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It was a long walk and a long
cycle, so I let the train take the strain on my return to Downtown. This
is the subway at 175th street.
Every 20 blocks is a mile, so I had walked 6 and a half
miles from Times Square. |
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Back in downtown Manhattan, I
spotted this amazing creation. I think Gaudi would have approved. |
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All roads lead me back to Times
Square. It just looks different every time I see it... |
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Mounted police, something I
hadn't expected to see. |
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By night, Times Square blows
your socks off! |
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and by contrast, the relatively
restrained Greenwich Village. (Great Pizzas to be had there.) |
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A rather pretty number plate
with a serious message. |
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The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space
Museum is centred around the Intrepid aircraft carrier on the Hudson river
at the western end of 46th Street. |
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An interesting juxtaposition of
wartime images against the skyscrapers of Manhattan. |
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This fun machine has a rotating
radar antennae on its back. |
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and this little baby is the
worlds fastest airplane designed by Kelly Johnson. 50 were built, six were lost in
action but no crew losses were sustained. This is the
'Blackbird' and can cruise at mach 3 with power from its two huge ram
jets. It could fly from New York to the Middle East and back in 11 hours
20 minutes. Oh and just the slight matter of six mid air re-fuellings en
route. |
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Below decks is this sad reminder
of 9/11. This fibreglass replica of the Statue of Liberty was placed near
ground Zero one night. it soon became a shrine for tributes to the brave
and the innocents who died there. |
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America is a very patriotic
country, the evidence is everywhere. St. Patricks cathedral on fifth
avenue. |
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This ancient TV camera with
turret lenses brought a smile to my face as I recognised the technology on
which i trained in the early days of my TV career. |
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Looking down on one of the
advertising hoardings in Times Square. |
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Water towers that remind me of
beehives adorn many (but not all) rooftops. They all look very similar and
I guess are a requirement to provide a sprinkler system in the event of
fire. What I did not see was any evidence of solar panels to reduce energy
costs. |
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Seen from the 22nd floor of the
Reuters building, another skyscraper is taking shape below. |
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One of Manhattans free
attractions is to have a picture taken of oneself which is then displayed
in a short animation on one of Times Square huge screens just 6 minutes
later. Doug Collins and myself gave it a try! |
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and here Doug and I are taking a
'tea break, in a bar nearby. |
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We also managed to squeeze in a
Helicopter tour of Manhattan. Expensive, and you can't take your camera on
board, but still an experience. |
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Where does all that steam
actually come from? |
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Darkness falls and I can't
resist taking another picture of Times Square from the Reuters building. |
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The ubiquitous school bus. |
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This street cleaning vehicle
looks as though it would carry a small payload into space if it were stood
on end with all its shiny tubes and pipes. |
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This collection of shiny
generators is providing power for a TV outside broadcast in the Sheraton
Hotel. The control room with expanding sides can be seen just beyond. |
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I do love the strong design of
American trucks. This, I believe, is the front end of the TV companies
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Hello mate, I was just on Google looking for
pictures of times square and found your site. The thing is I saw that you
got your picture on one of the bill boards I have never seen that anywhere
before . Could you please tell me where you get it done? It appears we
share a similar sense of humour its a silly and pointless thing to do, and
at the same time an absolute "must do". It looks great fun. Ps
I enjoyed you pictures of New York.
[In the nearby HSBC bank
foyer, as I remember it]
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Neil |
Manchester |
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When I travelled to N.Y (with your pictures),
I just had too smile, as in 1958. my mum and dad were over visiting us in
Canada, and we took off from there, crossing at Gananoque in Canada, to
N.Y. state, we went east, travelling through Maine, New Hampshire, Mass.
all the New England states, and naturally finished up turning and
travelling into N.Y.city.
I remember so well my father standing on
Broadway, looking around and saying, I wouldn't want to be in this city if
there was ever an air raid! Oh something else too, when in Macy's Store,
in the basement, it was the first time we had ever seen Pizza. we wondered
whatever it was, also along the coast into N.J. we saw the first Flea
Market. Our travels then took us down to Washington D.C. which was
thoroughly enjoyed by the four of us.
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Joan Cartwright |
Canada |
