A Love Story Told In Pictures
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NY- The Tomb of an Amiable Child Monument- Riverside Park
When St. Clair Pollock lived in Morningside Heights it was still a rural outpost of New York City. In 1797, the year he died at five, metropolitan life was still concentrated at the bottom of the island. The boy’s father buried him near the cliffs that he is rumored to have fallen to his death…
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NY- Riverside Church Covered in Scaffolding
This has got to be one of the craziest scaffolding jobs I have ever seen. They wrapped the entire body of Riverside Church. If I was crazy I’d ask them to climb it and take pictures, but I’ll leave that to the pros like Mark Menditto, who takes fantastic pictures of New York.
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Ny- New York’s Very Own National Treasure
Anyone who has watched the National Treasure movies or read any of Dan Brown’s books knows who the Masons are. They were a group of very intelligent designers and builders who built many of our country’s earlier landmarks.They built The Level Club on West 73rd, between Broadway and West End Avenue to be their National…
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NY- Chelsea Market
It has been years since I had been in the Chelsea market on 9th Avenue and 15th Street. I used to cut through after a big lunch at Franks Steakhouse, which is gone, and there was only a handful of stores. Today it’s packed with people and places to spend their money. Not to mention…
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NY- FDNY Engine 35 responding to AMC Loews at Lincoln Center
It was a cold day in New York City for FDNY Engine Company 35 when they responded to an alarm at AMC Loews at Lincoln Square.
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NY- George Washington Bridge, New Years Night 2008
Mayor Bloomberg must have decided that it was okay to light the pillars on the George Washington Bridge tonight. I guess he weighed the cost of the excessive carbon usage against it being New Years Day and decided to let the little people have a present. Thanks Mike, you can turn it off and save…
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NY- Madison Square Park
This park was overrun by heroin junkies, bums, and crooks 20 years ago and was pretty much given up for dead. Today Madison Square Park is a great destination bordered by some of the prettiest and historical buildings in the city.
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NY- Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmens’ Club
This club at 238 Lexington Avenue has been around since 1919 and is open to all US Service Personnel. If you are in town it is worth a visit. Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmens’ Club
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NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 1
NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 1 The East Village of New York City is one of the islands most unique neighborhoods. It remains the center politic of the alternative lifestyle style tracing its modern day roots through the beat nick era, the marijuana smoking hippy days, the heroin laced punk rock years and…
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NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 2
NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 2 The East Village of New York City is one of the islands most unique neighborhoods. It remains the center politic of the alternative lifestyle style tracing its modern day roots through the beat nick era, the marijuana smoking hippy days, the heroin laced punk rock years and…
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NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 3
NY- East Village Storefronts, Shops, and Churches 3 The East Village of New York City is one of the islands most unique neighborhoods. It remains the center politic of the alternative lifestyle style tracing its modern day roots through the beat nick era, the marijuana smoking hippy days, the heroin laced punk rock years and…
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NY- Christmas in Central Park
There was no snow on Christmas this year but that didn’t seem to dampen the spirit in Central Park where hordes of people gathered to visit, meander, and make merry on this Christmas Day in New York.