4 for $1. Seed packets of forget-me-nots. Couldn’t resist and have now sown them in the four pots on my fire escape. 15-24 days germination. It’s wet and rainy now…expecting a full-blanketing ground cover.
Category Archives: City views
The Whitney
Apparently shunned by its upscale neighbors due to their dislike of its architecture, it is nonetheless a bastion of modern American art. Currently the exhibit is the Whitney Biennial 2012. But the exterior, composed entirely of cement does resemble a building that might have applied for the job of fortress. It was progressive and innovative …
Super Moon
May 7th. There it is hanging over TriBeCa. It is also known as Perigee. Did you all notice?
The Right Answer
As you stand in Union Square, 14th Street and Park Avenue, and look up, you see a huge piece of art on a building across the street to the south. Sometimes there is steam coming out of the center of this piece of art. To the left of this art display there is a row …
1st Stop Over the Bridge
Fascinating that at the first subway stop over a bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn, there are shops where the signage has no English is to be seen. If you don’t read Hebrew, then you don’t know what they are selling.
Beyond the reach of most
Look carefully at the photo and note two trees and greenery growing on the terrace of the mid-level building. How wondrous is that!
More Flowers
The display in this particular flower shop is always color coordinated with same colors, various blooms. In this shot the buildings across the street are reflected. It’s spring in the City, in the air and in the abundance of flowers.
Comic Relief
It might not be sufficiently clear in the photo, but on the building highlighted in the sun, do you see what looks like three filled-in arches of a garage? How funny would it be to have the back end of cars and truck sticking out, so many feet up in the air. Why that appeals …
The Building[s]
As you exit the A/C/E trains at 34th and 8th Avenue, on the north side, this is your view. [You do recognize the Empire State Building!] And then you turn to your right, Madison Square Garden!