(Sep 11) It is past 9 PM on a Sunday night. I head into the city with the ubercamera for a familiar journey. I really don’t know much about how to use the camera still at this point (and still don’t), but I got some good results. Again, this may be the last time they do The Lights, and the neighbors must absolutely hate the installation. So, although I have to move in a couple of days, I get on the train.
Brooklyn Bridge, 1:15 AM. That brightness in the distance turned out to be The Tribute In Light.
Not only did the clouds defile the view, so did the contractor working on the bridge.
Despite these unfortunate circumstances, the ubercamera remained uber.
Oh how far my new camera has come from the others.
At this point, I still wasn’t quite sure they were even on.
Midtown, Manhattan Bridge, Empire State and Chrysler Buildings. The top of the ESB is in the cloud cover.
The clouds were unfortunate, to say the least.
The new station. It is a big yawn, and no longer opens in a convenient spot (for me).
I do some version of this shot every time.
This was the only decent shot out of a dozen in this same spot, which I’ve used in the past.
One more “it looks like it’s coming from the building” shot.
This one really is coming from the top of the building. This is the parking garage the installation sits atop.
The Lights are not actually at the World Trade Center. There, down the block, is the new One World Trade Center.
I don’t like this shot so much, but it is the last one I took for the evening, and thus possibly the last one I’ll take of the Tribute In Light.
(October 31) Went to see Ruth. The host had a doorman this time. I walked the 40 blocks to save $4.50, and none of the return trains took tickets, so the total cost of the trip… $10.75.
But this is new (to me)… presumably not named after the gay alien on American Dad
(July 14) I decided to walk to Williamsburg over the bridge, at sunset.
I decided to start in Manhattan, so I took the subway to Delancey.
It puts you about a block from the bridge walkway.
One of my favorite things about walking the bridges is the view of the neighborhoods.
The view of Brooklyn in the distance.
Unfortunately, much of the view is defaced by this chicken coop.
I wouldn’t mind taking photos from that staircase.
The Fucking Disaster Road Drive.
(May 31) Went back out to take in the event known as Manhattanhenge.
A small crowd gathered here at the bridge over 42nd St.
Back down at street level, slightly after the event
There’s a good view of the Chrysler Building here
And then it was over, until July.