New York photos and general chat

[petee]

From here A Brooklyn chemist's 1800s photos capture New York in motion

from there:

apparently, rolling the hoop was played from roman times. that picture is from 1886, but when i was growing up in the 1960s, i knew nothing about it, never saw anyone playing it nor heard of it. did it really go away that quickly?

 

[blossie33]

I'd heard of it before, seem to remember seeing pictures of Victorian children in the UK rolling a hoop.
I think it probably died out in the early 1900s - certainly didn't see it in my childhood.

 

[petee]

Color Photos of the 1939 New York World's Fair

the US pavilion. looks kinda fascist.

trylon and perisphere, the icons of the fair

 

[editor]

Color Photos of the 1939 New York World's Fair

the US pavilion. looks kinda fascist.

trylon and perisphere, the icons of the fair

Have you visited the site recently? I've passed by that big globe and always wanted to take a look around to see what's left.

 

[petee]

Have you visited the site recently? I've passed by that big globe and always wanted to take a look around to see what's left.

the unisphere, from the 1963-4 world's fair, where i spent many, many hours at the sufferance of my weary mother:

what's left at the site (flushing meadows park) is that globe and the new york state exhibition, which features at the end of Men In Black, and which had a giant map of NYS on the ground

see also New York World’s Fair | AbandonedNYC

 

[blossie33]

New York's Vanished Cafes Inside NYC's vanished cafeterias, places of warmth and community

 

[editor]

I miss this lovely cafe that was gentrified out of Williamsburg in 2007

The Read Cafe, 158 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn New York, NYC, December 2006 (now closed)

 

[petee]

New York's Vanished Cafes Inside NYC's vanished cafeterias, places of warmth and community

i was in the automat at 42nd and 3rd ave lots:
randomness | Remembering the Horn & Hardart Automat.

it was on the corner of the block where the Daily News building was, which I was also in lots:
Inside the Daily News Building
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: News Building
those pictures doesn't give the full idea of how cool the lobby was. it has a bank of meteorological equipment and the floor had tiles like these:

 

[1927]

Have you visited the site recently? I've passed by that big globe and always wanted to take a look around to see what's left.

Was there last week, currently there is an art installation surrounding the unisphere.

Where to find Ai Weiwei's ‘Good Fences Make Good Neighbors’ in NYC

 

[petee]

we're moving on over

 

[blossie33]

Interesting article and photographs of East Harlem in the 80's from the BBC website.

Capturing East Harlem in the 80s

 

[blossie33]

Rooftop Theatres of New York

From this page New York's Incredible Lost Rooftop Theatres

 

[blossie33]

From the same website - Sylvan Terrace New York

 

[editor]

They've had a hefty snow storm over there:

In photos: Snow in Manhattan. Wintry scenes on the streets of New York

 

[petee]

yes we have. lows overnight were at minus 15 C, too. high tomorrow minus 11.

 

[editor]

yes we have. lows overnight were at minus 15 C, too. high tomorrow minus 11.

Take pics! I love seeing NY in the snow

 

[petee]

manhattan in tilt-shift photos
The Urban Lens: Jasper Leonard miniaturizes NYC in 'New York Resized' | 6sqft

 

[petee]

Take pics! I love seeing NY in the snow

i wasn't able to get anything worthwhile, so here's one from 1948

 

[petee]

nice selection

NY by Night: Stunning Vintage Photos of the City After Dark

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I have a few snow pics from last week.

 

[petee]

bit of rain today

 

[petee]

See exclusive construction photos of NYC's highest outdoor observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards | 6sqft

 

[petee]

Did you know that the city is putting up 21 families, rent-free, in some of the priciest neighborhoods, in custom-made homes with jaw-dropping views?

See NYC's Most Adorable Predators: The Baby Peregrine Falcons At 55 Water Street

 

[blossie33]

Just spotted this short vid on the BBC website, New York in the 1970s, Lost photos of an old New York summer

 

[editor]

I have a few snow pics from last week.

Just seen these. They're great! Ricoh GR?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Just seen these. They're great! Ricoh GR?

Cheers! That was actually a medium format rangefinder that I took with me for some odd reason, and HP5+. Unfortunately I didn’t have gloves so had to stop because my fingers stopped working.

 

[not-bono-ever]

virgin doing 282 quid returns after labor day....

 

[petee]

del ...

 

[petee]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

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virgin doing 282 quid returns after labor day....

Still doing this btw, £25 + tax. So is United who has much better availability than Virgin and flies in to Newark, so good for a train to Penn Station.