At first I thought - that's pretty cool, that was where Spenser lived for a while - but then I remembered this was NY and Spenser was in Boston! Maybe it was just flashbacks of the time I used to want to marry Barbara Stock!
Random Pictures Thread
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@Mike Hill - outside of being part of sets from some of the iconic movies, films and tv series (Ghostbusters, Hitch, How I met your Mother & Seinfeld), Hook & Ladder Company 8 is a special Firehouse in NYC- they were “among the very first responders to the September 11, 2001 attacks”. This was built in 1903 in the Beaux Art Style. Believe it or not the city was doing major cut backs in 2011 and was going to shut down about 20 firehouses- thank goodness for now our Mayor and actor Steve Buscemi’s (I believe he was a former Firefighter) campaign to save this firehouse.
Don’t know if you realized how narrow the doors are and the width of the building. Can you imagine trying to back up the fire truck after each completed call? It is a working firehouse and I have passed this place at times and the door is up and the NY BRAVEST are usually hanging out- yeah, lots of tourist hit this spot. When I came back it was the 1st firehouse I visited and brought flowers in during the 19th Anniversary of 9/11. By the way to movie nerds- go back to my statement about this engine house being narrow (well a good amount of firehouses in the lower Manhattan where the city started, abandoning the grid system, they tend to be in narrow and rectangular in footprint) and the actually interior studio set was filmed from another firehouse (decommissioned in LA, Fire Station No. 23) for the original 1984 Ghostbuster’s movie.
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How about a NYC iconic landmark and a movie location favorite for you film nerds which is Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village neighborhood……..
To the music fans- two great locations both in Greenwich Village, NYC. Any fans of the late Jimi Hendrix? Remember his album “Electric Ladyland” and where he recorded this album (he lived here too while recording it). Well this
is what is left of it in 2021……….
The one below is really iconic if you are a jazz and blues enthusiast- the one and only “Blue Note”……
is what is left of it in 2021……….
The one below is really iconic if you are a jazz and blues enthusiast- the one and only “Blue Note”……
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I donated wood for handle of axe. it will tour firehouses around country and end up at that firehouse. A local friend made Damascus axe out of 2 pieces of steel from the towers.
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Ok, this did not just happen! I got a phone call from a guy with an address on W. Broadway, just sort of behind this building (Hook and Ladder Station 8) the next block over wanting for us to help him price up renovation of a building here in Nashville. Ok, I'm through for the day - Ghostbuster effect? Wonder if the UAP report had anything in it about this?
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Dang- it’s karma and the way of the universe! Price it out and come to NYC! Don’t underprice yourself and remember to allow for getting tickets and for parking (lol)- I had to stick that in there! Tribeca is a great place. Lots of well known people live there. Robert DeNiro has a couple of restaurants here- one I have been to twice! It is walking distance to City Hall, Woolworth building, South Street Seaport and WTC…..
And Chambers St Wines, one of my go to’s, especially for well priced European selections.
I know that place- that is one really fine, nicely laid out wine store and they still are in business!
They are. I’ve walked in a few times but do business on line, because it’s just not local. Get on their email list, I enjoy their postings.
Will do! Tom check out this other place if you can’t find what you need there- I have known this place ever since the early 90’s. They moved from Astor Place to several blocks away south of Lafayette St.: Astor Wines & Spirits………https://www.astorwines.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=local
Got it. Here’s Chambers St’s link. Not a fancy website, especially on a mobile device, but their offerings make up for that.
I thought maybe I could share some old pictures of me working in the rainforest in Peru.
These are pictures of Cats claw (Uncaria tomentosa) a "medicinal" vine and a fruit called Tumbo... I don't really know the English name for it or its botanical name. It is mainly used to make juice
These are pictures of Cats claw (Uncaria tomentosa) a "medicinal" vine and a fruit called Tumbo... I don't really know the English name for it or its botanical name. It is mainly used to make juice
The first picture is of a Teak plantation that was devastated by leaf-cutting ants. The second image is a Teak seedling that we installed to replace some of the plants
Random tree species.
-Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans)
-Bolaina (Guazuma crinita)
-Aspidosperma sp
-Dragons Blood (Croton sp)
-Bloodwood seedling (Brosimum rubescens)
- An unknown palm tree
-Tornillo (Cedrelinga catenaeformis)
-Garapa (Apuleia leiocarpa)
-Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans)
-Bolaina (Guazuma crinita)
-Aspidosperma sp
-Dragons Blood (Croton sp)
-Bloodwood seedling (Brosimum rubescens)
- An unknown palm tree
-Tornillo (Cedrelinga catenaeformis)
-Garapa (Apuleia leiocarpa)
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The first two are tornillo seedlings. Then is what we had to deal with from time to time, illegal logging of a Tornillo tree.
The third one shows the roads you had to traverse sometimes :)
The last two are just random, the last one I think is a Copaidera stump
The third one shows the roads you had to traverse sometimes :)
The last two are just random, the last one I think is a Copaidera stump
Lastly (I promise I won't spam it anymore)
Some plantation I took care of.
-Capirona (Calycophyllum spruceanum)
-Ishpingo (Amburana cearensis)
-A type of very spicy chili called charapita
-Teak
-Me doing some thinning
-Mahogany
-Bolaina
Some plantation I took care of.
-Capirona (Calycophyllum spruceanum)
-Ishpingo (Amburana cearensis)
-A type of very spicy chili called charapita
-Teak
-Me doing some thinning
-Mahogany
-Bolaina
Is the spicy pepper a wild plant
what is the white for? Nice pics- we like tree spam
That’s a cool vehicle picture. That is art!!!!!!!