I’ve yet to see an actual DNC bus appear outside my glamorous “hotel,” but I remain hopeful. I’ll give it an hour then call another cab.
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Morning View – First Avenue
Morning View – Cornelius Vanderbilt
The statue of 19th century rail and shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt stands outside Grand Central Terminal. Vanderbilt is the great-great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper and at his death in 1877 his net worth comprised a significant percentage of the GNP. In 2012 dollars, he would be more than twice as wealthy as Bill Gates is today. Vanderbilt was the inspiration for …
Read More »Morning View – Neighbors On Fire
At this writing the apartment building across my back alley is in flames. I tried to go out onto my fire escape to take more photos and a fireman yelled at me to get back inside. A moment later my building was hammered by fire hoses blowing out the shown windows from inside. All the buildings on that side of …
Read More »Morning View – PTown Cottage
I love these little houses.
Read More »Morning View – PTown Jetty
Morning View – PTown Wharf
Morning View – Provincetown
Morning View – PTown Salt Marsh
Morning View – Provincetown
Morning View – Goodbye Providence
What a great Netroots and what a fantastic (and freakishly clean) little town! I’m definitely going to get back to Providence one day.
Read More »Morning View – Superman Building
Locals call this the Superman Building because it’s rumored to have been the model for the Daily Planet building. Wikipedia has more: “The Bank of America Building is the tallest building in the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island, and the 28th tallest in New England. Standing at 428 feet (130 m) and comprising 26 floors, it …
Read More »Morning View – Manhattan From Brooklyn
Submitted by Dr. Jeff. Embiggens nicely.
Read More »Morning View – Washington Square
Photo by Dr. Jeff.
Read More »Morning View – Future T Train Station
At the corner of East 72nd and Second Avenue, workers are preparing the site for one of the major stations for the Second Avenue subway. (Rail enthusiasts have chided me for not using the actual name of the line, the T, which I’ve avoided because that’s what Bostonians calls their entire system.) The building that was on that corner was …
Read More »Morning View – Yoghund
The pet store up the street sells yoghurt for dogs.
Read More »Morning View – First & East 72
Looking north towards Harlem.
Read More »Morning View – Magic Fund
This morning I noticed that the Magic Johnson Foundation has an impulse purchase box at the Walgreens register where you can buy a $3 rubber bracelet in support of “prevention and early detection.” What, exactly, you are preventing and detecting is not revealed on the display box or on the front of the package. But yes, if you flip the …
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