Random Pictures Thread

About 7 hours above from above- the Empire State Building from the Highline Chelsea neighborhood and later in the evening, the Empire State from midtown location by Madison Square Garden and US Post Office on 34th St. The tower lights calendar today is “blue and yellow” to honor Ukrainian Independence Day.

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Here you go Paul @phinds - post 9/11 this was called as “The World Financial Center” and located in Battery Park City, now called Brookfield’s Place. There use to be a sky bridge that you can take that goes over west side highway directly into the Twin Towers/World Trade Center (post 9/11). You can take the escalator at the lower level which is a channel that will take you to the NJ path train and into the Oculus and out to WTC. You can look up the atrium and the new WTC is visible. West of that to the outside is NY harbor and Ellis Island as well as New Jersey (New Port)

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Yeah, I was in that building several times. Worked at a couple of places nearby (lower Broadway, 40 Wall Street, etc) and used to take long lunch hours and wander around the financial district and Battery Park. I watched some of the construction (of the new monument area being cleared out and built up) from Brookfield Place .
 
Arn213 said:
A beautiful and comfortable day today in NYC. Early this afternoon at Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park. You should be able to see the 2 prominent NYC skyscraper's in each photo- looking south to the right is the World Trade Center and if you look north/uptown 5th Ave., The Empire State Building is visible. One of the main feature of the Arch outside of the statues is the coffered ceiling with decorative rosettes. This is out of marble and designed by notable Architect Stanford White in 1891 to commemorate George Washington’s 1789 inauguration.

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Look Batman - a rare NYC chicken flying in the 4th pic.

Not too sure if I knew that Arch even existed! The one in Paris has a roundabout surrounding it that is a delight to cross!
 
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Mike Hill said:
Look Batman - a rare NYC chicken flying in the 4th pic.

Not too sure if I knew that Arch even existed! The one in Paris has a roundabout surrounding it that is a delight to cross!
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Sighting’s of a fish, mermaid, Scooby doo (I see Rudolph the red nose reindeer missing his landing) from the suds of too many rounds of brewskis and now a rare NYC flying chicken……..it’s most likely running away from all the flying rats (pigeons) and the demanding squirrels who stares you down when you are trying to enjoy your lunch. His like, hey Yo “how about some of your pastrami on rye and can you go easy on the mustard”? I am like “hey, yo-yo, you are no Alvin and how about we skip lunch and indulged you straight to desert”? “How about some commercial grade sugarless round things? “It’s fat free and you will never think about being hungry for days”.
 
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A few more pics of what that cloud turned into. Almost zero winds, it has been moving very slowly and dumping rain and hail with lots of lightening.

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These last two are long exposures with lightening providing the light.

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trc65 said:
Nice looking cloud on a very hot day.

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I jes haf two! I jes do!

"If you build it - he will come!"

There has always been one movie that has always caused a wet cheek on Lil Mikey - It's a Wonderful Life - the last scene. Then came another - Field of Dreams, but not at first. It's taken a few years, but that moist cheek now cometh when I watch it. Then came another - Secondhand Lions, first just out of pure joy and laughter, now, I see so much of the Texas and Texans I want to remember in it and don't want to forget. Danged, guess I'm getting sentimental in my old age! Is there some kinda medicine I can take for that?
 
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A few more pics of what that cloud turned into. Almost zero winds, it has been moving very slowly and dumping rain and hail with lots of lightening.

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Those big anvil thunderheads are awesome to watch as they get higher and higher and then start to spread. They're awesome as long as they are "somewhere over there" and not on top of you.
 
This is definitely an upgrade from the last one I posted and there is no steering wheel. A 1,000 page book will work wonders for a booster seat. The back even has a suitcase for woodworking tools. The backseat, you really only need two buckets and 2 flavors- you can scoop your own as it is arms length (for most of us this is doable, but for the challenging few, they might need a scissor mechanism with a grab at the end to make a reach) as you ride as long as you have some cone dispensers midway.

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@Arn213 and others. Here are some pictures of my neighborhood.

View from back door looking E/NE

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Looking north from the east side of the property.

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What's left of our windmill with one of the pumpkin patches at the base.

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Looking NW from 15 ft or so up on the windmill.

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North from the windmill
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Our view to the south.

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Looking east from the south property line.

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Out on the road looking south.

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Looking north

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You could say those pictures were from my aunt and uncle’s farm, or my grandparents farm in southeast Iowa. Not a singe difference Tim.
 
@Arn213 , as others have said, thank you. Been catching up on threads that I somehow missed the notification and got way behind.

But I want to add, the love of your city comes out in your photography!! It is incredible and all I want to do is hire you as a guide. Yes, I want to see some of the “famous” sites, but you make me want to see the real New York. Thank you so very much for taking the time to write the story and upload pictures.
 
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