Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is located at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park West, Central Park South (59th Street), and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, and is the point from which distances from New York City are measured. The traffic circle was designed by William P. Eno, a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control, as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's vision for the park, which included a "Grand Circle" at Merchants' Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance. Columbus Circle is frequently used to name the neighborhood a few blocks around the circle in each direction.  (Wiki)

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72nd Street Station

72nd Street is an express Metro station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway located at the intersection of Broadway (Manhattan), and 72nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue (including Verdi Square and Sherman Square) on the Upper West Side. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a few blocks to the south. The station is served by the 1, 2 and 3 trains at all times (Wiki).

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Views From Brooklyn

Statue Of Liberty

View from New Dock St

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

40 Prince St. Nolita  NYC

Nothing anecdotic or descriptive.

The emotion has to be born out of creativity only.

Make a poem as nature makes a tree.

One must create. This is the sign of our time.

Statements by Vicente Huidobro.

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Rockefeller Center Atlas

Atlas

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Fifth Ave view  [from the entrance of St Patrick's Cathedral]  of the Rockefeller Center Atlas 1937 (Art Deco icon) by Lee Lawrie & Rene Paul Chambellan. Sculpture seven tons.  
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St Patrick's Cathedral

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Music in Central Park

Musicians in Central Park. NYC

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Top of The Rock

Chrysler & MetLife Buildings

Empire State Building

From The GE Building, which is the focal point of the entire Rockefeller Center complex.

The building looks dramatically different when viewing its narrow and wide facades. From 5th Avenue it is an elegant, narrow shaft while looking down 6th Avenue it forms an enormous slab.

The vertical and Gothic-inspired detailing of the austere Art Deco facade is integrated with a slim, functionally expressive form. Inside, this modern skyscraper features an open floor plan.

The lobby's rich materials and reduced black and beige ornamental scheme are enhanced by dramatic lighting.

Granite covers the base to a height of 1.2 meters (four feet), and the shaft has a refined facade of Indiana limestone with aluminum spandrel panels.

An escalator - a striking feature for its time - provides access to the shopping concourse below.

Nicknames include "The Slab" and "30 Rock".

The building was awarded landmark status in 1985.

The "Top of the Rock" rooftop observation deck closed in May 1986, and reopened on November 1, 2005. Its elevators have glass ceilings facing into illuminated shafts.

Whilst under construction in 1932, this building is where the famous photo "Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper" was taken by the photographer Charles C. Ebbets. The photo shows 11 construction workers eating whilst sitting on a steel beam seemingly suspended in mid-air. [Emporis.com]

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The Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City. The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd street, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway anchoring the south (downtown) end of Madison Square.

The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham as a vertical Renaissance palazzo with Beaux-Arts styling. Unlike New York's early skyscrapers, which took the form of towers arising from a lower, blockier mass, such as the contemporary Singer Building (1902–1908), the Flatiron Building epitomizes the Chicago school conception: like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is divided into a base, shaft and capital.
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The Bridge

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The High Line

The High Line is a new public park, built on an elevated 1930s rail structure located on Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street. The first section of the High Line opened to the public in June 2009. The High Line is property of the City of New York, and is maintained and operated by the non-profit Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. The High Line winds above Chelsea and the West Village.

It has its own art scene, drawing students from Parsons sketching panoramas, and photographers armed with devices from cellphones to Leicas. It has its own neighborhoods and hot spots, shifting in feel throughout the day.

It even inspires crusty New Yorkers to behave as if they were strolling down Main Street in a small town rather than striding the walkway of a hyper-urban park — routinely smiling and nodding, even striking up conversations with strangers.

A little more than a month since its first stretch opened, the High Line is a hit, and not just with tourists but with New Yorkers who are openly relishing a place where they can reflect and relax enough to get a new perspective on Manhattan.
The New York Times by Diane Cardwell. Published: July 21, 2009.
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The Central Park Reservoir

The Central Park Reservoir - now officially named the Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.
Is located between 86th and 96th and covers a full one eight of the park’s surface. The 106-acre water body is 40 feet deep and holds over a billion gallons of water. Once a critical part of the city’s fresh water system it was disconnected as an active component since the new water tunnel was opened in 1991. It is probably best known now as home to the 1.58 mile running track that surrounds it. The reservoir is also currently the subject of a very public debate as several different plans are considered for its future; these include fishing piers, a marina, ball fields, restaurants and beaches. Hopefully the debate will rage on indefinitely and the current configuration will remain as it is.
Built between 1858 and 1862 the current reservoir formed part of a system that included a colossal holding basin at 5th Ave. and 42nd St. (site of the present library) and a smaller body of water that existed just to the south on what is now the Great Lawn (the only part to still exist forms Turtle Pond, at the foot of Vista Rock.) Until very recently the Reservoir was surrounded by a less than aesthetic six foot chain link fence. Then, in 2003, this was replaced by the installation of a new Reservoir fence, made of steel with cast-iron ornamentation, closely resembling the original historic fence. The change dramatically improved the view and now runners and strollers alike can enjoy the spectacular sight of the skyline of Manhattan towering above the shimmering waters of the Reservoir.
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Fifth Avenue Pet

Walking on Central Park.
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The New York Bridge

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Fifth Avenue 3

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Fifth Avenue

Shopping Along Fifth Avenue

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Fifth Avenue and 58St

In the background The Plaza Hotel.


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Views from Central Park

Time Warner Center Towers. Its design, by David Childs and Mustafa Kemal Abadan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 750 ft (229 m) towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops. The building surrounds half of Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan.
The building drew publicity in 2003 when Mexican financier David Martinez paid $54.7 million dollars for a penthouse condo, then a record for New York residential sales.

Quinta Avenida / Fifth Avenue

Apple Store, Fifth Avenue

"The Very Best"

W 58St at 5Av.

The Boathouse Central Park