Category Archives: Travel, places

High Line at Night

I finally went to the completed High Line which I saw way before the renovation thanks to OHNY. It’s probably the most unique/odd renovated space in any urban environment. In this case, WFMU was broadcasting a live show. I’ll be back. My old cheap camera seems incapable of taking sharp night shots anymore–maybe because I [...]

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New Subway Hole

The subway station at 96th Street has been open for a while though it still has some rough spots. People change and cities change. If they don’t, we get tired of them. (Update: What I meant was, change is natural and expected. Static and decay are smelly.) (

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DUMBO Mambo

Hanging out in DUMBO feels like hanging out in TriBeCa did in the late 80s: a mojo hanging out experience.

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Jersey Shore Diorama

This little gem is just off the waiting room for New Jersey Transit trains at Penn Station. I never would have discovered if I hadn’t had to meet my parents in Newark last week to pick up Fyyffer, my car. Usually, I would drive to the Jersey Shore which — until the eponymous TV show [...]

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Cape Henry When Empty

I had a great time seeing relatives I haven’t seen in years and some I’ve never met. While they have snapshots, I had the beach to myself for a few hours. Enjoy.

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Driftwood Roots of Cape Henry

I went to Cape Henry near Virginia Beach last week for a small family reunion of aunts and uncles and cousins on my mom’s side of the family. (My last post on sleeping at the airport was a fitting postscript to the drive down there. It’s a mistake to drive through Virginia on I-95 if [...]

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A Tourist in My Own Town

I had jury duty this week and they let me out early on Thursday so I walked around downtown and took pictures like a bloody tourist. I even rode the Staten Island Ferry. While I didn’t take any shots of the WTC construction site (except for the view from St. Paul’s graveyard), I went to [...]

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Looking Up in the 96th St. Subway

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East River Says Hello

I was over by the East River today towards the end of the day when the light is pretty good. I took around 60 shots and edited them down to this gallery. While us folks on the far Upper West Side have Riverside Park, the far Upper East Siders have Wards Island on a very [...]

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Feeling Better

It’s nice to be over it more or less especially since I never meant to turn this blog into a mere status report (see Twitter). A couple things: The Wall Street Journal is actually making good sense. All of the endless posturing, fear-mongering, and overspending on the War on Terror™ has got to stop if [...]

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Vertical Triptych – The Hamilton Fish Bridge

A very nice bridge. Along with train stations, bridges are among the best sort of public construction. Highways are too ubiquitous. Airports have been ruined by x-rays and TV sets.

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Park Space of Bergen, NJ

When I had my car fixed in Bergen recently, I took a stroll and found some parks. If you ever get sick of the grass, just put some cement in there. Place benches next to nice neighbor’s sign. Place benches in inviting formations to foster public debate and near sign discouraging public debate when the [...]

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