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Ghost of King’s Leap
Seen on my walk through Chinatown from Downtown Music Gallery‘s Tuesday night performance to El Cabron‘s Taco Tuesday special.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Pier K
I ran the Brooklyn Navy Yard today and went far further than I’ve ever been, getting to nearly the end of Pier K near the Barge Basin in Williamsburg. I intended to run to whatever checkpoint wouldn’t let me go further, but when it turned out that there aren’t any past the dry-docks to Navy…
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Tribute in Light
“Tribute in Light” shot just outside the Battery Parking Garage in New York City’s Financial District. I took this photo, along with several others, on Sep 11, 2018. I love the similar vertical structures of the buildings next to the single beam, and how important light is to all the elements of this shot. I…
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125 Greenwich St
I’m reasonably certain that this photo is of 125 Greenwich Street (also known as 22 Thames St and “The Greenwich”) in the Financial District in NYC. I snapped this while looking for good views of the “Tribute in Light” 9/11 Memorial on Sept 11 2018. This 88-story residential skyscraper was designed by the late architect…
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Orderly
Someone had put a page from a large-format children’s book on each building’s stoop. “Orderly” spoke to me.
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The Kelpies
The Kelpies sculpture, built on reclaimed industrial land, is a striking, monumental public work that overlooks a banal setting of gift shops, filthy water, and a handful of motorboats. Kelpies are mythical shape-shifting water spirits that inhabit lochs, rivers, and streams in Scotland. The name “The Kelpies” was chosen to recognize not only the beasts…
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Battery Plaza
Took a walk around Battery Plaza after dropping a rental car off. Construction on the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel ventilation building at Battery Plaza started along with the tunnel itself in 1940 and was completed in 1950. Robert Moses built the Battery Parking Garage that faces the tunnel entrance in 1950 as part of his plan to…
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Back Door
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Greetings From New York City