Saint Thomas Church
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Saint Thomas Church at 53rd and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is an Episcopal church in the Anglican tradition.
ESB and the Haier Building
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
I was passing this view on Friday just after the shootings outside the Empire State Building happened. I didn’t know what was going on other than hearing the sirens and helicopters. I was struck by the composition of the buildings.
The Haier Building:
985 6th Avenue
Constructed: 1922–1925
Architect: York & Sawyer
Originally The Greenwich Savings Bank building
March from Bryant Park – May Day
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Occupy Broadway
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Paramount Plaza is another one of those bonus-plazas like Liberty Plaza, a public/private space required to be open to the public 24/7. Occupy Broadway is a 24 hour occupation from 6PM Dec. 2 to 6PM Dec. 3. Enjoy the show with Ben Shepard of Time’s Up, Reverend Billy, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra and a cast of thousands. No one can tell the difference between spectators and participants.
Governor Cuomo Shut Down Indian Point – No Fracking
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
A protest organized by Gary Null in front of Governor Cuomo’s office in Manhattan to close Indian Point and stop Hydro-fracking.
Indian Point has more nuclear waste stored on site than Fukushima and is similarly vulnerable to a disruption of the electrical grid. One big worry is the possibility of another Carrington Event. We are approaching the cyclical solar max in 2012-2013, this combined with the weakening of the earth’s protective magnetic shield could bring down our power grid (frying hard to replace transformers) for many months, leaving us without communication, heating, cooling, water, food, transportation etc. Gary has the details of this on this article: Gary Null, PhD, and Jeremy Stillman” – Solar Storms: Katrina Times 1,000?
Hydro-fracking is a ridiculous scheme to trade our clean water for a pitiful amount of natural gas. It involves injecting toxic chemicals into the ground. It needs to be stopped. Go solar, wind and tidal power.
Subway Construction – Grand Central
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Saturday in the NYC subway system is usually a mess of construction delays and reroutes.
Grannies and Veterans Civil Disobedience
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Afghan war protest. Several grannies and veterans peacefully stop traffic on Seventh Avenue outside the Times Square recruiting station and were arrested. Several of the older women could barely walk. It was bitterly cold. Though the Times Square recruiting station is beneath the windows of ABC News there was no mainstream media coverage of this protest. The only professional camera I saw there was from Chinese television. This morning I could find nothing on Google News about this. The White House protest yesterday where 131 people were arrested received minimal news coverage as well. More info on the Catholic Workers Group
11 Arrested in Times Square Dec 16 in Sympathy with White House Protest
57th and Sixth
Monday, September 28th, 2009
The Crown Building at 57th and Fifth is glowing in the background. The search for a name for this building led me to thecityreview.com a website by Carter B. Horsley. It seems to have comprehensive coverage of notable architecture of Manhattan (mostly midtown and above). I don’t know how I’ve not come across it before. The site should be very useful to me for the blog.
Snow Children
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
42nd St Snow
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
