Brooklyn Bridge

Okay, I know that everyone who has been to New York has taken this exact same photo, but I think the Brooklyn Bridge is so beautiful. Whenever anyone visits I always take them on a walk across the bridge and I can't help taking pictures every time. It's such a nice walk and there is lots to see on the other side. Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wish you a happy thanksgiving today! I hope you have some delicious treats like these great looking pies I saw in a window in Brooklyn. Enjoy the holiday (if you are in the U.S. and are celebrating it!)

Subway Sculpture

At the subway station at 14th Street and 8th Avenue there are some great sculptures by Tom Otterness, an American artist who is known for displaying his works in public spaces like plazas, parks, etc. The ones in the subway are actually quite small and you might miss them if you aren't paying attention! I'll show you more of them some time. The exhibit is called Life Underground.

Chrysler Building

Here's a misty nighttime shot of the Chrysler building on East 42nd Street. I've never managed to get a very good shot of that building. Here's a little info from Wikipedia:

Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. However, the Chrysler Building remains the world's tallest brick building. After the destruction of the World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the spire was raised on the 365.8-metre (1,200 ft) Bank of America building, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position. In addition, the New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level with the Chrysler Building in height. The Chrysler Building is a classic example of Art Deco architecture and considered by many contemporary architects to be one of the finest buildings in New York City

Super Heroes

I saw this lineup of super heroes outside the Midtown Comics Grand Central store. Not knowing much about the super heroes myself, I don't really recognize any of them (except Super man and Wonder Woman!) but I thought it made for a colorful photo. Happy Monday!

Young Frankenstein

I haven't seen a Broadway show in years, but I guess Young Frankenstein is one of the shows playing now. I came across the theater walking down 42nd Street. If the show is as good as the movie I'm sure it must be fun. I'll have to look for a review. Enjoy the weekend!!

Midtown Skyline

I had dinner at the apartment of some friends last weekend and took this photo from their window. Don't they have a nice view! I wanted to move in with them!!

Spoon Sculpture

I mentioned a while back that I had visited the newly opened Museum of Arts and Design at Columbus Circle in New York. Well, this is one example of a work they had on display. This is "Pyramid" by the artist Jill Townsley. I had to sneak this photo, so I didn't really capture the angles of the work very well, but you get the idea. This is completely made up of plastic spoons and rubber bands. I thought it was really cool, but you can tell me what you think of it!

Brides Galore

These brides and grooms were posing for their wedding photos at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. It wasn't a bad setting, given the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline in the background. I took this photo on a Monday morning, so I'm not sure why that was such a popular time for wedding pictures. There were at least five couples there. It was a nice day for it though, even though the brides were freezing!

Another Green-Wood photo

Here's one last photo from Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. As I mentioned before, the leaves are so beautiful there in the fall and, oddly enough, it's a very nice place to take a walk. Here is some history from Wikipedia:

"Located in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, it lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park. In The New York Times, it was said that "it is the ambition of the New Yorker to live upon the Fifth Avenue, to take his airings in the Park, and to sleep with his fathers in Green-Wood". Inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where a cemetery in a naturalistic park-like landscape in the English manner was first established, Green-Wood was able to take advantage of the varied topography provided by glacial moraines. Battle Hill, the highest point in Brooklyn, is on cemetery grounds, rising approximately 200 feet above sea level."