Wender·Vista
New York City
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York · United States
at the mouth of the Hudson, where the island ends

New York City

— — the city that lights itself a block at a time.

— 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

“Manhattan from the harbour, the grid still pulling north past the parks. Eight million people inside thirty miles of coastline, and a skyline most Americans recognise before their own street. The light comes in off two rivers at once. At dusk the avenues go gold east to west, block by block, the way they have since the surveyors drew the gridiron in 1811.

from the studio
New York City
— bring it home

New York City, 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 City

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

New York City sits at the mouth of the Hudson River, spread across five boroughs and a hard-edged set of islands at the southern tip of New York State. The 2020 census counted 8,804,190 residents inside 302 square miles, the densest population in the United States. Manhattan was the Lenape island the Dutch bought as New Amsterdam in 1624; the English renamed it New York in 1664. The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, the subway in 1904.

— the light

Manhattan's east-west streets line up with the sunset twice a year, once in late May and once in mid July. Neil deGrasse Tyson named the alignment Manhattanhenge in 2002, writing from the Hayden Planetarium. The grid the sun fits into was the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which laid out 2,028 long blocks between 14th Street and Washington Heights. The avenues sit 13 degrees east of true north, which is the angle that gives the light its hour.

— the year

Central Park is 843 acres in the middle of the island, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux beginning in 1858. The park changes the city four times a year: cherry blossoms at the Reservoir in late April, summer concerts on the Great Lawn, the maples and sweetgums turning at the Ramble in late October, snow on Bow Bridge. Roughly 42 million people walk through it each year, more than any other city park in the United States.

— informed by Central Park Conservancy
— where
United States · New York City, New York
— 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.
3 km S
Brooklyn Bridge
suspension bridge
6 km N
Central Park
city park
5 km SW
Statue of Liberty
monument
N
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
Central Park
Statue of Liberty
— common questions

What people ask.

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

The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 imposed a rectangular street grid on the island north of 14th Street, with twelve avenues running roughly north-south and 155 cross streets, to make land parcels easy to survey and sell.

It is the evening, twice a year in late May and mid July, when the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of the Manhattan grid. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson named it in 2002.

Central Park covers 843 acres in the middle of Manhattan, running 51 blocks from 59th Street to 110th Street. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux beginning in 1858.

The 2020 U.S. Census counted 8,804,190 residents across the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, making it the most populous city in the United States.

The Dutch West India Company established New Amsterdam at the tip of Manhattan in 1624. The English took the colony in 1664 and renamed it for the Duke of York. It has been continuously inhabited since.

Manhattan sits between the Hudson River to the west and the East River to the east, with New York Harbour to the south. Both waterways are tidal estuaries of the Atlantic.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for someone who left the city or grew up there. The skyline is the shape New Yorkers know by heart. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads warm without leaning sentimental.

It sits naturally in jewel-tone Maximalist rooms, in industrial-modern lofts with exposed brick, and in classic prewar interiors with deep wood. The colour holds against bookshelves and dark walls.

Yes. Stained-glass colourwork and city portraiture are both in current rotation in Architectural Digest and Apartment Therapy. The piece reads as art rather than souvenir, which is the line that matters.

A single Large carries an 84-inch sofa cleanly. For a wider wall or a console with bookshelves above, a 4-tile Mural balances the space. A 9-tile Mural anchors a full stair landing.

Yes. Order it in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for those rooms. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to steam. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A dry microfibre cloth for dust, a damp one for anything more. No solvents and no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the surface, so it will not fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Reid Wender paints every piece in our catalogue. We do not license images and do not reproduce other artists' work. Each vista is original to the studio.

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