Wender·Vista
New York metropolitan area
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
around the harbour at the mouth of the Hudson

New York metropolitan area

— — a skyline you can pick out from twelve miles away.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The metropolitan area runs from the Hudson Valley down through five boroughs and out across Long Island, the New Jersey waterfront, and into Fairfield County. Twenty-something million people, one harbour, the Statue still standing in it. From the Palisades at sunset the Manhattan skyline reads gold-on-blue, and from the Verrazzano the whole city seems to be facing the open Atlantic.

from the studio
New York metropolitan area
— bring it home

New York metropolitan area, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about New York metropolitan area

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The New York metropolitan area, formally the New York-Newark-Jersey City statistical area, holds roughly 19.5 million people across parts of four states. It centres on New York City's five boroughs and extends north into the Hudson Valley, east across Long Island to Suffolk County, west through Hudson, Essex, and Bergen counties in New Jersey, and east into Fairfield County, Connecticut. The combined statistical area, which adds Bridgeport and the Poconos, exceeds 23 million and is the largest metropolitan economy in the world.

— the stone

The visible skyline rests on Manhattan schist, the metamorphic bedrock that surfaces in Central Park and at Inwood Hill and that allowed early skyscrapers to anchor without the deep piles other harbours required. The Empire State Building, completed in 1931, rises 381 metres without its antenna. One World Trade Center, completed in 2014, reaches 541 metres to a symbolic 1,776 feet. Across the harbour, the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, dedicated in 1886, stands 93 metres from pedestal base to torch.

— the visit

The harbour view is free from Battery Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Staten Island Ferry, and the Liberty State Park promenade in Jersey City. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry, run by Statue City Cruises, requires a timed ticket. The Empire State Building observation decks open from morning to past midnight and charge admission; the Edge at Hudson Yards and One World Observatory offer competing views. For sunset, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Weehawken waterfront ask only the walk.

— informed by NYC Tourism, Statue Cruises
— where
United States · New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
— position
40.7128° N · 74.0060° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
80 km N
Hudson Valley
river-valley parks and estates
80 km SW
Princeton
university town
150 km SW
Philadelphia
neighboring metropolis
160 km E
The Hamptons
east-end Long Island coast
N
New York metropolitan area
Hudson Valley
Princeton
Philadelphia
The Hamptons
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about New York metropolitan area — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Roughly 19.5 million in the formal metropolitan statistical area. The wider combined statistical area, which adds Bridgeport, New Haven, and the Poconos, exceeds 23 million and is the largest metropolitan economy in the world.

Four. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and a small slice of northeastern Pennsylvania in the Poconos. The Connecticut portion is Fairfield County; the Pennsylvania portion centres on Monroe and Pike counties.

One World Trade Center, completed in 2014, at 541 metres to the spire tip, a symbolic 1,776 feet for the year of American independence. The Empire State Building, completed in 1931, is 381 metres.

October 28, 1886. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with an internal iron framework by Gustave Eiffel, was a gift from France marking the centennial of American independence.

Free options include the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, the Staten Island Ferry, the Weehawken waterfront, and Liberty State Park. For a paid elevated view, the Edge, the Summit, and One World Observatory each frame the city differently.

The Hudson River to the west, separating Manhattan from New Jersey; the East River, technically a tidal strait, to the east; and the Harlem River cutting across the northern tip and joining the two.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for anyone who grew up in the metro area, worked in the city, or studied at one of its universities. The harbour and skyline read as home from across the country. A Medium with a studio note travels well.

Pre-war Manhattan, Brooklyn-industrial, and warm-Modernist rooms. The deep blues and lit-window golds hold against exposed brick, walnut joinery, and dark steel without competing for attention.

Yes. The classic harbour view remains the steadiest seller of American city subjects, alongside the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State. The renewed interest in pre-war Manhattan interiors has only deepened the demand.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard sofa. A 4-tile Mural opens the harbour panorama; a 9-tile Mural carries a long console, a stairwell, or a wide office wall.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratches and handle humidity. The colour is held in the ceramic surface, so steam and splashes will not affect it.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive sponges, no ammonia cleaners. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it will not lift or fade.

Yes. Reid Wender chose New York for the atlas and worked the piece in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. No licensing is involved and no second studio produces it.

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