The Weekend in Black and White

My hometown can be difficult sometimes—
overcrowded subways, high prices,
ridiculous traffic.  But then there's this.

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The Weekend in Black and White

Did some last-minute Christmas shopping
downtown.  When I  turn the corner
and am greeted by this sight . . . well, it
never fails to impress me.

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Saving the Planet

There are 12 of these globes on display
(until sometime in September)
as part of the exhibit "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas
for a Cool Planet," which traveled around
the world for years before arriving here in Battery Park.
Each one is five feet in diameter and each
portrays a simple, everyday idea for combatting
climate change.  You can see them all here.

[Linking back to Blue Monday at Backyard Neighbor.]

Happy 4th of July

Took my long lens up on the roof of my building
and got some shots of the Macy's fireworks 
display.  Not too bad for several 
miles away at night without a tripod 
(and it was raining)!
That's the Trade Tower on the right.

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

Thursday Challenge—"large"

It's the tallest of the many, many (it's
getting to be a bit ridiculous now, frankly)
tall buildings in my hometown.

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Skywatch Friday

When I was walking over the bridge one morning 
recently, I couldn't see the top of One World Trade 
because lower Manhattan was all fogged in.  
The fog gradually lifted, everywhere but just around 
the trade tower—then  finally it moved away. 
 I've never seen an effect quite like it.

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Skywatch Friday

Fourteen years later, the memorial garden now 
fills the space where the twin towers stood 
and the new 1 World Trade stands guard over it. 
The winged structure in the foreground is the 
World Trade Center Transportation Hub
(or as some call it, a $4 billion subway station). 

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Also, Orange You Glad It's Friday?]

The Weekend in Black and White

This construction has come a long
way since I took this shot—but I 
still love the way this crane mimicked the
fogged-in skyscrapers (the one on 
the left is One World Trade) behind it.

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One World Trade Center

The spire is up and one of the two cranes is now down
(last weekend, I saw pieces of it on huuuge flatbed trucks
along the length of several blocks).  It's worth hanging in for
a 30-second ad to see this footage of the last piece of
the spire being put in place last month—unless you're
acrophobic, in which case better skip it).

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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.)

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Skywatch Friday

The sun is lighting up the clouds
behind what used to be New York's tallest
building (and first skyscraper), the
Woolworth Building (in the center)—and on the
right our newest skyscraper and now tallest building,
the not-yet-completed One World Trade Center. 


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Skywatch Friday/Weekend Reflections

I was meeting a friend for brunch right
around the corner from the Twin Towers
site—so I went to check out the new
One World Trade Center up close.  You couldn't 
pay me to work in this building, but
 it is pretty impressive to look at.

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And to see more Weekend Reflections,
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