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As someone who lives and walks this city daily…my blog is all about delving a little deeper, seeing what it has to offer, and capturing the true essence of New York City. Whether you live in Gotham, or just visiting…feel free to look around my blog. Bet you might find something new to do!
P.S. As of the end of April 2013 my more personal postings will now be at The Next Few Years.
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
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Something about the earthiness of the concrete floors in Urban Outfitters that I dearly love… could it be my bohemian style showing?
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Winter is definitely around the corner and sadness prevails as autumn comes to an end. Sharing my impressionistic viewpoint as my favorite season passes…
Make sure you view them one at a time… otherwise a case of the dizzies will set in.
wave goodbye to autumn
Leaves are falling fast… it’s been so beautiful…
new york city public library
Count me as one of about two million people with a New York City library card. Each time I visit this incredible Beaux-Arts style building, I’m in awe.
This particular visit was prompted by the showing, Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography. I will never tire of viewing photographs by Dorothea Lange or Henri Cartier-Bresson. Nor will I tire of just soaking up the interior, especially on the third floor with its ornate ceiling murals and large arched panels. Can you believe the main reading room is the size of a football field with 18 chandeliers? Impressive.
Oh, and expect to have your bags searched as you enter and leave the building, no flash photography and be QUIET.
rockefeller center christmas tree
Have you ever given any thought about the efforts involved in decorating the tree in Rockefeller Center? Me either.
First though, can you only imagine a 70 foot tall/40 feet wide tree being carried on a huge trailer down 5th Avenue? Oh, and it happened to only weigh 12 tons. I happened to miss the big arrival a few days ago, so just wanted to take a peek prior to the lighting which is scheduled on 11/30 just to see what was happening. And btw, this year’s tree is a Norway spruce graciously donated by a member of the FDNY and a September 11th first responder. Beautiful.
Mega scaffolding is now in place to help the workers attach 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights strung on more than five miles of electrical wire. 5 miles! The sheer enormity of this project is incredible.
A few other tidbits you may find interesting…
Can you picture back in 1931 the workmen putting up a tree on a muddy Rockefeller Center construction site? Did you know that in 1942 three trees were placed on the plaza, one red, one blue and one white to show support for our troops serving during WWII? Or that the Swarovski-designed star measures 9 1/2 feet in diameter and 1 1/2 feet deep and has 25,000 crystals and a million facets?
Now I have a whole different respect for that tree.
alone
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone. – Suzanne Gordon
