Sheep Meadow Pano
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Beautiful day in Central Park.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Statue: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, unveiled in 1903. Southeast corner of Central Park. Erected by the people of New York under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York.
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
Most famous for his scorched-earth tactics in the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman brought that same military philosophy to the West, where he shaped a policy and strategy that would finally subjugate all the native peoples of the plains. Sherman was born in Ohio in 1820 and named after the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, who had tried unsuccessfully in the first decade of the nineteenth century to unite the tribes of the Ohio River Valley against American intrusions on their land. pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sherman.htm
Duck Yoga – Central Park
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Clouds Over Ballfield
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Saturday around noon, the northern end of Central Park.
David Blaine – Upside Down
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
David Blaine – Upside Down from GammaBlog on Vimeo.
Blaine is amazing in his willingness to, literally, put himself in such strange positions. He looks so vulnerable here, even surrounded by security. He takes ten minutes per hour upright to get medically checked and pee. The park closes between 1 and 6AM. Who keeps an eye on what is going on then? But even with the breaks this stunt looks extremely uncomfortable, and yes dangerous to his health. Like a boxer, his career involves injury to his body. I hope his special tonight involves more street magic than his last one did. I like the guy.
live ABC primetime special, “David Blaine: Dive of Death,” Wednesday, September 24th (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET).
Earmuffs for Carriage Horses
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
An idea whose time has come. A stroll along noisy West 59th Street, where the carriage horses wait for fares.
Mother’s Day Peace Parade – NYC
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Code Pink and the Granny Peace Brigade celebrate Mother’s Day, the way it was originally celebrated by Julia Ward Howe‘s in her Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870.
Mother’s Day for Peace: a professional reading of the proclamation.
Hansom Cab Horses
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Two minutes with the hansom cab horses in Central Park. Sunday, May 13, 2007.
I’m trying to figure out how Google handles video files. When I tried to upload a file over 100M it made me download the Google desktop uploader. When you use it, it takes longer before it appears on the site. And the thumbnail generated seems to be the middle frame as opposed to at the five second mark. But I think it is capable of resuming broken uploads. I don’t think Google has a FAQ on all this.
Ducks
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Central Park.
