NYC - Oct. 2017 - Caged in but building up, uP, UP. See how many cranes and cages you can find.

 

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I'm never at a loss to take photos in NYC.  Our trip in October was no different.  From time to time, I have had a feeling of claustrophobia in the Big Apple, from the closeness of the buildings to the, often cramped quarters, underground in the subway.  This time the soaring buildings were uplifting.  In a few square blocks south of Central Park, there were six huge skyscrapers under construction.  These must be one of the legacies of the Bloomberg administration. 

Atlantic Ave.

Where there's smoke, there's fire, except in this case...

ITEMS: IS FASHION MODERN? - MoMA’s 1st exhibition on fashion since 1944. List of items on display were listed on the wall outside the exhibit, seen below:

This slide show of the ITEMS was on the opposing wall. Hard to reference the numbers. e.g., this was #055-KIPPAH.

My version of items from the list; 011 BASEBALL CAP, 050 HOODIE & 006 AVIATOR SUNGLASSES.

What goes around, comes around. Woman's shoe style that is popular now was also in 1944.

I have a Burton Harris tweed sport jacket bought in London in 1967.

Field trip with Eloïse's pre-K class to see the changing leaves.

Precipitous Parturition - Guggenheim - ART & CHINA AFTER 1989 THEATER OF THE WORLD - 1999 - Chen Zhen Made from Bicycle inner tubes, toy cars, metal & fragments of bicycles…

David Salle @ the Skarstedt Gallery - We were impressed by the building space but not the paintings.

At the Met Breuer - One of the best photo exhibits we have ever seen. Nat'l Geo. provided him with Kodachrome film. Magnificent color, composition and choice of subject matter.

By Raghubir Singh

Paul Moorefield - quite a raconteur. We could have listened to his stories for hours. His uncle is a 104 y.o. retired dentist. Oliver Moore Bootmakers - J.S. Elias Inc. Only $3,000/pair.

Got it?

Approaching Ai Weiwei's "Gilded Cage" on SE corner of Central Park.

Through Feb. 11, 2018 at many sites throughout New York City www.publicartfund.org

We couldn't figure out what those straps were until...

...we looked up.

All delicious but the canela ice cream sandwiches were just fabulous.

I thought these mandated signs were supposed to be readable.

The Daily Planet building where Clark Kent worked?? So I thought but that building is at 220 East 42nd Street.

Anyway, no more phone booths to change in.

NY Palace Hotel. Originally 1882 Villard Mansion.

Harry Hemsley had the 55 story tower built in 1974. The courtyard is a lovely place for a martini.

"Men In Black"

Eastern P'kway. Two blocks from dropping Luca off at Sunflower Playhouse daycare.

It was stop & go traffic.

At The International Center for Photography. Photos in the exhibit were not permitted.

The other gang members were fleeing the police who were coming up behind Greenfield.

Gameboy

To be in the "in group" you had to shop at Abercrombie, The GAP or J. Crew. This was 1992.

He saved $800 to pay for his prom.

What was I missing at my Bar Mitzvah reception? The boy on the bottom didn't like what his mom was wearing.

We loved that wrap around balcony on the right.

"The Arch" - Ai Weiwei in Washington Sq. Park

One of two hovering helicopters. Why?

A combo I've never seen before; dry cleaning & shoe repair.

These bollards may date from the early 1900's.

Two storefronts before this was a children's clothing store. Aaaah, The VIllage.

The Dutch restaurant, Sullivan Street.

Here you can build up, up, up as long as you do certain things on the bottom and some niceties up top, e.g., that weird cut out in the upper right . It's the Trump SoHo.

In 2017, the Trump SoHo lawsuit was described as "a watershed case in the world of condo litigation..."

Nate's Hunter MFA program housed in the building straight ahead to the right, on Canal Street.

View from Nate's art studio window. Entance to the Holland Tunnel.

Deciding how to hang the drawings...

And hung in record time.

Smorg Square SoHo. New and we were in the mood for ice cream.

We got it, for seven bucks/cone. Delish & perfect.

Not too long ago that was a Greenpoint Savings Bank.

I went to P.S. 42 & Eloïse goes to P.S. 705

Downtown B'klyn and the World Trade Center from St. Marks Ave. B'klyn

We had had a week of beautiful weather. Now the smog was in.