This past weekend, The New York Times' Lens Blog ran an interesting piece describing long-time resident William Gedneys journal, which he wrote in 1969 and serves as a love letter to the Myrtle Avenue he knew. Gedney, an artist who moved to the area in the 1950s, was a gifted photographer and, as his journal shows, had an admiring eye for the urban beauty found on Myrtle over 40 years ago.

Check out the article to view some of his photographs and to flip through his 92-page journal.

Photo credit: William Gedney, 1969. From MARP's photo collection.