Atop the Empire State Building

Bryant Park, looking north from the Empire State Building NYC June 2013

The WordPress Photo Challenge for the week is “atop.” To see more ‘takes’ on the theme, click on the link.

These pictures were taken from the observation deck of the Empire State Building in mid-June, 2013.

Looking northwest at the fantastic detail in some of the older Manhattan buildings.

Looking down and west from the Empire State Building NYC June 2013

Looking further west from the Empire State Building NYC June 2013

The Flatiron Building, looking southwest from the Empire State Building NYC June 2013

Some other photos from the top of the Empire State Building were used to show the bridges of Manhattan here.

 

 

Manhattan Monday 46 – St Patrick’s Cathedral

Looking south,through the crossing.

St Patrick’s Cathedral, on Fifth Avenue at East 51st Street, was undergoing extensive interior work when we dropped in after a full day of walking in June 2015. It’s hard to get a photo these days without getting another photographer in the picture!

Looking towards the Fifth Avenue entrance (west)

The north aisle.

Windows in the north aisle and crossing.

Manhattan Monday 45 – Library Forecourt

Main entrance, NYC main library.

 

New York Public Library outdoor reading area.

New York Public Library sitting area.

More about the Stephen A Swartzman building can be found here.

Earlier blog posts about the library can be found here and in the posts just before and after.

Manhattan Monday 44 – Grand Central Station Photographers

NYC selfies and photographers

 

On this day in September 2014, I think there were as many people in Grand Central Station taking pictures of themselves and of the building as there were travellers and commuters!

 

NYC selfies and photographers

NYC selfies and photographers

NYC selfies and photographers

Manhattan Monday 43 – Grand Central Station

NYC – Window and ceiling detail.

A beautiful building. Even the ceiling. Constellations are in pink on the green background.

If you are in New York City, drop in, even if it is just for a few minutes.

NYC – A beautiful building.

 

 

Manhattan Tuesday 42.5 – Taxi!

New York City

New York City

Tomorrow we are traveling by plane to Calgary, Alberta. We arrive at 3:00 am our time the next day – though it will only be midnight in Calgary.

I hope there are as many taxis outside the airport as we saw in New York City. We will definitely be looking for one to whisk us to our hotel.

The next day we will be picking up a rental car and touring through the Rockies and the Okanagan Valley and on to Vancouver.

I have prescheduled a number of posts from trips to Manhattan and Cuba while we are away. But I will be taking lots of photos.

Bon voyage.

Havana Balcony iPhone Photos

The Rooms Across the Street – Shot with Hueless on iPhone 6

I took very few pictures with my iPhone when in Cuba because I had two other cameras with me and was indeed there for a Havana Photo Workshop.  One morning I used the iPhone from the balcony to take some early morning shots.

Shot in Huemore on iPhone 6. It look several attempts before getting someone exactly between the columns.

Taxi Line on Calle Neptune – Shot in Huemore on iPhone 6 and the ‘Transfer’ filter added in Photos editor.

Rather than stop at a Taxi stand, like the bicycle rickshaws are doing in last week’s iPhriday post, the taxis cruise in a set loop until hailed, when they pull over and pick up a fare, or drop one off.

Published for iPhriday.

Manhattan Monday 36 – Harlem Crossing Too

 

 

Church of St Thomas the Apostle: Harlem Crossing Too

The Church of St. Thomas the Apostle is a closed Roman Catholic parish church in New York City that has been threatened with demolition and has been the subject of a debate about the preservation of a landmark.. The church is located at 260-262 W. 118th St., at the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue, in Harlem.

We checked out the exterior which has posters saying they are open – but according to the web link above, it has been closed since 2003. It looks as though it was – and is – beautiful, but it is in need of much restoration. The picture was timed to catch this young family crossing the street.

Harlem Crossing One was last Monday but because both Crossing One and Crossing Two were scheduled I can’t provide the link. (I’m in Havana this week on a photo workshop!)

Manhattan Monday 32 – Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge opened in 1909.   The main bridge is 3,725 feet long, the longest of the East River Bridges. The overall length of the bridge, including the Manhattan and Queens approaches, is 7,449 feet.

I haven’t been over or under it but I took two photos from the Empire State Building in 2013 which show it.

The bridge is to the right of the Chrysler building.

Showing more of the Queensboro end.

There is a lookout at the end of East 55th Street which offers a lovely view of boat traffic on the East River and of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge just upstream. The lookout is only a few blocks from The Pod Hotel 51 (on East 51st!) where we stayed in both 2013 and 2015.

New York City June 2013 – From a lookout at the end of East 55th Street, Manhattan.

 

Previous posts on Manhattan bridges can be found here: The Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge.

Manhattan Monday 31 – Manhattan Bridge

Empire State Building NYC June 2013

The bridge in the photo above is the Manhattan Bridge, the middle of three (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg: BMW) bridges spanning the East River.

Last week I showed the Brooklyn Bridge, but forgot to mention that it had been completed in 1883;  of course Wikipedia can provide more information if you’re curious.

These three shots of the Manhattan bridge, opened in 1909, were taken from the East River ferry as we approached the bridge and passed under it. In the first, the Brooklyn bridge is in the background.

 

New York City – Manhattan Bridge

Under the Manhattan Bridge on the East River Ferry

 

Under the bridge on the East River Ferry. New York City Sony RX100M3

And this final photo was taken in June of 2015:

Manhattan Bridge from the roof of a tour bus.