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Back in 1982 we had some oversees visitors who wanted to see New York
City. We had been in New York City often but never taken the Circle Line
Cruise around Manhattan. I expected it to be an opportunity of making
some decent pictures as the boat went from its Hudson pier mooring to
the Statue of Liberty, around Manhattan via the East River, through
Hells Gate and back to the Battery. To be thru to a
photographers image, I had taken my arge Nikon bag
with the Nikon F2 and the Nikkormat AW-1. One camera had a Vivitar 35/85 MM 3.5 and the
other had a Vivitar 75/205 MM 3.8 mounted and the 55 MM and a wide angle
Nikon lens in my bag in the event I needed them. Both cameras had Kodachrome
100 slide film. |
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Needles to say I was ready! From the
pictures, you can see that I had a good time and pleased with the
results. The image to the left is the Lower East
site with
the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. The traffic on the Hudson and East
River is not like it was in the forties and fifties. Trucking took
over the freight business but there is enough river traffic to make it interesting. The day was sunny but
windy aggravated by the speed of the boat which contributed to a slight
loss of sharpness and detail. In summation, I can not be unhappy with
the images and I recommend this
sight-seeing tour to anyone. |
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This shot of Manhattan is probably the most photographed landmark iin the
world. This picture shows the Hudson and the World Trade Center Twin
Towers on the left, the East River to the right. To the bottom of the
Twin Towers is the Battery Park and the pier where the Circle Line
operates from. A commuter ferry is leaving the south terminal on its way
to Staten Island. The Brooklyn ferry terminal is next and to the North
of it. A barge is being towed down the river. To the right a freighter unloads its
argo. Some of the Hudson river traffic left of a busy past. Today,
all shipping is containerized and goes to Elizabeth NJ. |
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This image below, of the New York
Twin Towers of the World Trade Center was made at the same time as the
pictures above. This image shows the North Tower from bottom to
the top including the mast which now, |
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stands twisted and oblique on top of what is
left of this proud architectural achievement. This image was taken in 1982
while construction of other buildings surrounding the Tower Center were
still under construction. The destroyed and symbolic arches of the North
Tower entrance protruding out of the rubble as we have seen it shown on
national television in the week of September eleven, show here as
they were in better times. About the same time frame, my wife and I
had dinner at the Windows of the World a restaurant located near the very
top of the North Tower. On the morning of infamy I wondered about what had
happened to the kitchen staff making preparation for the lunch hour.
A little later the answer was very clear. |
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- Images by Barbara Muller Feldman
- Last year, my daughter Barbara spend
a few days in New York City and came home with some interesting
images taken from well known tourist locations. Below are a some of
them.
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TTo the right is the Empire
State building as seen from the top of the Rockefeller Center building.
The view is to the south and about mid afternoon on a overcast dreary day.
Pictures taken on days like this usually are not worth their salt but this
one has an uplifting tone as the sun is trying to break through. To the
left is the Fifth ave. entrance to the St. Patrick Cathedral. This
entrance is also a door into a monumental architectural treat. Center
below; Calhoun's Pizza, Spring Str. has been around as long as Nathan's
hotdogs and probably deserves the same fame. |
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