What remains of the Renwick Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island. The building is on the National Register and is undergoing a stabilization project which should allow the public to walk through when completed. Has been abandoned since 1971.
Tag: New York City
Views from the Tram
Some images taken on the Roosevelt Island Tram, looking northward through the glass of the tram. Above the East River you see Roosevelt Island on the right side and Midtown Manhattan on the left. It was a fun ride and if you have a valid Metro Card that is all you need.
West Side of Roosevelt Island
A seagull was one of the few signs of life I encountered along the promenade this particular morning. A view of the underside of the Ed Koch Bridge, looking west towards Manhattan.
Roosevelt Island Tram
Roosevelt Island Tram traveling over the East River. Looking west towards Manhattan and the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge. In the top photo you can barely see the red tram station at 59th st. Station. Bottom: tram pulling into the station on Roosevelt Island. Normally I am phobic regarding heights, but I rode the tram from Roosevelt Island back to Manhattan and had not issues. Will be posting some of the fun tram photos in the near future.
Views from The High Line:#11
Cardboard greetings, art and water tanks as seen from The High Line.
View from The High Line: #9
Not all concrete, brick and glass: Manhattan does have some greenery. A glimpse of the ‘New Yorker‘ sign as well as a peek at the space between the buildings, which I find fascinating. I think I ran across a photography book this past year that was actually entitled: The Spaces Between, or something to that effect. All of the images were something like this one below, only taking the idea to a much wider subject focus.
Views from The High Line: #5
Contrasting the classical brick architecture with the Empire State Building in the background. I even snuck in a cross and an old, dirty water tank.
Below, fellow walkers on The High Line the morning I was up there.
Views from The High Line: #1
The High Line is an old elevated train line that was unused for some time. The range of views and buildings along the walkway is dramatic. Hopefully by the time I have finished posting this series you will have a sense of what it is like to walk this truly unique path.
Arriving at The High Line
One more shot of the Empire State Building, then, as I mentioned in the previous post, I will visit The High Line, which has become the biggest draw for tourist visiting Manhattan. The morning I made the walk it was grey and not too crowded. Actually, most of the tourists seemed to be speaking either French or some Asian language. I think there must have been a French tourist group that were
bussed there that morning. Rather than me attempting to explain what The High Line is and how it came about I hope you take a minute to check this link if you are not familiar with the project, which is still ongoing.
Empire State Encounter
I was walking towards Chelsea to find The Highline this particular morning. I was quite a ways from the Empire State Building, camera on my shoulder when, waiting for the pedestrian signal to change, an elderly woman standing next to me struck up a conversation. As we talked she noticed my camera and pack and insisted I walk back a block where there was a great place to view and shoot the Empire State Building. She was very insistent I see this particular spot so we walked and talked until we came upon the spot you see in the photo with the partial tree. I think her point was that shooting the building with a tree in the foreground would give a softer or less harsh glimpse of Manhattan; New York was more than steel, glass and cement. So, that is the story of the shot with the tree in it. She placed me right in a spot on the sidewalk that would catch the view she enjoyed sharing.
Large Building
This is the James A. Farley General Post Office just across the street from B&H Photo in the north Chelsea area of Manhattan. I guess, technically, both buildings are between the Garment District and Chelsea-for those who know their way about Manhattan much better than I do :-).
Not an Abstract Image
This image was taken outside in Central Park. By itself, it looks like something I conjured up in a photo editing program. Actually, there was little editing involved with this image. In a future posting I will explain what I was shooting. For now, I just wanted to post the image to let it stand on its own or be viewed without the back story.
Vacancy
A vacant building near the Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn). 
Downtown Brooklyn in the distance in the lower image, which has the canal in the foreground. All of this area flooded during Sandy.
Brooklyn Heights: Look#4
Looking down a side street in BH you can see Manhattan in the distance. Brick homes and buildings mixed with early wooden homes on tree-lined streets.
Brooklyn Heights: Look#3
Interesting wrought iron work and a small section of a quiet street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood.
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.
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