Category: Upper Westside
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NY- Construction of the West 72nd Street Off Ramp
Actually the off ramp was deconstructed and now they are building the pillar to connect Riverside Boulevard with With Riverside Drive.
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NY- Flowering Trees at St John The Divine
Spring is showing off its’ colors at St John the Divine, Americas’ largest cathedral and still under construction.
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NY- Gargoyles at the Synod House- St John Divine
If you are looking for examples of great Gothic gargoyles than make sure you walk the grounds of St John Divine. The Synod House doorway is covered in them.
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NY- Columbia University opens it’s doors to lure new students this week
The neighborhood is being spit-shined and the campus dolled up for Columbia’s Open House this week.
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NY- Night Shots on the Upper Westside
I am so tired of the cold weather. It is not sub zero or anything like that, just a constant cold breeze chilling my hands and chapping my face. Here a few night shots I took before my hands got cold. Here are some links: New York First Baptist Church Bruce Frank Primitive Art Cafe…
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NY- Riverside Park South at Trump Place
The first time I laid eyes on the plot that is now Riverside Park South, it was covered in illegally dumped cars and trash. Anyone who is a fan of Law and Order series will remember in the early episodes this is where they always seemed to find the dead prostitute or heroin junkie’s body.…
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NY- Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
I was never a big fan of reading a movie but sometimes I stumble upon a great movie in English at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on Broadway, right between the 59th and the 66th street Subway stations. The last good flick I saw was “Two Days in Paris” but be forewarned, the snacks are a…
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NY- First flowering tree of Spring 2008
I was walking to the Easter parade this morning and passed my first flowering tree of the Spring. Wooooo!!!
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NY- New York Magazine Cover
I was walking up Columbus Avenue admiring all of the colorful storefronts when I saw my favorite New York Magazine cover of all time taped to a newsstand. If you haven’t seen it yet then scroll to the bottom of this post or visit New York Magazines web site.
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NY- Giuseppe Verdi Square monument by Pasquale Civiletti
The rain has finally stopped but has replaced by crazy 40 mile an hour winds. Though not strong enough to sway the Giuseppe Verdi Monument that sits in Verdi Square, right off the West 72nd Street Subway Station.
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NY- Great Glazed tiles on West End Avenue
The building at 243 West End Avenue at 71st Street has just gone through a major tile cleaning and and tuck pointing. It has these wonderful ceramic tiles inlaid around the windows on the first and second floors as well as ornaments covering the rest of the building. It is a fallout shelter to boost,…
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NY- Rose Center for Earth and Space
It’s nice when your kids get old enough that they want to see more than just dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. When that happens march them over to the Rose Center for Earth and Space brought to us by Richard Gilder. The planetarium puts on a great show and the building itself…