old Times building on 43rd Street. But after I had left the paper I ran into him around the time of his film and asked him to pose for a photo with me, to which he replied, "Oh -- you don't want a photo with me." When I persisted, he replied rather sternly, "No." Get well soon, Bill!

UPDATE:

Bill Cunningham's Big Gay Heart

It's never occurred to the famed 86-year-old New York Times shutterbug whether or not he's gay, but Bill Cunningham is not shy about covering the subject. See HERE.