Back in late winter 1979, I think it was, my employer in Calgary,
Alberta sent a small team to New York to finalize a corporate takeover.
We stayed in a downtown hotel called the "Americana" then owned by
American Airlines. What we had not been told was to avoid going out
after dark on any account. When I reported back home about strolling
round Times Square at night and taking in a move ...............
Clockwork Orange as I recall ............... I was told that I was lucky
to be alive. So much for NYC. However my photos taken from atop the
World Trade Centre Tower are still very well preserved !
jh
On 9/1/2014 8:26 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
I also enjoyed the New York tour very much. 40 years ago (when I was
living in Virginia) IBM sent me to school in Manhattan for 3 months.
I lived on 34th St. and walked to school on 42nd St. and took the
Amtrak Acela train back and forth from Washington on the weekends.
Since we rarely go there I've seen very little of the city ever
since. I was very interested to see the 9/11 Memorial since the
pictures I've seen never showed me how much water was flowing there as
yours did. It was a wider view than I've seen before.
A minor historical note. Seeing the 9/11 Memorial reminded me that
for 6 weeks following 9/11 my son was put in charge of
managing/approving all helicopter traffic (civilian and military) in
and around the city.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/1/2014 1:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
We finished our USA trip in New York, from where we flew home on the
23rd. We basically had a day and a half in the city, staying at a Red
Roof Inn in Queens and travelling into Manhattan by subway. There
will people pics in the PAW, but here is a gallary of 30 pictures,
mostly from lower Manhattan, with a few from Times Square and from
Yankee Stadium, where we took in a thrilling Yankees-White Sox game
on Friday night.
http://www.frozenlight.eu/nyc2014/
As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
YNWA
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|