..yesterday was a typical “s**t hit the fan” day.. i don’t tend to read the wall street journal nor do i care about stocks and all that bull (not that bull.. this bull).. but all that talk in the media got me thinking.. where was that imploding new york stock exchange (NYSE) shot i had before.. i know it would come in handy in times like this.. tsk3..
01/19/2008
..still from the night before, but now from a different place.. from brooklyn heights.. the cityscape was obstructed by the structures down below.. if i had the time and patience to do so, i’d probably have some more from staten island and new jersey as well..
..the twin beams of ‘tribute in light’ returned yesterday for a one night tribute to all those lost on 9/11 as well as those who worked in its aftermath.. the lights were located at West & Morris streets in Lower Manhattan, was on since sunset up until dawn this morning.. a plethora of people came out in droves to witness it yet again, including a BUNCH of photographers shown here..
..perched high up where wifey left me while she was going around looking for stuff.. similar to what crash experienced.. lol
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..this is the same spot where i shot yesterday’s shot, and this one, and the pillow fight..
..the empire state building’s tip, reminds me of a movie/cartoon i saw that had death rays in it..
..come on mankind, blast those aliens.. *pew*pew*pew*
what’s not to love about this city that’s bounded by bridges..
except for the ‘being lonely’ part.. here’s a great article from the NYTimes about newcomers to NYC..
*shot from the staten island ferry (free ride)
i bet you’re thinking.. “ptooey?! that’s it? that’s soo creative..” i guess creativity goes down a few notches after spending the whole day watching a few b movies.. dont’cha think?
..yesterday’s weather was kinda depressing.. what’s left of Fey is now over the south and she’s pissing like a drunk sailor.. winds were not that strong but was strong enough to blow some stuff “to infinity and beyond..”
EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) – lifted off from wikipedia:
Epcot is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was named EPCOT Center until 1994.
In 2007 Epcot hosted approximately 10.93 million guests, ranking it the third-most visited theme park in the United States, and sixth-most visited in the world.
for anyone planning to go anywhere in disneyland, i’d suggest you bring a tripod or some sort of support because when dusk approaches, that’s when the fun starts.. i didn’t bring one because i figured that i’d have much more fun without lugging some stuff around.. hehe..
as a follow up to the “ny faux” post i did the other day, today’s post is about the real thing.. this here’s the flatiron building.. as you can see, the empire & the chrysler are nowhere in sight.. that is because, they’re behind me.. so that my friends, are some of the buildings in manhattan.. here’s an interesting description about manhattan from a commenter @ gawker:
“It is a complex miasma of longstanding social and economic gentrification; of people, regular and celebrity, of various races and ethnicities choosing to remain sequestered from one another, except during the hours between 9am and 5pm, or when they get their Chinese food delivered; of hot dog carts parked next to falafel carts parked next to storefront Wendys and Starbucks, creating a wonderfully malodorous assault on one’s senses, and possibly killing them; of the media elite and the blogging underclass, and vice versa, of course; of traffic and pigeons and sometime smells of caramel or fudge or swamp gas wafting in from New Jersey; of layoffs at newspapers, TV anchors under layers of makeup and radio reporters acting like the days of the week are ‘dress-down Fridays’; of sidewalk vendors selling goods you’d rather not know, or acknowledge, weren’t and will never be ‘the real thing’; of tall buildings that spit debris onto unwitting pedestrians below, and pedestrians that spit; and, above all, of triumph in love, of love in triumph, of all things ever thought romantic and tragic, right and wrong in the affairs of the heart. That, my child, is Manhattan, a floe of schist in humanity’s complex sea, and never, my child, shall we tramp there.”
..once bitten by the shutterbug, it’s hard to find a cure to soothe that itch.. the need for better equipment also comes with that itch.. so if you’re on a tight budget like me, you find ways to get a deal.. shot this structure just off of columbia u while waiting for a gear-buyer..
Not being able to go out and mash that shutter button for quite sometime now had me thinking.. am I running out of ideas or am I running out of things to shoot..
..just in front of the UN is this hulk of a building.. the 3 UN Plaza..
Until I get a license & a ride, I’ve no choice but to do mostly the NY series – interspersed with some random Alabama of course. Now here’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral yet again. I’m tempted to clone out the building beside it.. Hmmnn.. Nah..
During my short stay in NYC, I was thinking of taking a picture of all the skyscrapers & all the fire departments in Manhattan. What became of that “project”? I dunno.. probably had to do with all those enticing street foods lurking around the corner.
If you’ve ever watched the movie Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, you might remember a scene where the Human Torch chased after the Silver Surfer down a sloping white building.. this isn’t it (hehe).. that was the WR Grace Building along 42nd Street. This is it’s clone along 57th Street.
As a result of boredom during the first and only MLB game I attended, I paid homage to the hotdog.. ( and soda.. and beer.. and m&ms.. and chips.. )
On a sidenote, watching Yankee fans bickering with Red Sox fans was far more amusing than the game. 😉
The facade of a building along the side streets of NY. A sign says it’s Then Bank of New York (Founded 1784).
Mannhattanhenge (not), spied on a stroll down Broadway.. It’s supposed to happen twice a year on the days around May 28 and (roughly) July 12.. so since this was shot July 15… hmm..
Here’s a church we passed by on our way to Communitea ( a Gossip Girl shooting location ). What strikes me is that it reminds me of a spaceship.. a spaceship going straight up to heaven..
First day in Alabama.. I’m missing the trains.. buses.. people..
Can you guess what this building is? The first time I saw this building I gave it a second glance & thought it was the Empire State Building. Actually, this is the American International Building. It’s home to the American International Group, an insurance company. The observatory at the top is still used (if you’re an executive, that is).
Got this shot while lounging at a recently opened park at the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
This is the Police Headquarters Building located at 240 Centre Street. Designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen in an exuberant Edwardian Baroque style, it opened in 1909. The NYPD moved out in 1973 and it was converted to luxury condominiums in 1987. There are 55 apartments on six floors. 2-bedroom rents ranging from $7,000 – $11,500 & 2-bedroom sale ranging from $1.05M (1,750 sq. ft.) – $1.5M. Read more about it here.
..paying homage to an icon that stands tall, a classic..
NY may be a pricey place to stay but some things are free.. Unknown by some, museums sometimes allow free admission or a voluntary donation. Say for example, The Met.. the three of us were able to get in for just a buck.
This is the rooftop of The Met, it was a Friday so people were guzzling booze & shooting the crap.
Time seems to pass you by when you’re busy with something, on the flipside, it just drags on when you’re doing nothing.
I guess this guy’s too busy txting to notice “Liberty”, or he’s already been desensitized seeing it in his everyday commute.
Still from the Jefferson Memorial, Mr. Jefferson gazing upwards..
Some pillars from the side of the Jefferson Memorial. A nice place to spend the afternoon watching the sun set.
Hello, Mr. President.. 🙂
I was expecting a bigger White House, but I guess stuff you see in the movies are actually not so big in real life.
This is the sculpture in front of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
Looky what we got here.. It’s the US Capitol’s dome..
Taken on a weekend Memorial Weekend tour..
The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. Although not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the focus by which the quadrants of the district are divided. Officially, the east and west sides of the Capitol are referred to as “fronts”. Historically, however, the east front was initially the side of the building intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries.
Some kid doing some tricks in front of the museum.
The New York State Pavilion, constructed as the state’s exhibit hall for the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair, is also a feature of the Flushing Meadows Park. However, no new use for the building was found after the Fair and the structure sits derelict and decaying.
Another one of those places that has been shot to death, the Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO.
A relic of the New York World’s Fair, towering over Flushing Meadows is the twin Observatory Towers of the New York State Pavilion. In the decades after the Fair closed it remains an abandoned and badly neglected relic of the Fair, with its roof gone the once bright floors and walls are almost faded away. If you’ve seen Men In Black, then you might remember the alien they call a Bug climbing one of the towers.
As taken from Wikipedia.
Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the Borough’s most iconic and enduring symbols.
The Unisphere, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age, was conceived and constructed as the Theme Symbol of the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair. The Theme of the World’s Fair was “Peace Through Understanding” and the Unisphere represented the theme of global interdependence. It was dedicated to “Man’s Achievements on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe.”
I’ve passed by this brasserie under the Park Avenue viaduct a lot of times already and not once did I had the nerve to venture inside. I guess it’s the cheapskate in me screaming “If you’re hungry, go get a Gyro!” 😀
Tied in third as the “Tallest Building in NYC” is the New York Times Building, which is the newest kid on the block. The Times’ motto is “All the news that’s fit to print.”, and my motto is “All the stuff that’ll fit the frame” 😀
So, a while ago, I went out & took a boat to New Jersey to get a different perspective of Manhattan. I walked south from Port Imperial along the waterfront when I spied a 100-foot stairway zigzagging against the cliff. Thinking that a better view could be seen from atop the stairway, I ventured further. Although a bit out of breath from the climb, the view was astounding! I was thinking “Boy, these Weehawkens (or whatever they’re called) have it good!”.
Here’s a bridge right across of the Boston Museum of Science & Charles Hayden Planetarium.
Approaching the City Hall from the south side, this is what you’ll see – the 37 feet, 27 ton tower of the city founder, William Penn.
This is the frieze at the entrance of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center. It depicts Wisdom & is created by Lee Lawrie.
While walking around the campus, I met a family from my hometown in Baguio. It’s a pity I forgot their names, I’m really not good at remembering names. tsk3..
For my monthly dose of manga, I either go to Midtown Comics / Borders @ Time Warner. The Trump building & the globe is the first thing I usually see when I get off the B/D train.
This is Times Square.
This is the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge @ Boston. I used to take bridges for granted, now I take it all in.
Ladies & gentlemen.. I show you the narrowest & most photographed street in Boston, Acorn St. (Believe it or not, but that’s what’s written in my city guide.)
Waking up later than usual after recuperating from yesterday’s travels, my thoughts swayed from going to the Verrazano Bridge & laying down in bed owning the remote. As this post shows, the former whim prevailed.
The reasons for procrastination were several things: (1) I was watching a Laker game (they won!) (2) It felt cold outside. (3) If I stayed till dusk, am I going to get mugged?! And lastly ->(3) That bridge (like all other stuff here in NY) has been “shot” to death.
The thing that swayed me to go is only because I haven’t been there.
As it turned out, it wasn’t that cold. There were at least some people when the last rays of light disappeared. And I counted 2 guys with SLRs & tripods (They probably were thinking what I was thinking. 🙂 )
Anyways, here’s the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in America. Read more about it here.
Awhile back I’ve posted something about the Ford Foundation Building. Here’s the internal atrium garden I was talking about. Talk about working environment, this place is dope.