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..it’s somewhere down there..
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10001
..long time no moleman.. here’s one..
The James A. Farley Building is the main post office building in New York City. Its ZIP code designation is 10001. Built in 1912, the building is famous for bearing the inscription: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. In 1982, the post office was officially designated ‘”The James A. Farley Building'”, as a monument and testament to the political career of the nation’s 53rd Postmaster General. The Farley Post Office is home to “Operation Santa,” made famous in the classic 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street. (wiki)
..on the way home, we dropped by this fort we saw before going in to the museum..
Advanced Redoubt (1845-1870)Three heavily-armed forts guarded Pensacola harbor against invading ships. But what if enemy ground troops attacked from the direction of Bayou Grande? Rifles and cannon barrels would be bristling from loopholes and casements in these walls.Advanced Redoubt was built to assist Fort Barrancas (700 yards south) in protecting the Navy Yard from overland assault. The four fortifications were to create an interlocking system of defense.Although Redoubt was begun in 1845, construction dragged on for fifteen years. By mid-Civil War, the concentrated fire of rifled siege cannon rendered masonry forts obsolete. (as seen on the sign)
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pensacola light
..while we were around pensacola, we were thinking of going to the pensacola light(house), but we can’t quite figure where it was so we ended up at the Nat’l Naval Aviation Museum.. turns out it was just a few meters away.. 🙂
The first Pensacola Light was the lightship Aurora Borealis. It was moved to Pensacola in 1823 from its previous post at the mouth of the Mississippi River after a lighthouse had been completed there. Because of frequent rough seas, the lightship had to be anchored inside the bay entrance, behind Santa Rosa Island, and could not reliably be seen from ships outside the bay.In 1825 a 40 foot tower was built on a 40 foot bluff at the south entrance to Pensacola Bay. This light was also partially obscured by trees close to the tower and on Santa Rosa Island. In 1858 a new tower was built on the north side of the bay entrance, and was lit on January 1, 1859. The new, and current, tower is 150 feet tall, and also sits on a 40 foot bluff located on the Pensacola Naval Air Station, placing the light 190 feet above sea level. (wiki)
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bally’s
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the other sore thumb
..two weeks ago, i posted this.. now if you go over to the other side, this is what you’ll see..
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5ptz
..last i heard, the artists were having problems staying here, but from their web site it looks like they’re staying, and will be open in spring..
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whitewashed
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moma du nola
..fresh from the press.. nola’s moma (museum of modern art) = NOMA.. it’s a holiday today, so i’m just out and about roaming the gulf coast.. 🙂
..nothing much going on here, snow was here and gone just like that.. a long weekend, let’s see where i end up going again.. in the meantime, here’s 3 park avenue..
3 Park Avenue is an office building located on Park Avenue at 33rd Street in New York City, built by Cohen Brothers Realty. The 554 foot tall (169 meters) building was designed in the International Style by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, designers of the Empire State Building, and replaced Clinton & Russell’s armory for the New York National Guard’s 71st Regiment.The first 11 floors of the 41 story building house Norman Thomas High School, H.S. 620 in the New York City public school system.The building is notable for its bright orange brick and 30 story illuminated tower which lies at a 45 degree angle to Manhattan’s street grid.The IEEE corporate office is on the 17th floor of 3 Park Avenue. International advertising company Carat, The Seavey Organization, Inner City Broadcast Holdings (WBLS/WLIB) and TransPerfect are also major tenants.(wiki)
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take a gander
..just part of a nice house i saw while walking down the beach..
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la nouba
..going over some stuff, saw this one that looked like a crab’s face so here it is..
La Nouba is a Cirque du Soleil show, which, like most Cirque du Soleil shows, is a circus-like performance featuring acrobats, gymnasts, and other skilled performers. Its title derives from the French phrase faire la nouba, meaning “to party” or “to live it up”. La Nouba is in permanent residence in a custom-built, freestanding theater at Downtown Disney’s West Side at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.One critic wrote, “La Nouba has many pivotal points that make the show what it is… You are guaranteed to find details of the show you will both dislike and adore.”
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support
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an overpass
..well, what can i say.. i’m running on empty.. just enjoy the scene.. and it’s a friday too..
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ghost king
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citycenter pano
..i didn’t get the name of that sculpture that looks like an onion..
..supersize me..
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triumph
..is this a replica of the arc de triomphe? i dunno, i guess so.. people of paris, watcha tink?
..well from what i remember that night when i took this was that it took ages for me to set up and take the shot because of some euro tweens posing & taking pics with this background.. i don’t speak french but how ironic it would be if they were french.. 🙂
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cp
..back to vegas..
..got the urge to shoot some wildlife.. stalked a snaky-necked bird (must be a cormorant or something like that) under the bridge in windy 45+F temps, but it got spooked (thumbnail), ended up with this one..
..today’s cold, cloudy, dull and lifeless.. totally affecting my mood.. so here’s today’s post.. a building that reminds me of toblerone (i say that in a good way).. but seriously, it’s a beautiful piece of architecture.. so shiny and all..
Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street, 959 8th Avenue, near Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan. It is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, bringing together for the first time their numerous publications and communications companies under one roof, including among others Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle. (wiki)
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lv
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prude
..back to vegas..
..the Tudor Hotel was running short on surveillance cams, I sorta offered my services.. 😉
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2-in-1
..you know those “looking up the eiffel tower” photos you see in travel photos? yeah.. those ones? well, i guess this photo trumps them all because you even have the palais garnier below it.. lol!..
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spick and span
..those two dark shadows at the end of this overpass are guys cleaning the glass at 3AM..
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siren
..i’m a little under the weather.. ugh..
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crystals
..in the Las Vegas CityCenter, there’s this mall called Crystals.. i guess it’s new, some shops are still under renovation.. it’s very angular and futuristic.. makes for a great photo subject.. a great place to practice composition..
..finally got time to process photos so i’ll post more on my flickr..
Taking a stroll through a park is one thing. Taking a stroll through a mall that feels like a park is another. (vegas.com)
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paris
..i think this’ll be as close as i could get to being in paris..
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money pit
..okay, back to regular programming, i was in california for the holidays and was lucky enough to get to vegas..
..the structure on the left is the bellagio & the one on the right is the caesar’s palace, if you saw ocean’s eleven(?) you know that this is where the fountain is.. but there weren’t any fountains to capture because i was out strolling the strip at 2 AM in the morning.. 🙂
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festive but empty
..early morning + sub zero temps = empty nyc..
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quarter turn
..now what do we have here, it’s something i posted last saturday.. 🙂
..same place where i got this, just took a few steps forward.. it’s not a great place to stand if you’re claustrophobic.. 😉
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k2r
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po po 2
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key loan
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flatironed
..quick post, time to hit the sack..
..same place where i got this..
..getting musical here, i just thought they look like clefs..
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park here
..this is the garage, this is where you park..
..a drive by shot by wifey.. one of the seven wonders of pensacola..
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wisp
..happy turkey day..
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one beacon court
One Beacon Court (also called the Bloomberg Tower), is a skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P. in the lower floors and luxury condominiums in the higher floors. It is located at 731 Lexington Avenue between East 58th and 59th streets. (wiki)
..view this in mono..
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san remo
..that’s what those buildings are called..
The San Remo (145 and 146 Central Park West) is a luxury co-operative apartment building in New York City located between 74th and 75th streets, about 1/10 of a mile north of the Dakota building (which is located between 72nd and 73rd.) The San Remo is described by Glen Justice of the New York Times as “a dazzling two-tower building with captivating views of Central Park.” As a housing cooperative, its board has a “reputation for lenient admissions standards” compared to the conservative, old-money boards on the other side of the park. (more)
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geo-“cash”-ing
..vivifying the vividness of yesterday’s post, here’s another one, taken yesterday while hitting up the casinos in Biloxi, MS..
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rickety
..rusty and worn out, how long will this last before it breaks?
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post no bills
Madison Equities, headed by Robert Gladstone, emerged in the 1970’s as one of Manhattan’s more adventurous developers, and this is its flagship, a Post-Modem building of considerable originality.
It is also the one of the best New York buildings by Kohn Pedersen Fox, a New York-based architectural firm that since the beginning of the 1980’s has been The best high-rise architectural firm in the nation, although it is far from that firm’s best work, which reflects only the terrible restrictive and inane building and zoning regulations of New York. (more)
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queensboro
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tram
..well, what can i say, i’m still sleepy.. 🙂
..this looks like a crossbow, right? 🙂
..well, the halloween parade series is now over, but i think i still have about a hundred more to dump in my flickr site..
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spire
..as close a shot as i can of the empire’s spire..