Thursday Challenge—"flight"

This was the view from Flight 5164,
the last time I returned home 
from a trip down to Virginia.  (And if I'd
been on the other side of the plane
I could have seen my apartment building
just then as we flew over Brooklyn.)

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

skywatch/reflections

After many hours of snow last Saturday,
we woke up to bright sunshine on
Sunday.  This what it looked like at the
end of the day, with the setting sun
reflected in the East River.

[Linking back to Skywatch Friday,
Weekend Reflections, and Pink Saturday].

early morning

I loved this view of the Manhattan Bridge 
(looking past Dumbo from the Brooklyn Bridge),
before the East River fog had lifted.

[To see more of The Weekend in Black and White,
visit Dragonstar's meme.  Also linking
back to the B and W Photography Project at PODcast.]

New York in Bloom

At the eastern end of 51st Street, just off
Beekman Place, there's a set of stone stairs that
lead down to this walkway, which goes over a little 
park and the FDR Drive and out to the East River.
I like to come here on my lunch hour—especially
at this time of year, when the cherry trees
and the Eastern redbuds are in full fabulous bloom.

[It's Shadow Shot Sunday; to see more, go here.
And for more of Today's Flowers, go here.]

Skywatch Friday

My fave NYC view—of lower Manhattan from the 
Brooklyn Promenade—finally has a tower where the
two we still miss used to be.  It's not finished yet, but 
it's right on schedule and it's already a big presence.

(When that spire is finished, it will
make this the tallest building
in the Western Hemisphere.)

[To see more Skywatch, go here.]

A Gloomy Day on Sutton Place

These exclusive Sutton Place balconies have
a great view over the East River, but all 
the money in the world can't make the
clouds go away. I don't even care; I can't afford
this view anyway, and I'm having too much fun 
playing with the new camera app on my iPhone.

[It's Skywatch Friday. To see more skies, go here.
And you can head to the Marais here, 
on my monthly Paris blog.]

Skywatch Friday

I spend my days on the 24th floor of a
Manhattan office tower, poring over words
on a page (or a computer screen).  It's all good,
but I am grateful for the view over Midtown,
a small patch of the East River near the 
U.N., and the occasional spectacular sky.

[To see more Skywatch pics, go here.
And on the 1st of the month, I also 
post to my Paris blog.]
  

The Weekend in Black and White

I'm enjoying a bucolic few days in
the Virginia countryside, with lovely
mountain views.  But if you were to ask
me to show you my favorite view—
well, here it is: the lower Manhattan
skyline seen from across the 
East River in Brooklyn Heights. 

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.] 

Sunday Bridges

Took this shot at dusk from the kitchen
window of my friend's apartment. Nice view, eh?
That's the Triborough (officially the Robert F. Kennedy)
Bridge in the foreground and behind it a railroad bridge
with a very cool name: the Hell's Gate Bridge.

Haven't been here in a while, but I wanted to wish
Louis (and everyone) a very Happy Holiday!

[To see more bridges, go chez Louis la Vache.] 

Skywatch Friday

Makes for a fairly dramatic photo,
with a yellow sky and dark clouds
hanging over Queens—but this kind
of weather makes me feel a bit broody.
Is your mood affected by the weather?
[To see more Skywatch, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Went for a walk on my lunch hour and discovered
this spot at the end of 51st Street. This bridge crosses
over a lovely, shady park and the FDR Drive and right to
the river (where I took the banner photo above).


To see more Sunday shadows go here:
http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

Thursday Challenge: Water

These little girls are playing at the edge of

the East River, at a wonderful new(ish) park

situated between the Brooklyn and Manhattan

Bridges, in DUMBO.  It really wasn't that long

ago that this neighborhood was a wasteland.

Now the joint is jumpin'—with galleries and

stores and parks and restaurants and,

 of course, expensive real estate 

( this place is in DUMBO, btw).

[See more Thursday Challenge shots here.]

Skywatch Friday

If you're in the right place at the right

time of day (early evening, looking

southwest from the Brooklyn side of

the East River), you may get this

view of light reflected in the water.

[See more Skywatch here.]