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Austin, TX


Thursday, March 04, 2010


 

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ice cream outdoors in february. that's what i call nice winter weather.

posted by (anonymous) -- Thursday, March 4, 2010




  

the last of the summer sunsets on Lyon Lake


Monday, September 21, 2009


 

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jupiter

posted by andrew -- Thursday, October 8, 2009





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lyon lake, in central michigan

posted by andrew -- Thursday, September 24, 2009





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can we say, nothing but blue sky?

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 21, 2009




  

sunsets from my apartment balcony


Monday, September 21, 2009


 

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nature is the greatest painter

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 21, 2009





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this one looks rather apocalyptic

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, September 22, 2009




  

autumn begins


Monday, August 31, 2009


 

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country living in Marshall, Michigan

posted by andrew -- Friday, October 9, 2009




  

albion, mi


Monday, August 31, 2009


 

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a boarded up school, one of many victims of the michigan economy

posted by andrew -- Saturday, September 19, 2009




  

The Sunsets Return


Sunday, June 21, 2009


 

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i am consistently surprised by the variety of colors possibly in our sky

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, September 22, 2009




  

20th CENTURY PICTURES (mostly 1985 thru 2002)


Friday, June 05, 2009


 

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georgiana

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 25, 2009




  

Airbrushing Grandpa


Saturday, February 14, 2009


 

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no expert, but i'm glad to have done a little to improve this photo which stands out on grandma's dresser.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, February 14, 2009





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before the airbrushing. grandma waited 65 years to get this photo fixed!

posted by andrew -- Saturday, February 14, 2009





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extraordinary, i love this photo. it is black/white, hand-painted.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, February 14, 2009




  

World Trade Center memories


Thursday, September 11, 2008


 

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in 2001, with Kate Shanley, at the New York Institute of Finance.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, February 19, 2009




  

from the photo album on the shelf


Thursday, September 11, 2008


 

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the empire's shadow

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 25, 2009





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in Dusseldorf, Germany

posted by andrew -- Friday, September 12, 2008




  

do these fool you?


Tuesday, September 02, 2008


 

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That is a great shot of Times Square!

posted by Travis -- Sunday, September 7, 2008





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Not so convincing, haha.

posted by Travis -- Sunday, September 7, 2008




  

Leisure Time Bowling, with the Woodskies


Sunday, August 17, 2008


 

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*snort* This is hilarious. Good times.

posted by Andi -- Monday, December 14, 2009




  

the old house: dad shares his memories from before age 6


Saturday, July 12, 2008


 

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i just realized that, in this photo, my dad is looking at what used to be a second house on the property, that burned down a few months ago.

posted by andrew -- Friday, July 18, 2008




  

DC - the Holocaust and Portrait museums


Tuesday, May 13, 2008


 

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Wait...when did you go to the Portrait Gallery?

posted by Trav -- Wednesday, May 14, 2008
...did you check out the president's exhibit?

posted by Trav -- Wednesday, May 14, 2008




  

DC - spring (post-cherry blossoms)


Tuesday, May 13, 2008


 

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woah, cool.

posted by Trav -- Wednesday, May 14, 2008




  

DC - the Rock and Roll Hotel


Tuesday, May 13, 2008


 

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hahahah

posted by kyle -- Wednesday, May 14, 2008




  

DC - the Chili Cookoff


Tuesday, May 13, 2008


 

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i hate one of these and believe i suffered a near-death experience. i was not myself for about an hour.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008




  

cheap, authentic mexican food


Wednesday, May 07, 2008


 

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i guess this is the "after" pic

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 16, 2008




  

springtime in NYC


Sunday, April 27, 2008


 

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lovely. wish I could be there. :(

posted by Kim -- Saturday, May 3, 2008




  

gelato


Sunday, April 27, 2008


 

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P-I-N, K-B-E, R-R-Y
Pinkberry!!

posted by Kim -- Monday, April 28, 2008




  

The extraordinary M&M store, 3 floors with World's largest Wall of Chocolate


Monday, April 07, 2008


 

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just.... i mean, HELlo!

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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who would have thought m&ms could be so dazzling?!

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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reactions to this store all over the map with unpredictability, every time I take someone.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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this store really leaves nothing out

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008




  

Once again, Carnegie Deli saves the day


Monday, April 07, 2008


 

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now you're just teasing me!

posted by kim -- Monday, April 7, 2008




  

Times Square in rain


Sunday, March 09, 2008


 

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I was going to exclude this from the collection before I uploaded and processed. whoops forgot. next one is better. (my photoblog software, to ensure true historical integrity, makes it very difficult to remove photos)
(one might also refer to this as lazy programming)

posted by andrew -- Sunday, March 9, 2008





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yeah, better.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008




  

gourmet food shopping in Tulsa


Sunday, February 24, 2008


 

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can't say this doesn't bring back some memories.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008
ohhh, Cotswold. :(

posted by Kim -- Sunday, June 29, 2008




  

Asian food shopping and eating


Sunday, February 10, 2008


 

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recipe for this!

click here

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 21, 2008




  

New Year's Day, 2008


Sunday, February 10, 2008


 

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a quiet union square park in the morning, while everyone else in the city is apparently recovering.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, February 10, 2008





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this is about as dead as you will ever see Union Sq.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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bro-in-law on left
sister on right
self right behind them
no one in the park
and on a nice day too

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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it is truly rare to see union square like this, with not a single soul.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008




  

xmas '07, NYC all decorated


Sunday, December 30, 2007


 

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the christmas tree at 30 Rock

posted by andrew -- Wednesday, January 23, 2008





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Lincoln Center

posted by andrew -- Monday, December 31, 2007




  

xmas '07, Christmas Day, making cotton candy


Sunday, December 30, 2007


 

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to see this animated:
http://andrew.fm/home/?l=CottonCandy

or click here!

posted by andrew -- Sunday, December 30, 2007




  

xmas '07, up in Hudson, NY


Sunday, December 30, 2007


 

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that's kimberly up there.

posted by Andrew -- Friday, June 13, 2008




  

xmas '07, looking out from McKeen


Sunday, December 30, 2007


 

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George Washington bridge, as seen from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, in Washington Heights.

posted by Andrew -- Friday, June 13, 2008




  

more old pix of my hair


Tuesday, December 18, 2007


 

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there is a moderately amusing story about how this photo came to be enlarged all over the front of a credit card once, sent to me that way by the company.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, December 18, 2007




  

the snow that came with the fog


Saturday, November 24, 2007


 

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this has gotta be one of my absolute favs.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008
i like this photo

posted by tin -- Saturday, July 25, 2009




  

driving through the Rocky Mtn canyons


Tuesday, November 20, 2007


 

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Is that a UFO flying up in the upper left-hand corner just above the treeline??

posted by Travis Williamson -- Monday, November 26, 2007




  

sunset in the Rockies!


Tuesday, November 20, 2007


 

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I really like shots like this - the red of the street lights...

Amazing how all those colours can mix so well together.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008




  

a night at juilliard


Wednesday, November 07, 2007


 

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now this is a true picture of you, you only need the double order of wings placed in front of you to frame the shot!

posted by chris -- Wednesday, November 7, 2007





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this was an odd expression, and i remember thinking that at the time. it is my "realtor" look.

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 16, 2008




  

Chinatown fruit and fish sales


Tuesday, August 28, 2007


 

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YUM. I love longyen!

posted by Kim -- Tuesday, August 28, 2007





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yikes?

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 11, 2009




  

(don't ask)


Tuesday, August 28, 2007


 

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this looks like something I dissected out in anatomy lab...

posted by Kim -- Tuesday, August 28, 2007




  

oklahoma in nyc


Tuesday, August 28, 2007


 

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I don't get it. What's Oklahoma about that? Unless the sauce is secretly Ragu!!

posted by Kim -- Tuesday, August 28, 2007




  

in long island city apt, 2004


Wednesday, July 25, 2007


 

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I like this picture of you. You look slightly perplexed though?

posted by Kim -- Sunday, August 5, 2007




  

delicious Acapulco Cafe


Sunday, July 15, 2007


 

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Wow, that looks amazing(ly bad for you). Yum!

posted by Kim -- Sunday, August 5, 2007




  

scenes from a brooklyn roof


Sunday, July 15, 2007


 

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This is very nice, Andrew.

posted by Kim -- Sunday, August 5, 2007




  

The Village: St. Mark's Place


Monday, June 18, 2007


 

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oh the good times we had at this place back in 1997; at least the other one near washington square park is still around. such a wonderful place to hang an deat.

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 18, 2007




  

Grand Centralness


Monday, June 18, 2007


 

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note the ghosts of grand central that only appear in photographs!

posted by andrew -- Sunday, June 24, 2007




  

The changing LIC shoreline/skyline!


Monday, June 18, 2007


 

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the times are changing! new towers going up all along the LIC shore

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 18, 2007




  

9-11


Monday, June 18, 2007


 

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It's always good to see the unique persepctive of the artist...

posted by Laura -- Thursday, June 21, 2007




  

Madras Chicken Curry


Saturday, June 02, 2007


 

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for this recipe and more like it, click below!!!

chicken curry!

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 2, 2007




  

Studio 54, Upstairs Lounge


Saturday, May 05, 2007


 

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inaugural concert for ten o'clock classics

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

Singapore: more Hawker - a cheap, delicious, plentiful food culture


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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what's with the long queue? there are hawkers everywhere and when i go to a new food place then i will find food stall with long queue - it means the food they sell is nice!

posted by (anonymous) -- Saturday, July 25, 2009
what's with the long queue? there are hawkers everywhere and when i go to a new food place then i will find food stall with long queue - it means the food they sell is nice!

posted by tin -- Saturday, July 25, 2009




  

Singapore to Malaysia: the Transtar First-class VIP bus experience


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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i played all the classic nintendo games from the 80's for the first time in many years!

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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i enjoy the proximity of your fellow passenger's unclipped big toe nail to your fried chicken wing and rectangular egg!

posted by chris -- Sunday, April 29, 2007
that is rather funny that the foot looks so close to the food. an illusion of perspective.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, April 29, 2007





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you failed to mention that there was KARAOKE (ktv) on the bus!!!

posted by chris nogoy -- Sunday, April 29, 2007





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yo. yes, it was on the equator and i'm wearing a winter hat. because, i'm bald, and the high air-conditioning has quite an effect.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

KL: the Petronas Twin Towers, world's tallest


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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i saw photo in a magazine similar to this, taken from this vantage point, and i thought wow what an amazing area that must be, so made a point of visiting KL. then i found that vantage point and thought to take my own. pretty weak photo but those towers are just impressive to see no matter the worth of the rest of the picture.

posted by andrew -- Wednesday, May 30, 2007




  

KL: Petronas towers six-stories of shopping, eating, drinking


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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the amazing 6-story city inside the base of the Petronas towers!

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

KL: Neighborhood of Chow Kit (where my hotel was)


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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fun times

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

KL: food n drinks


Monday, April 16, 2007


 

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chestnuts roasting on an open street.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007



 

my Dad's Indian flute


Saturday, April 14, 2007


 

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my dad says:

I bought the flute in Turkey (Istanbul I believe) in the summer of 1966, while on a car vacation with several fellow English students from Cambridge. I don’t remember the actual purchase - it might have been in Greece instead of Turkey. We drove from England through Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, and Yugoslavia that summer. The scariest part was driving on a one-lane gravel road through Yugoslavia, five miles from Albania, when we found ourselves in the middle of a long convoy of tanks traveling in the same direction. But since Yugoslavia was the only Eastern European country at that time to sell CocaCola, I figured we were OK.


posted by andrew -- Saturday, April 14, 2007
you can hear me playing this flute by clicking below...

flute mix

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 23, 2007




  

Mr. Poupon and his Posing Lady-Friend


Tuesday, March 13, 2007


 

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playing Cranium, Tim chooses the "humdinger" action to hum the standard speech of the grey poupon man.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, March 13, 2007




  

Varying shades of Empire State Bldg


Monday, March 05, 2007


 

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this is my favorite...a glowing giant.

posted by heidi -- Monday, March 5, 2007





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i'm rather partial to this one, myself

posted by andrew -- Monday, March 5, 2007
I have to agree with Andrew. I like this one best. Of course I may change my mind in about 5 seconds.

Honore

posted by Honore -- Sunday, March 11, 2007




  

Chinese New Year (The Boar)


Monday, February 19, 2007


 

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My oh my oh my.

I have lived in New York City off and on now for 10 years. And not once did I ever make it down to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year. What an absolute shame.

I will never miss it again. Ever.

These are the sort of events that make you realize that it doesn’t matter how long you’ve lived here or how adventurous you are, you will never run out of fresh new ways to delight your senses here in the Big Apple.

These are not exactly award-winning photos… taken on a high ISO-equiv on an ultra-compact digital camera (I know, I know…) but at least you’ll get a small (tiny) taste of the circus that goes on down there. I wasn’t snapping pix like I usually do, so it’s a rather small gallery.

They have these little foot-long canisters of compressed air that you can get for cheap (everyone did) and then explode them on the streets and an entire block’s worth of confetti and glitter and all sorts of eye-catching surprises come launching out. Your canon shot would be something to behold if only there weren’t a dozen or more going off all around you at all times. The streets were lined with boxes of the empty canons, and in some places a foot-deep drift of felled confettis lined the curbs. So colorful and fantasy-like. And this was only the first out of 15 days of celebrating..

We topped it off with a mammoth meal of.. mammoth proportions.

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 25, 2007





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[the below is taken from a blog i used to keep more regularly]

Our friend Amy piloted the feast for us, choosing the appropriate place, ordering the appropriate food (a long conversation that of course no one else understood). There were only 16 of us, so it was a small job for this out-of-the-way restaurant that upon entering had a couple hundred Chinese enjoying some seriously fine cooking. This particular part of Chinatown was apart from the center, and it was a very cinematic-like place, meandering streets, narrow and intersecting, desolate, near the East River, Chinatown’s eastern-most spot. With odd but surprisingly trendy-ish bars scattered around, in what seemed like the middle of nowhere.

The waiters just kept bringing food. Course after course after course. Some of the memorable items include:

Jellyfish

Fried Sardines

Scallops

1000-yr-old duck egg (so they call it)

Beef with asparagus tips

Soup (can’t remember what it was called)

Lobster with Ginger sauce

A large, whole Cod fish

Australian wine, German beer (go figure)

…and I can’t remember the rest. Every item was genuinely mouth-watering. The beef in particular was remarkably tender, and that sauce on the lobster was exotic and smooth and savory. The duck egg had about a 50% success rate at our table, but I wasn’t complaining. The sardines and scallops were very nice and new to me. The chilled jellyfish was simple and offered a nice contrast to the others.

The restaurant was Wing Shoong, located right off the last F train stop in Manhattan, on East Broadway, right next to the 169 Bar, itself a strange place to behold.

Amy taught us how to do things I thought I knew how to do, but clearly I didn’t. Such as, how to use the hot sauce they bring to your table. And here I thought you’re supposed to avoid the peppers, and just go for the sauce. Apparently it’s just the opposite. Or how to eat certain parts of the lobster… very interesting process indeed, putting the entire piece, shell and all in your mouth, and using your teeth to navigate around the meat, sucking it out, then spitting out what you shouldn’t swallow. Actually rather efficient. Forget the tiny lobster fork.

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 25, 2007
Wing Shoon Restaurant ($)
Chinese, Dim Sum

165 E Broadway, New York 10002
Btwn Essex & Canal St

Phone: 212-674-1183

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 25, 2007
another option has just arrived in my Inbox:

If you want some great dim sum, you should check out Pings Seafood on Mott Street.


posted by andrew -- Monday, June 25, 2007
I didn't realize you meant first Chinese New Year. Now it makes more sense. I couldn't see how someone could go nearly 3 decades without celebrating New Year's!

The last few years, CNY has consisted of going out with the Taiwanese Association to a local Chinese restaurant. It's typical, disappointing Chinese buffet food. You know, the kind that makes you understand how they can keep the place afloat while charging a mere $8 a head. I miss the days when someone organized a massive potluck. I guess the buffet was just easier. Still, it's fun to see everyone, so I can't complain too much. Just remember to save room for mom's sticky rice cake when we get home!

posted by Kim -- Monday, June 25, 2007




  

Uber-chef, the Great TC Demsky


Monday, February 12, 2007


 

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There are chefs, and then there are chefs. Tim is of the latter. After cooking a fantastic multi-course Italian feast (very gourmet) for about 20 people, entirely without a single extra hand of help from anyone, he then showed us what true dinner entertainment is all about, by performing the rest of the night. The guy is a sight to behold. The menu consisted of several delicately prepared items, such as Bolognese and Marsala, but not in delicate portions… mammoth plates with a train of refillable goodness, and still all of us couldn’t finish the many pots of wonder laying around the house. I ate enough to last the entire weekend, and still managed to laugh hysterically while doing it.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, February 13, 2007




  

xmas cookin'


Friday, February 09, 2007


 

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grandma was my partner and she led the effort, and we won the competition for this gingerbread house.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, December 15, 2007




  

Marshall, MI in color


Friday, February 09, 2007


 

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amazing the stuff that is "normal" in central michigan. go the local restaurant, see this in the parking lot.

posted by andrew -- Friday, February 9, 2007




  

Marshall, MI in fog


Friday, February 09, 2007


 

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love it

posted by (anonymous) -- Friday, June 15, 2007
Reminds me of winter mornings in Hereford. :)

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008




  

Duncan Aviation in black/white


Friday, February 09, 2007


 

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this is by far one of the most thrilling places i've visited. one of the world's very best aviation services facilities for doing pretty much anything to an aircraft that needs to be done. the rich and famous take their private jets here. oprah, to name one.

Duncan's website

posted by andrew -- Friday, February 9, 2007




  

Crystal and Dave's big day


Friday, February 09, 2007


 

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siblings. a classic.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

more from Washington Heights


Saturday, November 18, 2006


 

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new york-presby. hospital there in the background

posted by andrew -- Friday, January 5, 2007




  

Towers of the Times Square area


Monday, October 02, 2006


 

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I always loved this building. It looks like a funhouse to me, made modern. You could envision it in a futuristic film.

posted by Heidi -- Monday, October 2, 2006
I always loved this building. It looks like a funhouse to me, made modern. You could envision it in a futuristic film.

posted by Heidi -- Monday, October 2, 2006
Wow! Cool building.

posted by Paula -- Monday, October 2, 2006
I think Pee-Wee Herman used to live in this building.

Just kidding.

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, October 5, 2006





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Can you imagine if that was YOU? Kind of spooky. My question is: Does this really advertise anything other than the woman?

posted by Heidi -- Monday, October 2, 2006




  

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital


Monday, October 02, 2006


 

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6th best hospital in the U.S. as of 2007

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007




  

Colorado, the Rocky Mountains


Thursday, August 31, 2006


 

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a vacant building in one of Colorado's many ghost towns, uninhabited communities from the last century (often mining-related.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, August 31, 2006




  

Bloomington, Indiana: One particular tree...


Thursday, August 31, 2006


 

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autumn in bloomington is a rare pleasure

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 11, 2009




  

Flat Iron and Met Life


Thursday, August 31, 2006


 

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the rare opportunity to be in a passenger jet that happens to afford a nice, close view of Midtown was one that made me happy to have my camera stowed under the seat in front of me. I could darken the overexposure at the frame's edges, or in a darkroom just print the edges down, but in this case I actually really like the glowing effect that the exposure gradient provides.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, October 7, 2006




  

odd, funny story behind this...


Thursday, August 31, 2006


 

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for years, i kept some old textbooks and papers i wrote in college. i decided, upon leaving NY for a while, to get rid of a lot. my old papers -- many of them -- i placed in a recycling bin inside my apartment building.

imagine my surprise when, a few days later, i am walking down 1st Avenue in the East Village and these two ladies are selling my college coursework and books right on the street! quite something. i let them have their fun as long as i could take a picture of the whole weirdness.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, August 31, 2006




  

old pix of me


Sunday, August 13, 2006


 

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in Europe somewhere

posted by andrew -- Saturday, July 21, 2007





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in a music shop in Madrid

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

My Older Black/Whites


Saturday, August 12, 2006


 

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an alley in amsterdam, behind the Raddison hotel

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 21, 2006





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Eiffel Tower, take 1

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 21, 2006





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Eiffel Tower, take 2

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 21, 2006





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heidi stoeckley nogoy, my sis

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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from the top of a cathedral in Cologne, Germany (or Koeln, or Koln)

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 21, 2006
Wow! A clean photo. :) I was in Germany for a week during school exchange. I went to Munster one day - Germany was years ahead of Britain in terms of national recycling schemes etc.

I wanted to live in Germany, it was so clean!

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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Times Square, New York

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 21, 2006





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and i shall call thee "world trade with full moon"

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 29, 2007





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upper west side, near Lincoln Center

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008




  

Philippines: Manila -- Grandeur and poverty


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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that building with plants on each "layer" is the property of san miguel corporation, the makers of the famous san miguel beer. i used to work there as a medical rep for a pharmaceutical company. I used to go to their medical offices. it's kinda weird to see it again after, what, 6 years. it's a very nice structure, it's architecture details are impressive. i think it was voted as one of the
nicest offices in asia.

posted by randell -- Thursday, September 20, 2007





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i still cannot accept with much degree of reality that people actually live in these things which barely even qualify as a shack...

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 16, 2008





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a lineup of jeepneys in the rain

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 16, 2008





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the jeepney is a unique and solely Philippine phenomenon, and this is one of the more colorful ones

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 16, 2008




  

Philippines: The volcano near Cabiao


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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that's Mt. Arayat in the background where Maria Sinukuan used to live....who's she? a folktale character!!!!

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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Its name is Mt. Arayat located in Arayat, Pampanga.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008
We can see this mountain from our windows in our building at work. The mountain is inactive; there hasn't been any eruptions from it all, as far as local historians know. Pretty lucky, or our province would be wiped out. :D

posted by Abi -- Tuesday, February 24, 2009





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I would like to ask of the place Cabiao, named after from whom?

posted by Annabelle -- Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Cabiao is from the rootword Kabyawan..it is a concrete manual tool used for milling of sugarcane(extracting the juice) to pure brown/refined sugar...Cabiao lands were used to be all sugarcanefield...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008




  

Philippines: Cabiao, Nueva Ecija (2 hrs. N. of Manila)


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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I love the name of that street. :-)

posted by Amante Wycoco -- Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Seems like a nice place..

Is this Amante Wycoco former class 2002 (original class)

posted by darwin -- Saturday, March 7, 2009
Yes, he is amante wycoco a former mistah...

posted by Yuna -- Thursday, March 26, 2009





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i think that's my cousin mandy. i was just google-ing my name and i found your section here. cool man. if i'm not mistaken i think you are married to one of my cousins living in the east coast. well, if you are, you did the right thing.

posted by randell -- Tuesday, June 12, 2007





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look how time flies. i used to drive this "jeep" way back when, believe it or not. i can't believe it's still running today. i like your pictures of cabiao. did you know i did attend my second grade there?

posted by randell -- Tuesday, June 12, 2007





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showing many pictures in different areas are good example to remember one place especially when your not there. God Bless to all.

posted by Richard V. Bautista -- Monday, August 4, 2008





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i like how this photo at first appears that they are all holding hands.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 1, 2007





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i remember Gerardo Manalastas was my 1st and 2nd year Cabiao High School classmate..we are both Batch '78

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
and jesus manalastas was my classmate and my competition in basketball sa polilio

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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I never recognize this corner its very different way back 1992... our small house just 4 blocks away, the one with a car, it seems that our barangay (community) is improving.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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I forgot how old I was...My cousin and I used to go to this lady's house to play Nintendo (i think it was a Famicom...haha). Her son lived in the US at that time and she was wealthier than the most. She would charge us 5 peso/hour of game play and the only game she had was Super Mario Bros. But, that was enough for us. I remember the red rails and the cross.

posted by Teresa -- Tuesday, May 6, 2008





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I went to school here from nursery-6th grade. I was one of the very few students who attended this school when they first built it. That makes me part of the first group of students to graduate from here. Very special huh? =) All of our teachers were nuns. Our nails were checked for cleanliness before class and if they were not clean, our palms would get slapped with a ruler. haha! Oh! thanks for bringing back the memories =) I forgot during what grade it started but, we were required to attend the 5am mass everyday. Class would start around 6 and all students from all grades would stand in front of the church to sing the national anthem. Everyone goes home for lunch around 12 and then we would come back i think at 2pm and go home at 5pm. Students who lived far from school went home with other students who lived closer. It's been 11 years since I last visited Philippines and I miss it oh so dearly. Thank you Andrew for sharing these photos.

posted by Teresa -- Tuesday, May 6, 2008





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we had one of this handtractor...i love to ride on it to go to some of our family gatherings....a musthave to farmers in our family..

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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is mr andrew a resident of cabiao, nueva ecija?

posted by loudrico reyes -- Saturday, June 28, 2008
Hello --
No, I don't live in Pilipinas but my sister's in-laws are from there.

It's a lovely country from everything I saw.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 28, 2008





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I have been trying to figure out who that lady in the orange shirt is (far left)... She's my auntie's sister!! OH how funny!

posted by Teresa -- Wednesday, May 7, 2008





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mattheo said it best, "filipinos are just the most beautiful in the world"

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 30, 2008





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I know this... this road lead to the chapel. I live here. This is Pantalan or Brgy San Antonio.

posted by elieson michael santiago -- Wednesday, January 28, 2009





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I think this is in front of St. John Nepomucene Church. If it is then my house would be close to that light post at the very back (one that looks like a backward letter "F"). We had a two story house which used to be a hospital back in the 1800s. I've always felt like that house was hunted. I had friends who lived about two houses down and their house used to be a bank. They never really remodeled anything inside nor outside. The lobby served as their living room and they just turned the little offices into bedrooms.

posted by teresa -- Tuesday, May 6, 2008





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The white house of Cabiao is still there well preserve, the old rich is getting richer...

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008
Hey, that's my grandmother's house! I haven't seen it in 20+ years. Thanks for posting!

posted by richard -- Saturday, April 12, 2008
that white house is my uncle's "kasama" house..i think her name was nana Bina...she had a big palay warehouse right next to it..

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
this is our house located along the highway .it is my mother's dream to have a white house. she died last nov. 8,1995.she is well loved by our kasamas[tenants].

posted by andrea lucero munsayac -- Saturday, May 16, 2009





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There is a great possibility that you could be standing right in front of the old house I grew up in. I remember 'Noli's Studio' but I can't remember how far my house was from it. I know I lived close because I remember walking there to take photos. What a small world =)

posted by teresa -- Tuesday, May 6, 2008





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thanks aloy for the upload...im from cabiao too...thanks for your effort...i hope you explore more our town on your next visit...god bless you always...

posted by solly m. santos -- Friday, April 24, 2009




  

Philippines: Rural areas of Cabiao


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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hi I'm Venia...am too was born and grew up in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija and now residing here in R.S.M.,CA..i left P.I. on April '02 and i'm sad to say never been back there yet...i think i remember this place in this particular picture..is this used to be the ricefield turned into residential lots right beside the now Cabiao Public Market in San Roque? before i left for U.S. that house structure with orange(whatever!)roof was just all hollowblocks walling and that visible-triangle-shaped side roofs...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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boy with a kite

posted by andrew -- Friday, July 14, 2006





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hello tata Odeng....how are you guys nowadays????

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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tata Odeng's alagas done taking a splash huh....

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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i know the man sitting with a hat on..that's my tata Odeng Miranda with his mga "alaga"

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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hi again it's me, Venia...oh! man....many thanks for this pix..this is my tata Odeng Miranda, who's still my next door neighbor in Brgy. Bagong Buhay...i make a guess this photo (and few more of the carabao and the one with a large background)was taken at a Pampanga riverbank in Pantalan /San Carlos area...hay naku..tata Odeng loves his carabao so much that he always makes sure he's the one who does "pastul" of his carabao everyday...
tata Odeng, nana Uring, Zoila, atbp.. kamusta napo kayo jn sa atin..

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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so these are my tata Odeng Miranda's "alaga" huh....it's nice to meet you on the internet guys....

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008




  

Philippines: Charity for a Cabiao housing project


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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is this the GK village "Sitio Burakay" / "Chicago Hills"?

posted by Tyrone -- Sunday, September 16, 2007
sorry, i'm afraid i don't know the name...

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, September 16, 2007
my departed brother loved this place and its cause

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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i once went to this "buracay' which my brother talked so dearly

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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if i am not mistaken the picture shows my brother at the back with red jersey.he used to play basketball and hunt birds

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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Wonderful picture!

posted by Anya -- Sunday, June 11, 2006
i agree! i can't take credit for this one, though. i believe Mattheo took this picture.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, June 13, 2006





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this is the way she comb her hair,comb her hair...only in the Philippines huh...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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oh man..the woman touching the arms of the woman in red and beige dress is my distant neice Laylay..

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
i recognize the woman in uniform

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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i hope this charity made an improvement to the lives of my kababayan

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009





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Thank you for your charity... you make them happy... I wish that i can do that too...

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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thank you people

posted by alex borromeo -- Friday, July 3, 2009




  

Philippines: Filipino market in Cabiao


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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Wow great shots of my Home town!

posted by Ben Pacificar -- Friday, December 7, 2007





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hi my name is adelle...i'm from california!
it's funny because i'm from cabiao and my auntie just happened to be searching "cabiao" on google and guess what the "pic 9" those happened to be my relatives!...how wierd is that! and coola at the same time...
...god bless and hope you had fun in our little town called "cabiao"...god bless!

posted by adelle -- Saturday, July 8, 2006
Wow, I always wondered if something like this happens often now with the Internet. I mean how many times have you ended up being in someone else's picture of video? It happens all the time. Those people are from somewhere and sometimes I guess they put them on the net, so why not? I think that its in Cabiao is even cooler.

posted by Suso -- Saturday, July 8, 2006





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Marites Dayao holding fish (bangus).

posted by ilusa -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008




  

Philippines: Food


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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Common dishes for every wedding party...and special too.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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This one is the very special dish for every wedding party...lobster, wow i like lobster.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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Filipino people can eat this food "bibingka"& "Puto bungbong" (rice cake) during December, and this is special to order too...

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: Totem Pole Games!!!


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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these boys used the left-over ash from a pig roast to add friction to their skin before attempting the greased pole.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 9, 2006




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that's not how one start climbing "palosebo"!!these boys kinda cheating in the game....

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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Nice try... did you win the game? How much the pot money? It is U.S. dollar or Peso? Chris father sometimes put U.S. dollar on the price pot.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008
yeah, we won. we split the pot among the winners that made up our totem pole, as we called it. it was like $1 a person. a 15-yr old kid who had been watching was extremely jealous of this $1 and very desperately asked that i give it to him. i did not.. if he wanted to win the money, he should have joined in the hard work!

it is not easy having two kids, even small ones, hoisted on your shoulders, even when you have a pole to hold onto. I won't do it again.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: more of the games people play...


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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Kuya Andy everytime you visit your hometown, you make your neighborhood very happy, yes i was...

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: Cabiao National High School


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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My Alma Mater, Left side is the residence of Nogoy's Family. The first modern american style in Cabiao It was designed and built by Chris father Andy Nogoy in the early of 70's.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008
My parents graduated from this high school.

posted by Teresa -- Tuesday, May 6, 2008
My Alma Mater too...i'm batch '78..yup left side is Nogoy's residence..i remember buying our school supplies on Monday morning there...the house on the right side was my classmate Virginia Lapuz's residence....(Where are you now Gin???
so CNHS student now are very lucky....i can see they now have that roofed roadway to the campus...starting on our 2nd year high school, i remember we paid 10 centavos a week, they say back then, was for some contruction building along the "nabao" area..well at least, i can now see where my parent's hard earned money(the 10cents was deducted to my Monday school allowance)went to...job well done...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I graduated in that school and I had a lots of good memories. I wish to communicate with my classmates. I am million miles away home but I will never forget that school. I am batch 81. I can see big changes thru the pictures shown. That was a lucky school. Goodluck

posted by Elvie Relucio -- Sunday, July 26, 2009





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ayayay!!!!where is the statue of the boy scout hero who died in plane crash on the way to World Jamboree..

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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1983 when i took my diploma in that roofted stage... our batch was the first to climb on that stage.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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The principal office building, many of us was avoiding to pass this alley!

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008
there you are....beautiful landscape around you nowadays huh...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I can't recall the the specific reasons for my numerous trips to the principal's office--one thing I'm sure of, I never got in trouble. If my memory serves me right, every trip I took in and out of the principal's office has always been a pleasant one. I enjoyed having a conversation with the principal herself which was usually in "English". I guess it comes with the territory. Since I am the school's former principal's niece, the late Gregorio Bugarin, everyone seemed to have an expectation that I'll live up to my uncle's legacy. Too bad, I had to leave and finish high school somewhere else...

posted by Myrna Bugarin -- Monday, January 5, 2009
thanks for showing the the beauty of cabiao..more power to u guys!

posted by cabiaocity -- Wednesday, April 7, 2010
so glad to see these pictures. it reminds me of my late parents, Mr. Honorio Franco and Mrs. Magdalena Franco, who both spent their wonderful working careers in this magnificent school.

posted by jun -- Wednesday, July 28, 2010





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The same it was (office)... I was 2nd LT. in our CAT course our batch was so unique... we petition our corrupt commandant during our heydays... we ask every senior student to sign the petiton for his removal in office, that is why we stuck in that kind of rank...hurrahhhh

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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If you go straight to this road and take a right turn on the end, you can see a more than 500 years old acacia tree on your left side, there's a rumor that during japanese period japanese soldier had buried a large amount of looted treasure somewhere on that tree, some people dug on that area, some remain of the crater are still there.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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since my last day march 1975 cabiao high school a lot of beautiful memories of my high school days.

posted by danjo h. dayao -- Sunday, August 10, 2008




  

Philippines: Scenes from a Tricycle


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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i love this picture, especially the slightest suggestion of the context and situation where and how this image was captured...acidic armoa of mini bike exhaust, rusty morning rain, coy cabiao gazes, wind and a brave old world...

posted by chris -- Tuesday, November 7, 2006
yup, that's my cousin jason.
it's so cool seeing these guys
who practically lived their whole
lives in the states and still
chose to get married in the
philippines.

posted by randell -- Thursday, September 20, 2007




  

Philippines: The Amazing Nikki Santiano, age 8


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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the question becomes, can you tell which one is me?

posted by andrew -- Saturday, March 17, 2007





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you should watch her dance!! (click below)

nikki showing us all how it is done

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 30, 2006




  

Philippines: Filipino Wind Ensembles


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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the name of this band refers to the year it was founded.

f.y.i.

one of the band member's profile

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, October 5, 2006





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The last time i saw Chris father was more than 20 years ago... I never recognize him.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: Mansion with an odd story


Friday, June 09, 2006


 

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Nice work in bringing the endearing way of making us remind of our place.

More power to you.

posted by R S ROMERO -- Sunday, July 4, 2010




  

Philippines: Our impromptu performances


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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for the last piece played by this inspiring local wind ensemble (a.k.a. a band), they turned the baton over to an American to conduct an American piece.. a march by Sousa.

that American was surprised at the gesture, and that American was me.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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This stage was full in history now your a part of that history, Many dignitary, politician well known actor and actress of the philippine movie had took their speech in that stage, The stage was donated by old rich of Cabiao. the stage is older than me.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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The stage has been altered... it was classical before

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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this is one of the most hilarious things i've ever seen. Mattheo and Chris mocked a traditional dance that was performed not 30 minutes sooner on the same stage, and received great applause and laughter.. all unplanned of course, and in their underwear.

but that's how we Westerner's do it.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Philippines: Mattheo leaves his mark


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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it begins.............

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Philippines: Breeding artists!


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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music-inspired painting on the outside walls of the music school.

it has been suggested by town residents that after our influence in this way, the children all over will start this new form of "graffiti".

we joked that the great European museums will some day exhibit work done in this manner, to be called "fresh cabiao style."

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Philippines: The kids' magnum opus, all finished


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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this area of the house used to be the school supplies store...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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this dog was loving us, and it got in on the action, getting itself a little hair dye along the way (not intentional)

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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this is the better view of what used to be the Nogoy's school supply store back in late 70's

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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Escape route... gossshh everytime i went home during recess i pass to this door. Chris grandfather managed a mini school supply store on that time. No student are allowed to get out of the campus during class time, uhmmm but i managed my accomplice was Chris grandfather he knows that i will be back on my class after recess, i save my allowance so i never go to canteen instead i ate some left over in our house.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: Mattheo paints Heidi


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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my Dad and others joined in on the mural. i, of course, stayed away, since my drawing is at approx. the 2nd grade level.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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oh my god! that is so so beautiful. i cried when i saw that picture!

posted by carrie fay ellmore -- Friday, June 23, 2006




  

Philippines: The house in Cabiao


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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there on the left, with the flags, the house we stayed in

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006
next to it, after the CNHS gate is my classmate Gin Lapuz' house...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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my bedroom, and the only room in the house with a lock on its door, thus the unofficial "hotel safe" for everyone's valuables. and not a single person tipped me.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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Chris experiences some problems.

"All I want to do is wash my face," he barely says through audible laughter.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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fresh jungle leaves

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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fresh jungle leaves

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006
there's no jungle in Cabiao!!!...that's fresh young banana leaf...

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008





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kitchen helpers, washing dishes

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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when not stocked with Western wedding guests, this house is home to an 18-year old music school, founded by Mr. Andy Nogoy, Heidi's now-father-in-law.

shown here, the school's continual progress demonstrated by its many trophies.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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a grand filipino chair

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007
we call it "butaka"

posted by Venia -- Wednesday, November 5, 2008




  

Philippines: Heidi weds Chris Jason Nogoy


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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everyone received manicures and pedicures, the occasional massage, and facial masks, to loosen up for the big event, which, in the Philippines, is called "a wedding".

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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yes, there's my bedroom again, the only room in the house with a lock, so, the only room where the dress could be hanged.

this dress was hand-designed by Heidi's now-sister-in-law, May, from her home in London, and put together with an assortment of materials from around the world and, I hear, is worth somewhat of a fortune.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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i love this picture for several reasons; the photo of my dad's graduation photo on the wall, the actual house itself my dad designed and built for his parents (my lolo and lola), the stair case down (off screen) to the left that initiated my arachniphobia, the back corner of the room where i used to pile up my lizard tail collection when i was little, the balcony to the right where i ate cheese, mangoes and hot wine with a french family, the small, musty storage space behind the photographer where my mom's wedding dress was kept, the plastic pvc filipino walkie talkie/air conditioning duct that was built before the stoeckley arrival and last but not the least, the most beautiful woman wearing the most beautiful dress marrying the luckiest man hanging from a ceiling next to a ceiling fan meant to be on the ground over a bed that didn't have any bedbugs...not to mention the cornocopia of american snacks piled on the counter and the bathroom with leaky fixtures, loose bolts and water cold enough to make your nipples into mini mt. everests on your body...

posted by chris nogoy -- Friday, June 29, 2007





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part the wedding preparations included getting facial masks. true story.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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the amazing Nikki Santiano who I miss more than anybody

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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Uber-designer of fashion and exotica, May Nogoy DuFour became the go-to girl for make-up and face masks.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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chris was banished to this house on the morning of the wedding, so his bride could get dressed without prying eyes. he went from this prison, i mean, house, to the church directly. michael accompanies him on this exiled sentence, a task i am grateful to him for doing, since one could technically argue that was my job, as best man, to be there with him. sorry chris.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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heidi was a beautiful bride and the pictures are wonderful.
my daughter was in a dance class taught by heidi.
do you have an email where i may reach her.
my daughters name is brianne nichtenhauser

thank you

posted by dawn nichtenhauser -- Saturday, August 26, 2006





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You look nice, you worn our National Dress. I don't like seeing some Filipino wearing American dress during wedding ceremony. Wearing "Barong Tagalog" during wedding ceremony is a tradition to Filipino. Some rich people worn American dress during wedding ceremony, maybe because they have a western mind and they forgot who they are...not unlike Andy Nogoy family they still attach to our tradition, even Andy Nogoy spend most of his lifetime in United States. "Barong Tagalog" is made of wild leaf of pineapple, if the fabric is properly taken cared it can last up to a hundred years.

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008





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Grandma, with Daisy, in the Philippines.

posted by andrew -- Wednesday, January 23, 2008





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I don't know if "Garcia" have seen this photo he mention Lito and Bill Nogoy the younger brothers of Andy Nogoy that were his playmates, well there he is Lito Nogoy wearing white shirt with a blue sleeve holding a video camera...I think "Garcia" never recognize him he left Cabiao since he was 15. The big guy wearing gray long sleeve shirt staring to a boy also wearing a gray shirt is Jun Nogoy my cousin also Chris Jason uncle, the boy i mentioned is my nephew Chris 2nd cousin. I left Cabiao when i was 25...

posted by rogelio -- Saturday, January 26, 2008




  

Philippines: El Nido, Palawan


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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hundreds of islands like these, stretching seemingly forever, with a tiny resort on one of the most distant ones. our plane landed on a small dirt runway, where we then took a jeepney to a nearby village, and boarded a boat which took us another 45 minutes out in to the middle of nowhere, where our 72 hours of paradise began.

if you only visit one place in Asia, visit Palawan, the Western frontier of the Philippines, in the SW of the South China Sea. You will certainly not be disappointed.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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the natives welcome us to their amazing and very isolated piece of paradise in the South China Sea.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Philippines: coming home... up all night..


Thursday, June 08, 2006


 

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May, Mattheo and I were extraordinarily exhausted, and unfortunately, for me, this was just the very beginning of 26 straight hours of travelling.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Philippines: more pix by Heidi, Chris, Jason, May, Mattheo


Wednesday, June 07, 2006


 

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me and Grandma, my primary travelling companion for the trip, since everyone else had spouses there with them! Grandma and I:

* Shared a kayak
* Shared several horse carriages
* Shared a grass hut
* Shared a fair amount of laughter

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006
Gorgeous

posted by Andi -- Tuesday, December 22, 2009





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Heidi, Chris, Mattheo, and I all individually experienced, then discussed, the strange and humbling sensation that occurs when a native Filipino looks at you, makes eye contact, particularly in small towns like Cabiao. It is like they are seeing through the surface elements of your fragile personality, and right into your core. Honestly, it's a little intimidating. It is perhaps because we were so different from them.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006





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this is the only picture that comes close to capturing the strange ethereal look of the ocean here. Chris and Heidi pointed out that it looked like cartoon waves, or CGI. it was not like water i've seen elsewhere.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, June 8, 2006




  

Inwood Hill Park!


Saturday, May 06, 2006


 

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I know this place well, had some great times at the park, and in the woods. Cool to see this again.

posted by Cliff Cassidy -- Saturday, October 7, 2006




  

Westchester psyche facility in Spring


Thursday, April 20, 2006


 

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here we have the psyche division of new york-presbyterian hospital, where I teach occasionaly. this particular campus is on a sprawling 200+ acres in Westchester County north of NYC. it has been rated the 2nd-best psyche facility in the nation.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, September 12, 2006





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this is the nation's currently rated #2 psychiatric hospital, not far north of New York City. most of the buildings were built in the 19th century, and they feel every bit as old when you walk through them.

posted by andrew -- Friday, April 21, 2006





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the beautiful Payne-Whitney campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the second-best psychiatric facility in the United States

posted by (anonymous) -- Friday, July 14, 2006




  

sunset over the Hudson


Monday, April 17, 2006


 

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some residential towers on the New Jersey shore as seen from the western shore of Harlem, around 137th street.

posted by andrew -- Monday, April 17, 2006




  

Gum Ball


Sunday, April 16, 2006


 

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inside macy's
my sister
and brother-in-law
that would be,
heidi and chris

posted by andrew -- Sunday, April 16, 2006




  

Time Warner Center/Columbus Circle


Sunday, April 16, 2006


 

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This one is very interesting. I like the angles, symetry, and chaos all mixed together. :)

posted by Heidi -- Monday, April 17, 2006




  

Empire Yellow


Saturday, April 08, 2006


 

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this picture, as well as several others scattered throughout this blog, is taken from the 10th floor of a building at the southwest corner of 20th street @ 7th avenue.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, April 16, 2006
Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Steel, multi-colored... any day of the week it seems to be a toss-up what the Empire State Building will look like.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007




  

Stuyvesant Square


Saturday, April 08, 2006


 

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Oliver peacefully keeps watch over Stuyvesant Park, outside this window.

Here's Oliver when he's awake.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, April 8, 2006




  

Oliver


Monday, April 03, 2006


 

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is he winking at you?

no, he just only has one eye.

posted by andrew -- Monday, April 3, 2006




  

A corner of Chinatown


Saturday, April 01, 2006


 

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here is all the proof you need that not everything in chinatown is chinese

posted by andrew -- Sunday, April 2, 2006





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all over town, trees like this have been popping out of nowhere.

i guess that means it's spring.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, April 1, 2006




  

Coconut Grove, Miami


Saturday, March 25, 2006


 

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here's a very common site in miami these days: construction cranes. hundreds are everywhere, literally. there is so much construction going on, building new high-rise condos and more, you wonder where all the people are coming from!

posted by andrew -- Saturday, March 25, 2006
another common sight: florida art.
(i'm not going to say anything)

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, April 4, 2006




  

Near Grove St, Jersey City, NJ


Sunday, March 12, 2006


 

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Interesting story about this building. I believe most or all of this story is true. But I'm only quoting from what I heard once a few years ago.

This is the Goldman Sachs building in Jersey City. It is directly across the Hudson River from downtown Manhattan, and it is as tall as any of the NYC buildings down there, thus it really stands out.

However.

It is only a few years old. It was completed after 9/11, but it was during the prosperous years of the Clinton era, when the economy was strong and the company doing particularly well, that Goldman Sachs approved the project to build this monstrosity.

Then...

Bush was elected, 9/11 happened, and the economy tanked.

The building was finished, but remained mostly empty. Goldman had laid off a lot of people, and business was such that there was simply nothing to put in the space.

I don't know how the vacancies stand today. But, the building is sure something to look at regardless.

It was always strange to look at this new gigantic structure and know that there was nothing inside it.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, March 12, 2006




  

Blizzard #2 of the season..


Monday, February 13, 2006


 

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from our place in Inwood on sunday morning, feb 12

posted by andrew -- Monday, February 13, 2006




  

Inwood, Manhattan


Saturday, February 04, 2006


 

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my daughter stands on a broken tree...

no just kidding. a random stranger balances on a felled tree.

posted by Andrew -- Saturday, February 4, 2006





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Little Dominica, aka Inwood

from another online source....

...only a few blocks down the street from John Gotti’s old headquarters at the Bergen Hunt and Fish Club and a few doors away from an old public library where Jack Kerouac planned many of his road trips that would become On the Road....


posted by andrew -- Sunday, February 5, 2006
who's that giant bunny rabbit????

posted by paula -- Monday, February 6, 2006




  

Marshall, Michigan


Saturday, December 31, 2005


 

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ice fisherman.. out on the lake, fishing.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, December 31, 2005





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where i oversaw the wedding of my sister. (that is, i was the reverend!)

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

Strike


Friday, December 30, 2005


 

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so, last week, i woke up and dragged myself through the morning sludge of preparing to leave for work. i finally did and it was extraordinarily cold. i walked to the subway. oh, what did i see?

a nice little call to 311 promptly notified me that my suspicion was correct: damn TWU went on strike and the transit system was shut down.

i could have slept in.

posted by andrew -- Friday, December 30, 2005




  

SNOW!


Sunday, December 18, 2005


 

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holy

here are some pix from a sister storm two years ago

posted by andrew -- Sunday, December 18, 2005





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central park...

posted by andrew -- Monday, December 19, 2005




  

friggin' kitchen


Sunday, December 18, 2005


 

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this friggin' lady has her own kitchen.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, December 18, 2005





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take a wee step away from her front door, turn to the east, and here's your view, mrs. friggin'. the offices of downtown government.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, December 18, 2005





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now turn around and take a peek at the west. here's your friggin' housing projects.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, December 18, 2005




  

Central Park autumn pix II


Thursday, November 24, 2005


 

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this of course is not in central park, but along its edge

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, April 4, 2006




  

Central Park autumn pix


Saturday, November 12, 2005


 

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here we have a perfect example of how a cheap digital camera cannot handle high-contrast scenes.

posted by andrew -- Monday, February 20, 2006




  

NYC from the air


Saturday, October 29, 2005


 

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the empire state building, roosevelt island, 59th st. bridge, east river..

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005





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the north tip of Central Park

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005





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59th street bridge, going into queens.

this bridge was shut down and one fire, actually, about an hour before i took this picture.

more pix, near and of that lonely skyscraper in queens

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005





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a nice view of the two big parks in brooklyn

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005





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inside the plane, the air was all misty from the AC

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005




  

S.W.A.T.


Saturday, October 29, 2005


 

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what's wrong with this picture? oh, you must be thinking of the SWAT team entering this downtown Miami condo building.

i was staying at a friend's place, watching CNN coverage of the Miami sniper.. only to then look out the window and see that the building on TV was also the building across the street!

i was going to go outside and get some food, but the reporters kept saying, "if you live in the area, stay inside".

ABC's local news coverage of the incident

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005




  

Li'l Havana


Saturday, October 29, 2005


 

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miami has more cats walking around than oklahoma has cattle. i'm sure of it. there are so many strays.

this picture, like the one linked below, captured only about half the cats in this parking lot. they all love parking lots for some reason.

another miami cat hangout

posted by andrew -- Friday, November 4, 2005




  

Above the city


Sunday, October 09, 2005


 

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that's broadway down there. around 94th st.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005
this picture was taken from this room:

view from a dump

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005




  

3 random black and white pix from NYC


Sunday, October 09, 2005


 

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a cramped tiny little dumpy old motel room converted into a studio apartment on the upper west side.

but, it had a decent view:

click here to see the outside from this window

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005
the above link has changed:

click here to see the view from this window

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 22, 2009





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Little Italy.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005




  

Random blips from life in Greenpoint, '02-'03


Sunday, October 09, 2005


 

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on the other side of that window is Freeman Street, just off the corner of Manhattan Avenue, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. There's a great little pizza place on that corner, FYI.

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005
here's another look:

here's this same room, slightly changed, and in color

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005




  

Ground Zero's neighborhood


Sunday, September 11, 2005


 

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Cortlandt St.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005
after all this time, the Cortland St. subway stations are still closed due to 9/11 damage. The trains still go through the stations, but they do not stop due to structural concerns.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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looks lively, this picture taken across the street from ground zero. the reality is however that life has not returned to normal, the energy and culture of our WTC neighborhood is gone. hopefully not forever.

wtc

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

my cousin Randy Ruble is building a plane


Sunday, September 11, 2005


 

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how many people do you know that decide to assemple by hand a to-be-certified aircraft in their garage??

posted by andrew -- Saturday, September 17, 2005




  

Ginger's Wedding: spaces, places


Sunday, September 11, 2005


 

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the wedding of my cousin Ginger Ruble to Joe Semany took place over Labor Day Weekend during a marvelous two-day event at the Yarrow Golf Resort in central Michigan.

I learned during the reception speeches that my cousin, a hygientist, met her future husband when he sat down in her chair at the dentist office for a regular clean-up. isn't that cute. my parents met when my future dad checked out in my future mom's cashier's line at a hardware store back in the early seventies. chance meetings seem to be a good sign.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005




  

Ginger's Wedding: everyone dressed up


Sunday, September 11, 2005


 

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i took this picture of the groom and his men getting their picture taken by the other photographer.

joe, the groom, is the guy in the middle, obviously. second from the left is my cousin randy.

Randy is building an airplane

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005
Because of this wedding, the gentleman on the far right, Chris Jason Nogoy, is now married to my sister, who he met a few hours after this picture was taken.

Just over 3 months later, I married them myself in a small ceremony not far from where this picture was taken.

He grew up with Joe, and now they are cousins by marriage.

How about that?

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, April 4, 2006





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the bride's sister, Crystal, poses with her cousin, me.

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005





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this picture not a wedding picture, in case it was not otherwise apparent.

but i threw it in here anyway because it is a nice pic of all but one of the cousins at John's westpoint graduation at the end of May.

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005




  

my life on Miami Beach, winter '04-'05


Sunday, September 11, 2005


 

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how flattered i was to have people travel great distances to visit my little dump on miami beach.

here we have Pavel and Klara, from Prague, and Anar who now lives in India. i am the much older gentleman on the right.

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005





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in north bay village, an island between miami and miami beach, there are two cats for every human. i'm not sure about that statistic, actually, cause i just made it up, but this picture captured about half the cats in that parking lot.

posted by andrew -- Monday, September 12, 2005





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Bojana, Georgiana, and myself

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, April 4, 2006




  

Snow in Greenpoint


Wednesday, August 24, 2005


 

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like several photos in this site, this is taken from the Pulaski bridge which spans the border between Western Queens and Brooklyn, just off the East River. I lived in that area for about a year in 2003.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 1, 2007





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this is one of my favorite photographs

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, August 25, 2005
this picture like so many in the world is dramatically improved by tasteful cropping. even a not-so-great picture can become compelling when cropped well.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 1, 2007
ps - not that the the photo on this page is cropped, but i have done "widescreen" versions of this which are really extra nice.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 15, 2007
I remember when I was a kid and it would snow soooooo much during the winter.

These days, snow is a rare thing.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008




  

Westend Avenue @ 96th St.


Tuesday, August 23, 2005


 

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A lot of "young folk" seem disappointed in the Upper West Side.

Sure, it's quieter.

No, no dance clubs. That I know of anyway.

Yes, the average age is quite a bit older than in other parts of the city. Maybe. Or maybe not.

There are lots of "prams" on the streets, as an Australian friend recently said. It's native lingo from down under in the outback whatever that he found surprising I didn't recognize. It means, baby strollers. Yes, the upper west side is more family-oriented.

It's very Jewish.

Perhaps it's a little towards the elitist mentality.

David Letterman lives up here.

Rachmaninoff lived up here for some of his most productive decades as a composer.

It's home of Lincoln Center and Juilliard -- let's not forget the MTV Video Awards have been here a few times, at the opera house.

It's a ten minute walk to Central Park no matter where you are in this whole stretch.

It's just more laid-back and residential, but with a great little street called Broadway running right down its center.

UWS rulz.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 23, 2005




  

around the Stock Exchange


Tuesday, August 23, 2005


 

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this would be the sidewalked area directly in front of the stock exchange. I guess they set up all those tables cafe-like so people can sit and stare at the stock exchange?

posted by Andrew -- Friday, September 30, 2005





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for at least a year or two following 9/11/01, you were not allowed to even take photographs like this one, or uniformed guys with machine guns would be in your face pretty quickly. i think they finally realized that you can't stop tourists no matter how hard you try. i would like to note that, in the last sentence, i was not referring to myself.

posted by Andrew -- Friday, September 30, 2005





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The church you see there at the end is the Trinity church, which miraculously survived 9/11 without damage, even to its massive organ. It is the oldest church in New York City, and I've heard various things over the years about George Washington having lived there or something at one point?

This link claims it is in fact one of the oldest churches in the country. It sure looks old so I believe it.

posted by Andrew -- Friday, September 30, 2005





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Where else are you going to find an ice cream truck, parked at a curb, catering to some of the world's most important financiers? Right across the street from the most important stock market on the planet?

Huh!? Where?!

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 23, 2005
i'll take a chocolate-dipped eclair pleez

posted by (anonymous) -- Tuesday, August 23, 2005





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i'm the one on the far right

posted by andrew -- Thursday, November 24, 2005




  

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, black/white


Thursday, August 18, 2005


 

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This is another one of my favorite photos of all time. I've taken some of my best pictures in Brooklyn, Greenpoint in particular.

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, August 25, 2005
Film noir?

Water on tarmac can be amazing. Finding the angle to get all that shimmer takes a little bit of intuition, too. :)

One thing I believe: cities are built to come to life in the dark.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008




  

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in color


Thursday, August 18, 2005


 

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here we go:

a different glance at this room

posted by andrew -- Sunday, October 9, 2005




  

Harlem


Tuesday, August 09, 2005


 

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Today I took a stroll about one mile into Harlem. Starting at 120th street, where this picture was taken, I walked up Broadway to 140th, then west to the Hudson River and back down through Riverside Park along the river.

Harlem has some really beautiful things going on. For starters, there are pretty much no tourists, so you get a more authentic New York flavor. The architecture is very old feeling, makes you feel a bit more steeped in deep history than in many other places around Manhattan. And it's rather quiet up there too, peaceful. I like it.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005





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Here we have the George Washington Bridge, from upper Manhattan into New Jersey. This is the Hudson river. Somewhere around 139th St is this great lookout area. The preceding photograph of the baseball kids on the green is also a part of this little lookout point.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005





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Looking south from the lookout, along the western Harlem shore.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005





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Hmmm...

"I'll meet you at the corner of Riverside Drive and Riverside Drive."

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005





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A school (I presume) sends some kids with generous time to work on cleaning up sections of Riverside Park.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005





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Looking across the Hudson river to a little community on the eastern shore of New Jersey.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, August 9, 2005




  

Long Island City, Black and White


Friday, August 05, 2005


 

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okay.. so maybe one picture here isn't black/white

this park is one of the most chilled-out places in any borough i've been to. and with a great view.

posted by Andrew -- Friday, August 5, 2005




  

Empire, standing bold from Jersey City


Monday, August 01, 2005


 

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Wow I really like this picture. Heidi my sis and I were waiting at a U-Haul center in Jersey City, New Jersey. The stormy clouds and a slight gap within them for the absent sun conspired with the apt location of our view to present this rather dramatic portrait of a rather dramatic building.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005




  

Straight from T.S. Elliot


Monday, August 01, 2005


 

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This lil fellar aint fraida no peeps.

"Why is that, Andrew?", you ask.

Cuz baby yo this cat from Brooklyn, feel me.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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cool pic. i love cats

posted by shannon -- Tuesday, October 17, 2006




  

Underneath FDR Drive


Friday, July 29, 2005


 

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taken not far from the south street seaport

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007




  

Snowtime in Long Island City, Queens


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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you'll notice on this and a few other pictures in these galleries that my camera was dying a slow death, and demonstrated this by not fully advancing the film after each photo. i actually like some of these "mistakes", they give the affected photos a little something extra to entertain the eye. so i left them in rather than crop them out.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, May 7, 2006
the camera malfunction noted above has been edited out of several of the affected photos now.

posted by andre -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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taken from the pulaski bridge that joins brooklyn and queens on the east river

wikipedia's entry on the bridge

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007




  

Village streets


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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It looks like she was blocking the sun, but actually this little girl was playing to the camera and waving. My lack of skill in the photograph, combined with the pressures of a fleeting moment, failed to make this evident. My bad.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005




  

All about Union Square


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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One of the many anti-bush/anti-war protests in NYC the last few years.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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beth israel medical center

posted by andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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I loooooove alleyways. I have a few pictures of interesting alleys myself!

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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This is actually Gramercy Park, a five-minute walk from Union Square, a park under lock-and-key with only encircling residents having access. And of course, those who know how to get in without a key.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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here's a photo tip: put a red filter on your lens using black and white film, and a bright mid-day blue sky will come out black, like in this photo. Great for architecture and other dramatic imagery.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005




  

It's hot now, but wait until...


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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These last few pix are from the Union Square Christmas market

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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snow falling at Grand Central Station

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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Near Grand Central Station

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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View from the western-most point on the Brooklyn-Queens border.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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at Carmine's

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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Ground Zero in winter

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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View from a 5th Ave office near Union Square

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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for the life of me, i cannot recall what part of the city i was in, and on what roof or similar i must have been on to take this picture. and it's bugging me!

posted by Andrew -- Saturday, April 15, 2006





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it just has the "winter look"

posted by andrew -- Saturday, December 31, 2005





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A frequent winter sight on many Manhattan streets, steam rising.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005




  

all around town


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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I think this is 14th St. and 7th Ave, if I remember.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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The Juilliard School

school's website

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, July 28, 2005





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Time Warner building (see the Towers gallery, July 4) stands at Columbus Circle, several blocks away.

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, July 28, 2005





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A few years ago, the Time Warner building in construction.

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, July 28, 2005





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From Manhattan, looking west across the Hudson River to New Jersey.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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Upper West Side, the corner of Broadway and 95th St is barely visible in the distance.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, August 1, 2005





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this is taken in the rather distant but very nice Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. In the distance is the Verrazano Narrows Bridge that links Brooklyn to Staten Island and is the longest suspension bridge in the world. The neighborhood is known for its young, irish crowd and its assortment of nice restaurants, bars, and particularly clean streets compared to other parts of Brooklyn. It is not far from Coney Island and Brighton Beach. One of NY's nicer but more remote places to live. A long trek on the subway.

bay ridge cards

history of bay ridge

posted by andrew -- Wednesday, September 14, 2005




  

From Southern Florida


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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Versace's house in Miami Beach

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, July 28, 2005




  

Two cats from the big NYC


Thursday, July 28, 2005


 

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truly, the best cat ever. this is not biased language.. just the solid truth. everyone was amazed by this cat.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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in brooklyn

posted by andrew -- Monday, June 25, 2007





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What a darling! I've got to get some sleep now, but anyone who likes cats and skyscrapers as you do is "good people" in my book.

posted by Kim -- Monday, June 25, 2007




  

A little spooky...


Wednesday, July 27, 2005


 

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I've been working till 10pm in the financial district, and I actually enjoy the strange feeling you get walking down Wall Street and past the NYSE late at night. There are still people around but this little part of town feels... little and intimate, still ominous, but not the hyper-energized cloud of activity it is during and just after business hours.

But tonight, as I was walking back to Ground Zero, where the WTC Path station is (a different gallery), I walked past One Liberty Plaza, where incidentally I have to be tomorrow at 3pm. This building is more or less across the street from the WTC, and is quite the skyscraper in its own right.

Here just after 10pm, a bunch of cops sat alerting the whole world to something unknown. They soon took off, rounding the corner, and ending up in another parked flashing formation in front of the Path station. After all sitting there for about 30 seconds, they roared off again, up Broadway.

I suspect they were rehearsing, like doing a drill or something. It didn't make it any less intimidating. It reminds you where you are when you see this stuff.

posted by Andrew -- Wednesday, July 27, 2005





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Ground Zero.

posted by Andrew -- Wednesday, July 27, 2005




  

Strange Hoboken Processional


Tuesday, July 26, 2005


 

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Okay, if anyone has any clue what is going on right now, please tell me. This is happening outside my window right now, here at the corner of 4th St and Jefferson in Hoboken. It's a normal Tuesday afternoon. Is it some kind of weird holiday? Everyone is at work. The mail is delivered, so I guess not.

But that hasn't stopped some local residents, not to mention a local (probably high-school?) band from doing a little Jesus walk. Is that Jesus? Or maybe the picture a few down from this one is Jesus. I don't know. We're not even in the Bible Belt, for goodness sakes this is New Jersey!

I'm quite perplexed. Someone help me out.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 26, 2005




  

Prague - October 2004


Wednesday, July 20, 2005


 

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This reminds me of London, a lot!

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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Quoted from the press a few weeks ago:


Radcliffe's Parents Move Location of Fifth Potter Film

The filming of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is returning to its original British location after the parents of Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe voiced safety fears over filming in the Czech Republic. The fifth big screen installment appeared destined to have a Czech location after Warner Bros executives announced earlier his year they were dismantling movie sets at Leavesden studios in Hertfordshire, and rebuilding them in Prague to save production costs. But Daniel's parents, Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham, told producers they were concerned at letting their son - who turns 15 next month - spending long periods of time in a city increasingly famous for its wild nightlife and growing sex industry. As a result the most of the filming will now take place at the original Leavesden studios. A crewmember says, "Some of it is going to happen in Prague but we have been told that most of the filming is going to happen here. It's because of Daniel's parents, and you can see their point. Prague is not the place for a 15-year-old boy to spend several months in." The fourth movie, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, hits cinemas this November.

posted by Andrew -- Wednesday, July 20, 2005





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This picture in particular looks nice if you enlarge it by clicking on it, to get a better feeling of the panorama.

posted by Andrew -- Wednesday, July 20, 2005




  

Madrid - October 2004


Wednesday, July 20, 2005


 

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we were so surprisingly lucky with the weather. it is great to take pix when there is no one else around.

posted by andrew -- Saturday, June 14, 2008





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that would be none other than ms. anar shah, now residing in Bombay. Sorry, I mean Mumbai.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 29, 2007





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strangely, this photo was never in my "favorites" list until someone noticed it, and now i consider it one of my luckiest captures. the weather was so perfect that day, creating varied tones and more importantly, nobody on the streets.

posted by andrew -- Friday, June 29, 2007
Oh, my, god.

That shot is absolutely amazing. I've never seen the whole thing, only crops.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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A Czech man, an Indian woman, and an American man, all living in three different countries, hang out in a fourth, Spain.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 24, 2005




  

The other Motorcycle Diary


Tuesday, July 19, 2005


 

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I wonder if this guy is having any problems with customs?

He is certainly putting Che Guevara to shame, or would this be a copycat event, taken to the ultimate extreme?

I mean, either he is legit and going all the way, in which case he is putting Che to shame, or, he is faking it to impress the ladies (he's chatting with one just off frame) and make some cash, in which case, he's putting Che to shame.

These were taken outside the PATH station in Hoboken. I walked down into the station, thought about it, then walked back up and took a few pix while he flirted with the young impressionable woman to his left.

I'm just kidding; I'm just bitter and jealous. I wish I could get on a motorcycle and drive around the world.

Actually, I just wish I could speak Spanish.

Here's to you, brother.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 19, 2005




  

A few from the West Village


Tuesday, July 19, 2005


 

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Here we have a few pix from Greenwich Village's western side, near the Hudson River, know simply as West Village.

It's one of the most interesting neighborhoods in NYC, and I always get lost walking through it's narrow, meandering diagonal streets that bear no connection to the standard grid of Manhattan.

These pix were taken on the fly today as I walked to a meeting. I didn't capture anywhere near enough to give a proper impression of this area. Each block is like a new place.

Above is the very famous Small's jazz club, jazz till DAWN every night, though their sign would suggest otherwise.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 19, 2005





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Here, on the West Side Highway, a glance down at the World Financial Center, which is one block next door to the WTC. In just a few years, the gap in the skyline to the left of these buildings will be filled with some new offerings.

Much has been written about the splendor, grandeur, and wonder of the West Village and its rich artistic heritage. Maybe I can offer more revealing pictures of it in the future.

A Wikipedia history

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 19, 2005




  

Festival of Colors in Little Guyana


Monday, July 18, 2005


 

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It all begins with baby powder...

No kidding, during the festival, the corner stores throughout this neighborhood feature floor-to-ceiling stacks of baby powder..

The photos in this gallery were taken, coincidentally, during the week of the U.S. attacks on Iraq, in 2003.

How appropriate that a festival of colors, as it is called, would be captured in black and white.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005





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The celebration consists of showering everyone around, including tall white men like myself who have no idea what is going on, with baby powder.

This makes them.. white. Which makes the colors stand out more when they shoot you with water guns filled with colored water.

However, in most cases, you don't see the colors, you just see the massive clouds of powder springing up everywhere.

Bizarre.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005





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The festival is part of the culture of Guyana, and this neighborhood is perhaps the country's largest cross-section of this culture outside of the West Indies.

The Festival Of Colors is, among other things, a celebration of Spring, and occurs near the beginning of the new season.

While I am not an expert, I have heard that there is a similar festival in India, which of course makes sense as it is the home race of the people of Guyana. Lots of Indian food around there too, although no one that speaks any languages of India, nor associations with Indian religion.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005





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the NYPD watch over the procession and celebrations

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005





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not far away, the subway looms in an elevated section.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005





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just what is says.. this is the Republican Club.

makes you think, doesn't it.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 18, 2005




  

Juilliard dance choreography by Andrea Miller


Tuesday, July 12, 2005


 

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During the spring of 2004, I had the great fortune of being asked to involve myself for the second time with the incredible environment that is called Senior Production at the Juilliard Dance Division.

Andrea Miller and I worked together to create a dance-film that would be projected simultaneously during the live performance, using the same dancers and costumes. It was a lot of fun, but we ended up not using the film, relying instead on the raw power of the dance by itself.

I took several pictures of her work during one of the dress rehearsals. It was a fantastic joy for me in every respect.

Andrea, won't you please come back from Israel already! She has been dancing professionaly over there now for the past year.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005





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definitely one of my favorites!

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007
notice also how a little bit of digital contrast increase reduces the grain. easy fix.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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this is another favorite of mine in this gallery

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007
Sister...? :)

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008
nope, this is not my sis.

posted by andrew -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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notice the japanese woman standing on the left edge of frame, behind the girl bowing. that is Harumi Terayama who, in the 6 years since this photo was taken, has become a choreographer in her own right, receiving paid commissions from around the country.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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harumi and company again

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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Andrea takes a bow for her work as the creator of this dance.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005





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Andrea (right) jumps for joy with a friend of hers after a performance.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005





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Andrea Miller, who choreographed the dance in these pictures, poses with my sister Heidi shortly after Heidi performed some Martha Graham.

Heidi's website

Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, of which Heidi has been a part now for several years

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005
And Andrea is now performing with Batsheva Dance Company in Israel, under direction of Ohad Naharin!!!

posted by Heidi -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005





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...a portrait of the choreographer as a young woman. Taken in 2004, just before her hop across the globe.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005




  

Starring... the birds of Ft. Myers!


Tuesday, July 12, 2005


 

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My great-aunt Eleanor (87!) demonstrates how to properly feed these gulls.

posted by Andrew -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005





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Yeah, I'm talking to YOU! What are you looking at? You looking stranger than I do, mister!

posted by Heidi -- Tuesday, July 12, 2005




  

Wow... the WTC PATH station


Monday, July 11, 2005


 

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I was absolutely stunned when my train from Hoboken arrived at the World Trade Center.

I had not taken the PATH in that direction since before 9/11. I take it everyday this month on the way to 33rd St, but never downtown since the PATH station re-opened.

What I was not expecting: The train goes above ground while in the pit of Ground Zero. It's like a mini-tour. Up until this moment, like most everyone, the closest I had gotten to the true grit of the pit was the observation decks once installed and since removed, and the fence barricade that surrounds the hole, making it difficult to see.

Not if you ride the PATH.

I went nuts taking pictures. I was in the pit, some few hundred feet directly beneath an office I once sat in that no longer exists.

A security guard ran up to me. No taking pictures in the station.

It's a beautiful station, with a heck of a lot of room to accomodate the many commuters that arrive every morning. During the old days when I lived on Staten Island and worked at the WTC, I'd walk up from the ferry to the towers, and I'd literally have to swim against hundreds of commuters pouring out of the towers after their arrival on the PATH or subways. Hundreds. They were all coming out in the morning, while I was trying to go in.

Now the PATH has a nice external entrance (following pictures), whereas before you had to go inside the buildings to get to it.

But the imagery from down there will shoot through you until you get used to it. Do those commuters ever get used to it?

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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Outside the station, the WTC is still one of the big tourist attractions through and through. People keep coming back. They came when there were buildings, they came when there was smoke, and now they come when there's absolutely nothing. It's great.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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Pretty clear: there are definitely buildings missing.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005




  

South St Seaport and surrounds


Monday, July 11, 2005


 

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Walking from the WTC to the Seaport, you have the option of passing quite a diverse set of buildings and places, all in about a 15-minute walk.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005
this pic is yet another example of how digital cameras can't handle high-contrast lighting very well. (yet)

posted by andrew -- Saturday, April 1, 2006





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Part of the Brooklyn skyline.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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coming into the seaport at south street

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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The South St Seaport is not too unlike the Navy Pier in Chicago. Here is my one sentence comparision: Navy Pier is larger and more of a centerpiece to Chicago activities, while South St is out of the way with fewer restaurants and activities but better views.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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The Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge, all in a row.

Also shown in the following pictures.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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Brooklyn across the East River.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005





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An old neighborhood, just across from the seaport.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 11, 2005




  

Eclectic, electric Times Square


Thursday, July 07, 2005


 

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hey look, even the Red Lobster is digitized.

posted by Andrew -- Thursday, July 7, 2005





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did you know there's a group called the giraffe project whose mission is to inspire people to "stick their necks out for the common good"?

The Giraffe Project for the common good

posted by Paula -- Friday, July 8, 2005




  

pictures from years ago...


Monday, July 04, 2005


 

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as much as i like this picture, i don't think it captures the extraordinary image of walking through the Indiana University campus one morning, just after one particular tree...this one...shed all of its flowers overnight, at once, leaving the whole yard covered, every square inch, in bright colors. actually, i just remembered that i'm thinking of a different tree, one that is just off frame left in this photo. i took this picture just cause it was pretty. someday i'll dig up and scan the other one, which i have somewhere in storage.

where that picture is

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
finally unpacked my storage room. the tree which i wrote about more than a year ago above is now located below..

amazing autumn tree

posted by andrew -- Thursday, August 31, 2006
When I first moved to the city, I savoured every single moment I could get to stand even close to a tree.

I went to Kew Gardens a few years later and almost cried when I lay down on the grass and could hear the leaves blowing in the wind.

The most beautiful sound - next to rain, early in the morning. :)

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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it's time to feed the birds in florida. i wonder if these birds are still alive. do they live a long time? they were posing here sometime around 1998.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
while it has been many years since i took this photo, it remains a favorite of mine. i mention this, here, now, because i am testing the new web server, to see if the comments thing is working.

posted by andrew -- Thursday, January 24, 2008





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..as taken from the juilliard dorms.. this picture just always caught my eye, even though it is basically of nothing.. a crappy new jersey view and reflected bathroom doors.. but it gives me a certain nostalgia nonetheless.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
Yeah, makes me nostalgic, too. I loved those bathroom doors.

posted by Heidi -- Monday, July 4, 2005





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ah yes, bloomington indiana. what a great 5 years i spent there in college. this is kirkwood avenue, which i hear has really changed since this picture was taken in the late 90's. notice the huge mound of dirty snow in the right.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005




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my mom runs on the beach in ft. myers.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
This is really lovely.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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This is a freakin amazing spacecraft that I managed to just barely catch a shot of while it passed by overhead.

No, not really, this is a view from a sidewalk in Oklahoma City, looking straight up at a "skyscraper" as they call them there, and a street light.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005




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Rollins Pass in Colorado is one of the most breathtaking places I have ever walked. Today the road up there is even less car-friendly than before, and so I haven't been in years.

Any picture from up there would be compelling, but this one was particularly catching because of how the sun made the railroad tie look like hot coal.

In the picture are my parents, and behind them, the North American continental divide.

I can't remember how this photo was taken, but I believe it was one of many that I took at the time using my sunglasses as a sepia filter over the lens.

The train bridge and extinct tracks have not been in use in a heck of a long time, maybe a hundred years or more. The bridges are actually not safe to walk on.

info about Rollins Pass

more info

still more info

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
Wow... honestly, this is great. The description is brilliant for bringing the image to life, too.

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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a view from my great-aunt's condo in ft. myers beach, florida. this pic was taken sometime around 1998.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005



 

at the Oklahoma City memorial around 1998 or 99


Monday, July 04, 2005


 

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I haven't been back to OKC in several years, so I don't know if the memorial still has this ever-present feeling.. it feels a lot like the immediately post-9/11 NYC, but these pix were 7 years after the fact. I'd be curious to see what it looks like now.

I was a senior in highschool, less than a mile away from the explosion there in downtown OKC. One of my friends, a tennis player, was in a suburb of OKC that day at a match.. he told me, and I'll never forget, that even as far as away as he was, in another town, the energy wave from the blast was enough to almost knock him down on the tennis court.

OKC memorial web site

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005
Oh goodness. I just remembered it wasn't 2002 that these pictures were taken... it more like 1999 or 1998. I was confusing it with a different trip through central Oklahoma. So, I need to change the name of the gallery now, don't I?

posted by Andrew -- Friday, July 8, 2005
Yeah, there are still stuffed animals and assorted knick-knacks fastened to the fence there. I worked across the street at the DEQ a few summers ago and would eat lunch there when the weather was nice. Have you seen the memorial since then? Last time I checked, the museum had a 9/11 exhibit.

I remember that day too. I was in Edmond, 7th grade - math class. We heard it up here too. My dad was working at DEQ back then. However, he was late to work that day because my sister was fretting over an outfit and didn't want to go to school!

Several of the windows at my mom's office (AT&T/Cingular/whatever it is) were blown out. Luckily, no one we knew was injured too badly, but still - what an awful day.

posted by Kim -- Monday, June 25, 2007




  

Towers


Monday, July 04, 2005


 

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All the building pix in this gallery were taken from the offices of Soros Private Equity at 57th St. and 7th ave.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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I literally took my laptop to show my friends this photo.

Absolutely amazing.

I know lots of people who want to visit. :)

posted by Chorna -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008





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Looking down 7th avenue, Times Square is hiding at the end.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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Okay, now I think this is fantastic. I have been a big fan of the new WTC design since it was selected a couple years ago. It was my favorite right from the start, out of the some 14 different proposals. This new redesign of that plan is spectacular. What was, I thought, going to be a skinny spire of a tower is now a full-fledge office building with over 2 million square feet ... to be completed in only five years. Having worked in the first WTC, I can say, I'd work there again. They're making it the strongest structure in the country (and the tallest).. they say it will be bomb-proof. Believe it or not, I would feel just fine working there again.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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Here are the other twin towers! This is the new Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, completed just a couple years ago. It's quite a structure to behold in person, and is amply placed to stand out around those buildings near it.

Of a comical note, this building is just across the street from one of Donald Trump's many towers... and it dwarfs it. When they were putting the finishing touches on it, Trump hung a big sign from the top of his building, viewable to those inside the Time Warner complex, that said, "You're view isn't so great, is it? We have the REAL Central Park views."

He was referring, of course, to the competition between the Time Warner's included condo and hotel units and his own across the street. Granted, Trump's building is closer to the park, but this new tower looks right over it.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005
I should add that if these towers look tall in this photo, keep in mind that you are looking at them from the perspective of already being on a 33rd floor, from which this picture was taken.. So you can imagine how they look from the ground!

here's a site about this place

and here's another one; a nice flash site touring the condos -- excellent motion-panoramas of the view from up there!

And yet another one. The TWC houses many many things, including a mall, several posh restaurants on the upper floors, condo units, a hotel, and it is also the new location for Jazz at Lincoln Center. And its address? One Central Park.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005





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We worked on the 17th floor. Everyone in the company survived. I quit working for them a month later, and have focused on other things since then.

Incidentally, the new Freedom Tower is said to have a beam light that shoots straight up every night.. forever.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005



 

Court Square, Long Island City, Queens


Sunday, July 03, 2005


 

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for years i saw this from the train until i happened to move a block away from it, when i first went to see it up close.

posted by andrew -- Monday, May 28, 2007





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there is an open attitude towards street art like this that seems to be common to places like Barcelona (in the sorta old days). beautiful stuff.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007





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when i first broke down and got a cheap digital camera, long island city and its street art was the first place i wanted to go. this is one of the first digital pictures i've ever taken. i think i had more emphasis on learning to use the camera than i did on.. anything else.

posted by andrew -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007





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notice the tall, sleek black skyscraper on the right. it's donald trumps new condo complex, the world's tallest residential building, taller even than the high-rise condos in Hong Kong and the likes.

i heard a rumor that Bill Gates bought one of the units for 25 million.

I saw a special on the Travel channel about penthouses in NYC, and they did quite a segment on those at the top of that building... the view is frighteningly dramatic; don't know how it would be to see that every morning upon waking up.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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pretty sure this is the only skyscraper in all of Queens. certainly it is the only famous one and the only one that stands out in all the photos of Queens you'll ever see. Situated just across the East River from Grand Central, it blends into the NYC skyline nicely, but definitely stands out when looking east from Manhattan, or from the sky as you fly into JFK or La Guardia.

interesting that this building is just a block from the graffiti masterpieces included in this photoblog. It makes Court Square a truly eclectic place indeed. Can't believe I forgot to take a picture of the historic court house itself. next time.

i lived in court square, right next door to this building, from October '03 to June '04.. i lived in a men's rooming house that is an experience I am glad is over. I think I was the only guy under age 50 in the place, and some of my neighbors in the 10-unit building were men I had seen outside often and had previously thought were homeless. One of those men crashed out in the hallway floor of the rooming house for several hours while people were stepping over and around him, until someone realized, he wasn't crashed out... he was dead.

I froze that winter too. The landlord refused to accept that there were problems with the heat settings. And the electric circuit was so weak that every time I tried to use my own space heater, it blew a fuse. Picture 5 in this gallery is of the street that this great home was on... right across the street from the Museum of Modern Art's PS1 Art High School and Museum.

At least the neighborhood had a nice view, and an amazing 24-hour diner.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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All the Court Square photos in this blog were taken within literally two blocks of each other. Court Square is just a compactly diverse place. (and without many people)

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005



 

Unsharp nitepix, Hoboken to the City


Sunday, July 03, 2005


 

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The view from Hoboken is one of the New York area's best. No tripod around for these pix, but thought I'd sacrifice a little photographer's pride and put them up anyway, sharing a little of the sight.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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The Hoboken-Manhattan ferry pulling in. The Hudson River is about a mile across at this point. This is the midtown ferry; there is also one into the downtown financial area, near the WTC.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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This view will be changing soon, now that the new Freedom Tower is scheduled to be finished by 2010.

here's a CNN.com article on the new tower's finalized plans

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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This is looking towards the Times Square area. It would look better with a 50mm lens, to me, anyway.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005



 

Hoboken Views


Sunday, July 03, 2005


 

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taken minutes before a major deluge from a severe thunderstorm

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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Barely visible in the distance is the Verrazano Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island. It's truly fun to drive over it; this picture barely shows it.. but consider that it's probably more than 10 miles away in this photo, yet still visible. That is also a testament to the smogless nature of the big apple!

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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ha. imagine seeing this as you arrive on the ferry, the big welcome sign to the city. how bizarre.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 10, 2005




  

Washington Square on the first real day of summer


Sunday, July 03, 2005


 

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these pictures were taken on June 4, I think, and Greenwich Village was flooded with people, everywhere, out to enjoy the first really nice evening of the summer. Apparently, though I had been out of town, I hear that up until the first few days of June, folks were still wearing their jackets here... amazing. sure beats the summer in Miami.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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sorry for the blurriness, but i guess it captures the active motion of those in the park, and me, while i snapped this.

posted by Andrew -- Monday, July 4, 2005





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ah, this brings back memories of the ear infection i suffered from, exactly 2 years ago today, when this picture was uploaded.

posted by andrew -- Monday, July 2, 2007




  

Union Square and NYU Tisch


Sunday, July 03, 2005


 

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There have been many valid arguments both for and against the Olympics coming to town. I guess we'll know in two days. I tend to be excited about the idea, personally.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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This building houses the NYU film school. I visited it again recently and was astounded by the remodeling done inside.. I didn't recognize it, and thought I had somehow connected through to a different building next door.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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...people sure do make use of rooftops in NYC.. this is a view from an NYU classroom.

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005




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here is another view from an NYU classroom (at the film school)

posted by Andrew -- Sunday, July 3, 2005