Was walking downtown the other day and stumbled across the Protest. I sat on these for a couple days and this is what I came up with. Shot on my Sony a7 iii used 85 mm lens . . . . . Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more #gaza #palestine #protest #timemagazine #nypost #nyc #nycphoto #newyork #travelnyc #thebigapple #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #nycprimeshot #streetphotography #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork #streetgramers #streetgramers10k #bokehcity
My Favorite Neighborhood In NY, Park Slope Brooklyn. Such a Beautiful peaceful place to just walk. Tree lined streets and the Beautiful Brownstones... . . . . . Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more! #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #beautifulviews #nyclife #empirestate #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #brooklynview #brooklyn #brownstone #parkslope #nycphoto #travelnyc #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #nycprimeshot #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
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𝔼𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕪 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕊𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕖? ℍ𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕆𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒 The Mayor declared a state of emergency the other night so what did I do? Went out with Nikon 📸 . . . . . . . . . . #timessquare #timesquarenyc #hurricaneophelia #ophelia #nikon #raw_photography #online_newyork #newyork_instagram #manhattan #newyorkcity #42ndstreet #raw_community #raw_nyc #wildnewyork #seeyourcity #what_i_saw_in_nyc #newyork #newyorknewyork #newyork_ig #gotham #bigapple #topnyphoto #abc7eyewitness #nycprimeshot #nycgo #newyorkbigcity #newyorkbynight #thingstodoinnyc
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Hey yall, it's been a while since I've posted. I'm still around. Hundreds of videos and pictures I have yet to post. I think all the editing burned me out. But I'm back. Here's my tribute to the world trade center. Wish they would have rebuilt them. The skyline just isn't the same... . . . . Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #nycskyline #newyorkskyline #beautifulviews #nyclife #empirestate #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #manhattanview #skyscraper #nycphoto #travelnyc #thebigapple #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #wtc #nycprimeshot #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
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“The Hudson River remained the border between the two British provinces (New York and New Jersey); however, the various land claims on the islands that populated the harbor such as Liberty Island, Ellis Island and Staten Island were not settled. Multiple Indian treaties and conflicting land grants created by the Dutch caused much political strife. Adding to the confusion was the fact that historically Staten Island belonged to the Dutch equivalent of New Jersey. Naturally, the Duke of York was quite anxious to settle these disputes. While he valued Staten Island for its rich natural resources, it was control over the access to New York’s harbor that concerned him. He knew that if two different provinces controlled the narrows (New Jersey via Staten Island and New York via Brooklyn) it would lead to constant disputes and competing taxes/tariffs on goods entering and leaving the port. To settle the dispute, he decided that any island in the harbor that could be circumnavigated in 24 hours would belong to New York. The duke then contracted Christopher Billopp with the task of circumnavigating Staten Island. As the story goes, Billopp embarked in his ship, the Bentley, and successfully completed the trip in about 23 hours in 1675.” - Thomas Matteo, SIAdvance
“As a resort and amusement mecca, the time of Staten Island’s South Beach has come and gone. The waterfront community south of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge still has a classic old boardwalk, built in 1935 as New Deal project and appropriately called the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk. And there are still recreational facilities for baseball and hockey found just off its old boards. But priorities have changed here. Similar to the fate of Rockaway Beach, most of the amusements were gone by the 1970s, Several sections of neighborhoods along the shore were gravely damaged in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy. Its doubtful this area will ever return to its glory days of the early 20th century when Happyland Amusement Park brought a bit of Coney Island magic to the shore. Further inland, real estate developers were changing the landscape with planned communities that eventually appealed to New Yorkers of Italian, Irish and Hispanic descent.” -Boweryboyshistory.com Second photo from Brooklyn Daily Eagle ad from 1913
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“Pat Scaglione of E-Z Catch in Livingston lamented the current state of fishing affairs on Staten Island in general. He shared, ‘I don’t understand why these repairs drag on so long. There’s little access to fishable shoreline and and what little we have is being taken away from us because of lack of maintenance. There’s no reason why 19 politicians have to get involved — all you’ve got to do is send one engineer down to look at it and get it fixed.’ A section of Parks’ website lists its official cast-off locations — Nycgovparks.org/facilities/fishing. However, as Scaglione points out, opportunities for sports fisher-people and those looking to literally catch dinner are fewer than in years past.” - Pamela Silvestri, SIAdvance
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“Two decades ago, the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier opened in the fall with enormous fanfare — enthusiastic anglers pulling in fish from stocked waters plus a grand opening party replete with chilled shellfish. Now marking its 20th birthday, the 835-foot steel and concrete structure endures, yet in disrepair and partially closed at its circular return.” - Pamela Silvestri, silive.com
#tbt #tbthursday #Sunset behind the #statueofliberty 6/8/2020 as seen from the Valentino Pier in Red Hook. #sunset #nikonnofilter #nikkor200_500 #nikond850📷 #timeoutnewyork #timeoutshare #nycgo #yesnycgo #what_i_saw_in_nyc #sunsethub #ig_usa #ig_nycity #bestoftheday #topnyphoto #nycprimeshot #usaprimeshot #sunset_lovers #newyorkster #newyorkharbor #ladyliberty #ipulledoverforthis
. . Stop for a moment To take in what’s around you And clear your head space The air surrounding you begins to move moments before the subway train arrives. In just 5 stops, I will emerge in the neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge. As I cast my gaze to the sky, I can make out one star. Unlike yesterday, haze and wildfire smoke will not play a role in this mornings pictures. I arrived at the area just upriver from the Brooklyn Bridge tower at the end of Dock Street fifteen minutes before sunrise. There are two other photographers taking pictures in the grass near the carousel and I wonder if they realize that the sunrise is minutes away. That’s when I see their subjects walk towards them - it was a well-dressed couple. She was wearing a beautiful white gown. He was in a gray suit and was wearing a turban. I can understand why photographers use this space and the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline for their ‘studio’ when taking pictures of their clients. Ferry boats and barges shuttle people and goods up and down the East River. The sounds of distant cars and trains crossing the Manhattan Bridge are accompanied by car horns, sirens, and crashing waves hitting the shoreline caused by the wakes of those water vessels. The city awakens. This morning, the sun rose over the glass dome of the former home of the iconic Domino Sugar refinery in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Cranes from the ongoing construction and renovation of the building along with a portion of the Williamsburg bridge were silhouetted against the sun’s rays which continued to be subdued as a result of wildfire smoke from Canada. I walked by Jane’s Carousel as I started heading back to the subway station and noticed the sun’s light streaming through the windows into the empty space inside. In my mind, I could hear the sounds of the organ music playing and the screams, laughter, and giggles of the children riding the colorful horses even though they were still closed. As with most days, the carousel will soon be open, local vendors will begin selling their wares, and visitors to the waterfront will stand in awe of New York City’s beauty. Note: These images were captured on May 25th.
“How long has Mercedes-Benz been in the United States? Believe it or not, there was a time in history when Mercedes-Benz didn’t exist in the United States. It is hard to think about, but it is also fascinating to see how far this iconic automotive brand has come. Today we’re going to take a look at a brief history of Mercedes-Benz USA and how long it has been in the United States. How long have Mercedes-Benz vehicles been sold in the U.S.? Mercedes-Benz USA was founded in 1965, but Mercedes-Benz vehicles actually started being imported in 1952 under Max Hoffman. He helped cement the identity of Mercedes-Benz in America with the iconic 300SL Gullwing. By 1957, Mercedes-Benz was in the perfect position to expand in the United States. They entered a distribution agreement with Studebaker-Packard Corporation. Eight years later, Mercedes-Benz USA was formed.” - arrowheadmb.com
“Anna Jarvis had originally conceived of Mother’s Day as a day of personal celebration between mothers and families. Her version of the day involved wearing a white carnation as a badge and visiting one’s mother or attending church services. But once Mother’s Day became a national holiday, it was not long before florists, card companies and other merchants capitalized on its popularity. While Jarvis had initially worked with the floral industry to help raise Mother’s Day’s profile, by 1920 she had become disgusted with how the holiday had been commercialized. She outwardly denounced the transformation and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies. Jarvis eventually resorted to an open campaign against Mother’s Day profiteers, speaking out against confectioners, florists and even charities. She also launched countless lawsuits against groups that had used the name “Mother’s Day,” eventually spending most of her personal wealth in legal fees. By the time of her death in 1948 Jarvis had disowned the holiday altogether, and even actively lobbied the government to see it removed from the American calendar.” - history.com
Happy birthday al puente más icónico ✨👌🏼 . 📷: @viewsfromthegalaxy #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #nycskyline #newyorkskyline #beautifulviews #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #manhattanview #brooklyn #brooklynbridge #skyscraper #nycphoto #travelnyc #thebigapple #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #nycprimeshot #licqueens #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
A chance encounter With people from worlds away Portraits of new friends I thought this was the city that doesn’t sleep? Waiting for the N train at the Prospect Avenue station, there was only one other person on the subway platform. It almost felt like I had the city to myself. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was there at 4:45A I couldn’t see any stars as I made my way to the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m fairly certain it was due to the combination of New York city lights and lingering smoke in the atmosphere from the wildfires in western Canada. I was trying to capture the morning sunrise through the suspension cables of the Manhattan Bridge. When I got to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, there was too much haze in the air for me to even see the sunrise from this vantage point. While walking back towards Brooklyn, I could see a large plume of black smoke rising off in the distance. Someone was going to have a bad day. That distraction allowed just enough time for the sun to become visible right where I had hoped it would be. I got the shot I wanted. As I headed east to get off the bridge, I encountered a group from Peru dressed in Inca clothing whose actions were being recorded by a film crew. One of them asked if I could take pictures of them with his cell phone while they worshipped the sun. I did but I wasn’t happy with the results and took out my camera instead. I got the shot I wanted. I then headed up towards DUMBO along the shores of the East River to scout out a place to capture tomorrow’s sunrise. That’s when my eye noticed the silhouette of a woman sitting on a wooden bench reading a book. I approached her and asked for her permission to use her in my shots. She agreed. I got the shot I wanted. After the ‘photo shoot’, I showed them to my new friend Belinda. Many of you know how shy and reserved I typically am and might be surprised to learn that the two of us struck up a wonderful conversation. I traveled to a new place in the world to capture the sunrise (which included sunspots!) and walked away with a couple new friends and a renewed sense of our global community.
Happy birthday to the Greatest bridge ever. . . . . Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more . . . . #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #nycskyline #newyorkskyline #beautifulviews #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #manhattanview #brooklyn #brooklynbridge #skyscraper #nycphoto #travelnyc #thebigapple #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #nycprimeshot #licqueens #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
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Happy birthday Brooklyn Bridge!! 140 looks good on you. Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more . . . . #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #nycskyline #newyorkskyline #beautifulviews #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #manhattanview #brooklyn #brooklynbridge #skyscraper #nycphoto #travelnyc #thebigapple #newyork_bestshots #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #nycprimeshot #licqueens #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
“And your ‘Best Place To Fish’ winner is: Great Kills Harbor Gateway National Recreation Area — Entrance at Hylan Boulevard and Buffalo Street, nps.gov/gate — with 423 votes. For shore fisherman, the edge of Great Kills Harbor is a favorite spot, where you can catch stripe bass and blues and watch the boats come and go from the marinas. Crooke's Point, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, offers access to fish the harbor. A $50 annual Parking Permit for fishing is required for overnight fishing and for parking.” - Kathryn Carse, silive.com
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“The business of the most famous soft-serve ice cream truck in America, Mister Softee, started auspiciously on March 17, 1956. In 1955, brothers William and James Conway worked at a company called Sweden Freezer, one of the largest manufacturers of ice cream machines in the US. The concept of the ice cream truck started at least a century earlier, but in the early ‘50s, people started coming to the company to buy ice cream machines to install in trucks. Not having done this before, the Conways, reps for Sweden Freezer, were happy to sell ice cream machines to these jury-rigged trucks. Jim Conway, William's son and the current co-owner and vice president of Mister Softee, explains why this was problematic. ‘At the time, they were taking the ice cream machines and bolting them to the truck, but for a lot of reasons, that doesn’t really work well,’ he says. ‘You need shock absorbers, and you need to be able to keep the machine cool.’ Eventually the machines wouldn’t work properly, and would be returned for repairs and warranty work. The elder Conways came to the conclusion that if Sweden Freezer was going to sell ice cream makers for trucks, they needed to invest time and money in a separate division that would specifically service and supply ice cream trucks. But people at the company didn’t agree with this vision. In 1965, the Conways left Sweden with the idea to start an ice cream truck business, using their technical knowledge and skill to build an ice cream machine that would work well on a truck. The two men went to an uncle who was a successful restaurateur in Philadelphia at the time — Pat Cavanaugh, whose name remains a fixture in the local hospitality circuit — and borrowed money. That’s how Mister Softee was born.” - Daniela Galarza, eater.com
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“Carnival held in Midland Beach at the South Beach parking lot #8 (Fr. Capodonno Blvd & Jefferson Ave.) The carnival opens at 4pm on weekdays and 2pm on weekends. Open from May 5th to the 21st.” - nycarnivals.com “On June 30, 1906 the Happyland Amusement Park opened its boardwalk doors. Taking full advantage of the summer closings of most Broadway theaters, Happyland’s amusements, stage productions, and vaudeville shows attracted 30,000 visitors on opening day. The amusement park continued to draw summer crowds for many years with attractions like the Japanese Tea Gardens, the Carnival of Venice, and the shooting gallery. Though the boardwalk resort thrived throughout the 1910s and 20s, fires, water pollution, and The Great Depression (1929-1939) took their toll on the beachfront resort area and the crowds eventually disappeared.” - nycgovparks.org
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Even the clouds can't stop the beauty of that skyline... Have you been to squibb park bridge in Brooklyn? . . . . Follow @viewsfromthegalaxy for more . . . . #mobilephotography #samsungs23ultra #NewYorkCity #NYC #nycphotography #nycskyline #newyorkskyline #beautifulviews #lightphotography #newyorkgram #picturesofnewyork #imagesofnyc #manhattanview #brooklyn #skyscraper #nycphoto #travelnyc #thebigapple #nework_bestshots #cityscapenyc #online_newyork #loves_nyc #newyork_bestshots #nycprimeshot #licqueens #what_i_saw_in_nyc #topnyphoto #raw_nyc #raw_newyorkcity #cornersofnewyork
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“While the railroad had certainly helped Staten Island develop, Wiman knew that the only way to truly get people to move to the island was to connect it to the growing city across the bay. Ferries could only do so much and still required multiple transfers to different private rail lines. The railroad proposed a tunnel that wasn’t simply going to span the harbor, but was part of a new passenger and freight trunk line. Due to the uneven geography in the interior of the island, the railroad recommended building a tunnel straight through the hills. The new line would have begun at the existing Arthur Kill bridge but run southeast to a point paralleling Forest Ave. It would have run east until it reached Clove Lakes Park where it would tunnel straight to St. George. Here the tunnel would split so that a connection to the Main Line could be made, while two tube would be dug below the harbor on their way to Bay Ridge. A passenger terminal would have been built at 4th Ave and Senator St (allowing transfers to the BRT 3rd Ave El) and a freight terminal would have been built to the east, parallel to the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch. The tunnel was limited by technology and financing, but the idea lay the groundwork for subsequent tunnels to follow. As part of the city consolidation, engineers drew up plans for new bridges and tunnels. The success of the first subway in 1904 showed that electric underground trains could be successful in transporting large numbers of people and spur development. Even before the first subway was extended into Brooklyn, planners were dreaming up ways to connect Staten Island with subway trains.” - vanshnookenraggen.com
“Beach safety isn't only about cleaning the water and shorefront. Lifeguards are a necessity, and each year Parks staffs its beaches with nearly 1,200 lifeguards who watch over the busy city waters. Urban legend has it that during World War II, a Parks official, facing lifeguard shortages, circulated an internal memorandum asking whether trained dolphins might be recruited to fill the staffing gap. During the era of Commissioner Moses, Parks developed a rigorous lifeguard training program that continues to this day. In 1969, the Parks Department waived height and weight requirements and recruited its first female lifeguards. To qualify for the training course, participants must be at least 16 years old, able to swim 50 yards in 35 seconds (a State Health requirement), and have a minimum vision of 20/30 in one eye and 20/40 in the other. The standards for beach lifeguards are even more stringent than those for pools. Finding enough qualified candidates being a persistent issue, in recent years the City has recruited hundreds of lifeguards from as far away as Eastern Europe to fill the 1,200 positions needed to keep the beaches safe.” - nycgovparks.org
Her name is MiMi 💗👊
Can’t forget lil papi
Weekend walks in NYC currently 🌸 🗽
Many faces of New York 🤍 happy long weekend!
Happy Mother’s Day from New York City multiverse 🤍
Happy Saint Patrick’s day from NYC! ☘️☘️☘️Full coverage of the St Paddy’s parade has just gone live at Purpurpurpur.co.uk, link in stories.
“Why do pigeons fly in circles? 1. Pigeons fly in circles to find their way around. These birds are gifted with a strong and acute sense of smell. We humans use our eyes to find our way home, pigeons use their sense of smell to locate their destination. 2. Flying in circles allows pigeons to sense the earth’s magnetic field. They use this to find their way home. 3. Another possible reason why pigeons fly in circles is to discourage raptors from preying on them. Pigeons live in the same environment as crows and peregrine hawks, and they sometimes fall prey to these birds. 4. When a flock of pigeons senses danger from one of these birds, they are likely to leave their area of rest and fly in circles till the threat passes.” - crittercleanout.com
We don’t play about our drip 💧
Its too early to be talking this close 😭
Its true what they say, having a kid will change you for the better. I live for my kids 💯 . A7iii 35 1.8
Confession : i never had Pho 🍜 but i want to try it so bad 🤤
The city that never sleeps 🌃
Just a pop of color
“Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind” . . . Coat by @wearelittlegiants
Orange you glad its almost Halloween 🎃, please dont unfollow me 😭😭
First picture taken with my new sony 35mm F1.8. Tell me what you think 💭 Whats your favorite lens for street photography?
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“On a May day in 1884, Samuel Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — took a break from writing in his Hartford home to do something that, at 48 years old, he had never done before: ride a bicycle. Twain wrote about mounting the four-foot-tall penny-farthing bike for the first time — and of subsequently flying over the handlebars and landing in the hospital — in ‘Taming the Bicycle,’ an essay published seven years after his death in 1910. Despite the difficulties Twain faced on his inaugural ride, the author ended the piece by encouraging readers to buy a two-wheeler for themselves. ‘You will not regret it, if you live,’ he wrote.” - Julianne McShane, NYTimes
“When bridges requiring piers are built over a body of water, foundations are made by sinking caissons into the riverbed and filling them with concrete. Caissons are large boxes or cylinders that have been made from wood, metal, or concrete. In the case of suspension bridges, towers are built atop the caissons. The early suspension-bridge towers were stone, but now they are either steel or concrete. Next, the anchorages are built on both ends, usually of reinforced concrete with embedded steel eyebars to which the cables will be fastened. An eyebar is a length of metal with a hole at the ends. Cables for some of the first suspension bridges were made of linked wrought-iron eyebars; now, however, cables are generally made of thousands of steel wires spun together at the construction site. Spinning is done by rope pulleys that carry each wire across the top of the towers to the opposite anchorage and back. The wires are then bundled and covered to prevent corrosion. When the cables are complete, suspenders are hung, and finally the deck is erected—usually by floating deck sections out on ships, hoisting them with cranes, and securing them to the suspenders.” - By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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“Verrazzano’s ship, called La Dauphine, was the only one to make it out of the hazardous seas and across the Atlantic, arriving near Cape Fear in March of 1524. Further travels brought the ship to the present Pamlico Sound area of North Carolina, where Verrazzano wrote that he firmly believed the Pamlico Sound was the entrance to a passage to the Pacific, and from there, a route to China could easily be found. This erroneous information caused incorrect and inaccurate maps of the coastline to be made, and it would remain incorrectly charted for future explorers for years to come. Heading north up the coast of the Carolinas, Verrazzano and his men encountered several coastal tribes of Native Americans, but he failed to take note of the Chesapeake Bay or Delaware River entrances into the continent, both of which might have been surmised to be routes west. Upon arriving at New York Bay, he wrote that he and his men had found a large lake, when it was actually the Hudson River’s mouth. Proceeding parallel to Long Island, the expedition arrived at Narragansett Bay and there it met the Wampanoag tribe’s delegation. The site of this meeting was named Norman Villa by Verrazzano to honor a nobleman in France, whose name was used on maps of the area drawn up in 1527. Similarly, an area west of this in present-day Delaware or New Jersey was called Longa Villa by Verrazzano, again to honor a French nobleman. After a stay of about two weeks at this location, Verrazzano took his crew and La Dauphine north. They explored the coastal stretches of what is now Maine, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, and narratives of these adventures were written by the captain for posterity. Information gained on this leg of the journey was also used to make maps of the American coastline. Maps named the region he had explored Nova Gallia, which means New France, but according to his diaries, Verrazzano originally wanted it to be called Francesca. The successful second American trip ended with a return to France in July of 1524.” -totallyhistory.com
“The area we know today as South Beach has a fascinating history, dating from its establishment in 1661 as Oude Dorp, or Old Village, a small Dutch colony at the foot of Ocean Avenue, to its development toward the end of the 19th century as a summer retreat with bustling hotels and amenities including bathing pavilions, beer gardens, casinos, a skating rink and shooting gallery. In fact, South Beach was once known as ‘The Riviera of New York City.’ In the early part of the 20th century, it was home to one of the most famous amusement parks on the East Coast. The Happyland Amusement Park, which opened in 1906 on 15 acres of shorefront property, boasted a ferris wheel and roller coaster, arcade games, theaters and eateries to rival the offerings in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Alas, The Riviera of New York City, with its bustling boardwalk and popular amusements eventually fell victim to fires, water pollution and the Great Depression of 1929. The City acquired the beachfront property in 1935 and the once illustrious hotels and now-deteriorating casinos and amusements were torn down. Four years later, a 2.5-mile boardwalk was built as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration and named in FDR’s honor. The boardwalk that still bears his name stretches from Fort Wadsworth and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Miller Field.” - boardwalkdays.com
“In Amsterdam, houseboats are considered an affordable way to live in the center of the city. They’re also popular in other global cities, from London’s Little Venice to waterfront neighborhoods in Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Sydney. So why doesn’t New York City—with its 578 miles of coastline—have a thriving houseboat community, too? While it’s impossible to know for certain, recent estimates for Manhattan suggest that year-round houseboat residents or ‘liveaboards’ may now number fewer than 50.” - Cait Etherington, 6sqft.com
“Radiation under a Staten Island park from a 1940s landfill — and a fight over who should clean it up — has again halted progress on the East Shore Seawall, a key climate resiliency project. The radiation in the planned 5.3-mile seawall’s path comes from Great Kills Park, where radium-226 was first found during an anti-terror aerial survey conducted by the NYPD in 2005. The vast majority of the park has been shut since 2009. The seawall originally was supposed to be completed this year. But now more than eight years after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the borough and about six years after the project was announced, construction remains stalled as the feds, city and state differ on who’s responsible for getting rid of the radiation. Now it could be 2026 before the work gets done, officials say.” - Clifford Michel, thecity.nyc
“They’re spotted off Staten Island, throughout Jamaica Bay in Queens and around Coney Island and Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn. A few of them appear brand-new, sitting in plain sight, lodged on the edge of a cove. Others are dirty and worn, while many are completely submerged. There are hundreds of abandoned boats scattered around the city. Many of them become unmoored during bad storms. Others are let go on purpose. ‘Many times, boats are the last thing a person purchases in good times and the first thing that’s let go in bad times,’ said Nate Grove, the chief of waterfront and marine operations at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. He has made it his mission to remove these abandoned vessels — which he estimates to be upward of 500 — from city shorelines. Mr. Grove has overseen the removal of 300 vessels over the past seven years, he said. ‘The waters around the city haven’t been this clean since the Civil War,’ he said, ‘and I’m determined to help keep it that way.’” - Kaya Laterman, The New York Times, Jan 2022
“Trees may get their beautiful shapes from battling the elements. A mathematical model shows that the pattern some branches make, first noted by Leonardo da Vinci, is the best at withstanding gusts of wind. Da Vinci observed that at any height above the ground, the total cross section of some trees’ branches has roughly the same area as that of the trunk. This pattern was thought to accommodate the tree’s plumbing, as water flows fastest when the branched pipes can hold as much water as the original pipe. But Christophe Eloy at the University of California in San Diego thought trees contained too little plumbing to be the reason behind the pattern. Instead he thought wind might play a role. So he built a model to simulate the bending forces exerted by the wind, and found that trees with branch thicknesses fitting da Vinci’s rule resisted breakage.” - Melissa Fellet, newscientist.com
“The Arthur Kill ship graveyard was never meant to become such a decrepit spectacle. In the years following World War II, the adjacent scrapyard began to purchase scores of outdated vessels, with the intention of harvesting them for anything of value. But the shipbreakers couldn’t keep pace with the influx of boats, especially once people started to use the graveyard as a dumping ground for their old dinghies. Plenty of ships fell into such disrepair that they were no longer worth the effort to strip, especially since many teem with toxic substances. And so they’ve been left to rot in the murky tidal strait that divides Staten Island from New Jersey, where they’ve turned scarlet with rust and now host entire ecosystems of hardy aquatic creatures.” Brendan I. Koerner, Wired.com
As I looked across the skyline I only wondered one thing, bruh why do baby clothes have pockets 🥴
Ah yes, the Statue of Liberty 🗽
Comedians have always been philosophers in disguise. You can accept the truth once you’ve been disarmed by the absurd. Only then can you walk away and recognize the truth was absurd to begin with
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A shot I took of the New York City skyline....from the Jersey side! Photo by Sean Lea (@jerseykool , @jerseykoolmultimedia ) #nyc , #newyork , #newyorkcity , #skyscraper , #skyscrapers , #skyscraperarchitecture , #skyscraping_architecture , #nymag , #newyorker , #nytimes , #iloveny , #ilovenyc , #whatisawinnyc , #bigapple , #empirestate , #newjersey , #ilovenj , #212 , #travelnyc , #travelphotography , #newyorkermag , #thenewyorktimes , #ad , #manhattan , #nikon , #nikond5600 , #nikonphotography , #nikonphoto , #travelnj , #topnyphoto
“On March 11, 1888, one of the worst blizzards in American history strikes the Northeast, killing more than 400 people and dumping as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas. New York City ground to a near halt in the face of massive snow drifts and powerful winds from the storm. At the time, approximately one in every four Americans lived in the area between Washington, D.C. and Maine, the area affected by the Great Blizzard of 1888. In the wake of the storm, officials realized the dangers of above-ground telegraph, water and gas lines and moved them below ground. In New York City, a similar determination was made about the trains, and within 10 years, construction began on an underground subway system that is still in use today.” history.com
Vista al edificio Chrysler desde el nuevo mirador @summitov en New York #usa #nycinstagram #topnewyorkphoto #topnyphoto #