This photo was taken a few days ago from Long Island City. I have made it my goal to check out Queens. Too often you hear about Brooklyn and Manhattan rather than the city’s other boroughs. Did you know that every recognized religion in the world is spoken in Queens? Has anyone been on a bike tour? I think that could be
A pretty amazing thing is happening in Hong Kong these days. Smog and pollution has become so dense, that tourists can no longer see the city’s incredible skyline and famous Victoria Harbor. To combat the issue, the government has created “skyline banners,” with beautiful (and fake) backgrounds. Don’t believe me? Pics or it didn’t happen? Take a look and read the full article here.
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After recently moving to the Lower East Side, I decided to explore the area and go for a nice, long, run. Manhattan Bridge is an amazing architectural achievement While the bridge may be the ugly step sister of the Brooklyn Bridge, the views along its running and bike paths are nothing short of amazing.
One building off the bridge gives even the 5 Pointz a run for its money:
The bridge also cuts over East Broadway, allowing for some sick photos of Chinatown.
And If those shots are cool enough, here is what you look at during you 2+ mile long bridge.
“New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed… a race for rent.” Frank Lloyd Wright
Earlier this week, I went on a run uptown and caught a glimpse at the soon to be completed One57, Gary Barnett’s latest development. The tower’s penthouse is currently in contract for $90+ million. The building itself has also seen its rise in popularity after Hurricane Sandy left the construction crane dangling roughly 1,000 ft. above the streets of New York. If money, greed, and beauty were to all mix, I would say this building, and New York in general, form the perfect mosaic.
“The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Thanks to Gothamist for the amazing pictures of the soon-to-open (and final) section of The High Line Park. While still under construction, the amazing success of earlier sections has revolutionized the West Side of Lower Manhattan. Private tour tickets are being raffled to Friends of the High Line before the section opens later this year.
If this third and final phase of construction holds true to the two previous sections, expect real estate developers to quickly move in and transform this area into a residential paradise for the well-to-do. I would suggest going to the area soon, taking a look around, and then coming back in five-10 years. Not only will the park transform this part of Manhattan, but the final phase will complement the new Hudson Yards Project as well.
Here are a few photos from the earlier mentioned Gothamist article.
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