Details surrounding the entrance and balcony of a home in Brooklyn Heights. Tour guide ‘Homer’ reading from his script.
Category: New York
Brooklyn Historical Society
Some of the details above the entrance to the BHS, which is located in Brooklyn Heights. One of the first ‘suburbs’ of Manhattan, Brooklyn Heights is just across the East River from mid-town Manhattan. Was also the first settled area (in modern times) of Brooklyn, for same reason. Might be an early example of money fleeing the grit and grime of the city.
St. Ann and Holy Trinity Church
The church is located in Brooklyn Heights. Went on a walking tour of Brooklyn Heights that was fun and informative. Homer Fink ( the tour-name of our guide ). Brooklyn Heights has been the home for such writers as Arthur Miller and Truman Capote as well as many other historical figures over the years. Very picturesque neighborhood in Brooklyn. This church has no steeple. Apparently, in the past, it was in need of repairing or replacing and it was decided to just take it down and not replace.
Gowanus Canal: Look#1
A section of the canal that runs between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens. The abandoned mill in the first image looks like it is listing to the left. I was able to find a couple more locations along the canal this trip that allowed me to get a fuller perspective on the whole canal. I still have one area to gain access to that is close to where the canal meets the East River. Maybe next trip. A few of the companies have their areas fenced off so it is difficult to access all parts of the canal.The canal looks fairly harmless in these images, but when you see some of the closeups it will be clear why this area is now a Super Fund Site. The stench coming off of the canal, this time, was almost unbearable. Had I known the smell was going to be this bad I would have brought a respirator with me. It’s a smell that is unique to the chemical mix of the water that you just don’t find anywhere else. This day was very overcast so the images are not as stark as the ones I will post in the future, which were taken on a clear, blue-sky day.
Brooklyn Rooftop
Taken from the rooftop of a Park Slope four story building looking west towards Manhattan ( which is totally not visible so I don’t know why I referred to it ).
Saturday Fair
Mid-Town Manhattan on a Saturday afternoon. A fair or something has attracted this large number of people.
Rockefeller Center
Not really an iconic view of this most famous tourist spot. It has been nearly four years since I took this photo and I always cringe a little every time I look at and think about the woman staring back at me; I feel like I got busted or something. Of all of the people moving about this space, she was the only one ( and the closest to me ) who spotted me and what I was doing. I should have asked her if she minded being in the photo, but….In profile, she looks much like someone I worked with many years ago. So, on a couple of levels this image has some weird mojo attached to it. I would really like to think she is a spy posing as a tourist, but that could be just my imagination working overtime.
Simon & Schuster
New York, the publishing company where our son works.
Water Towers
A view from Gowanus Canal area of Brooklyn looking north towards a dense, urban area.
The 343
Plaque dedicated to a volunteer firefighter who lost his life on Sept. 11th, 2001. 343 New York firemen gave/lost their lives on Sept. 11th, 2001.
Steeples
Steeples from around New York.
Close to the Maddening Crowd
View of Times Square and also a large crowd of people in Midtown Manhattan attending a food oriented festivity.
New York Fire Patrol#2
Located in Greenwich Village, Fire Patrol#2.
Statue of Liberty
From the Staten Island Ferry.
Corner Meeting
Corner meeting on 7th Ave. in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
St. Paul’s Chapel
Many people have covered this church, across the street from Ground Zero. The church’s identity now seems connected, forever, to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. There is not much I can say other than walking the grounds and in the church can be a very moving, odd feeling.
Note: for those who know me, in the foreground with their backs to the camera are the ‘twins’ ( Lily and Ian, my companions for the day and more ).
Almost Duochrome
In Park Slope, even the three vehicles are similar in color to each other. {Sorry, I have forgotten the actual street this image was taken on }.
The Montauk Club
The Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I loved the look of the columns. The spindle-effect that you see on the corner column is amazing. I wish I knew the actual architectural names of all of the features found on this building.
John Kennedy and his brother, Robert, were members of the Montauk Club as were a few other presidents in the distant past. I guess this was a gathering place for the movers and shakers of those times in the past. Not sure what role the club plays today. Hopefully nothing sinister is going on here. I’ve walked around both the Skull and Bones building in New Haven, Ct. and this building and the Skull and Bones building is much more creepy feeling, if the ‘creepy’ index of a place can be an indicator.
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