Fuller Building Facade

The Fuller Building Facade

National Debt Clock

Picture taken of the National Debt Clock as seen in August 2014.

Venezuelan Consulate Bust of Chavez

This photoblog is in no way intended to be political and this should not be construed as anything remotely honorific. Nevertheless, the Venezuelan consulate does exist in NYC and the country of Venezuela obviously does honor Chavez and obviously Bolivar.

Crane above 432 Park Avenue

432 Park Avenue is going to redefine the Manhattan skyline simply because the building really is that large. It is going to be larger than the Empire State Building. In this picture, I snapped a closeup of the crane perched atop the building as its under construction in August 2014. The pictures were taken from two different locations, so for the location, in this instance, it is not the position from which the photo was taken, but simply 432 Park Avenue

Times Square Hotels

These two buildings stand in Times Square, One Astor to the left, 1515 Broadway and to the right is the Marriot Maquis, 1536 Broadway. Location is approximate location where picture was taken.

View from the Port Authority Bus Terminal

The NJ Transit buses come into NYC through the Lincoln Tunnel and then pull into the Port Authority Bus Terminal after rising in height in a large circular/helix. The bus then drops passengers off and they go downstairs into the building before making their way further into the city. Depending on how full your bus is and how busy the bus terminal is, ie. peak/off peak the bus may drop you off closer to 8th Avenue than to 9th Avenue. On this day, I came into the city at an off peak time  and snapped these pictures quickly close to the 'backside' of the Port Authority being the view fairly close to 8th Avenue and 40th Street essentially looking south and east.

Day Meyer Murray & Young, 2nd Ave and 61st

Day Meyer Murray & Young. Where my late grandfather worked for many, many years. I will miss him forever.

Woolworth Building with Freedom Tower

Fantastic picture showing the famous pair. One, the former tallest building in the world, the other, rising like a phoenix to be the tallest building in the United States. Beaux Arts meets Post-Modern.

Queensborough Bridge, 59th Street Bridge, Ed Koch Bridge from Roosevelt Island

The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge and now the Ed Koch Bridge. The City of New York maintains no tolls on this bridge and it is accordingly quite popular. While the bridge does have a pillar on Roosevelt Island there's no way to drive from that bridge to the island. A trolley used to make a stop on the bridge and passengers used to be able to take the elevator down. In these pictures I am taking the photo looking at Queens and then I use the cameras zoom to zoom in to the top of the pillar. The bottom picture if the very tippy top, probably a red light at night to warn potentially low flying airplanes.

Chrysler Building and Gargoyles

Passing by the Chrysler Building, I always have to take a picture of it somehow. This Art Deco masterpiece simply beckons. I also always try to focus in on the gargoyles which epitomize the machine age and evoke the hood ornaments from Chrysler/Plymouth automobiles from the 1920s.