A Quiet Sunday in the Financial District

A red food cart, a red bike, and
Isamu Noguchi's "Red Cube."

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday 
and Our World Tuesday.]

Thursday Challenge—city

As you might imagine, considering where I live,
my problem here was trying to decide which image to
choose.  I finally lighted on this one, taken recently,
of downtown Manhattan.  You're looking south from the
Brooklyn Bridge at the financial district (and the
blue-and-silver building 2nd from right was for a semester
 my daughter Lila's snazzy NYU dorm-with-a-view).

[To see more "city" pics, go here.]

Thursday Challenge: Metallic

This soon-to-be completed 76-story

Frank Gehry building on Spruce Street, in the 

financial district, will be New York's 

tallest residential tower. It's clad in 18-gauge

stainless steel and the shallow setbacks make it appear

to ripple in the sunlight—pretty cool.

[You can see more Thursday Challenge

photos here.]

security

They don't take a lot of chances in this neck

of our woods. Took these two shots on

Martin Luther King Day, when pretty much

no one was at work down here in the

Financial District.  Even so, just try to get

anywhere near the Stock Exchange in a vehicle. Don't 

actually know what's on the streets where

they've put up these barriers—but I'll just trust their 

judgement and figure better safe than sorry.

[Find more shots from That's My World Tuesday here.]

NY Sightseeing

Took this shot WAY downtown, when I was

on my way to catch the Staten Island Ferry.

(BTW, daughter Katie works in this building.)

Have often thought it would be interesting to

take one of these buses, just to see what new

things I might learn about my hometown.  Have 

you ever taken a sightseeing tour where you live?