nyc: the spectacle of lights

As the flooding in Poland continues (check out this amazing picture taken by a Krakow photographer G.Chorus), I continue to post rainy shots from my last visit in New York. Times Square is one of the places new yorkers hate the most, but nobody doubts the wonderful spectacle of lights, especially on the late, rainy afternoon. Also, for a year now parts of Broadway at Times Square and Herald Square have been turned into pedestrian plazas with planers, tables and chairs. Maybe new yorkers will eventually get to like Times Square?

nyc: rainy afternoons

New York is the only place on earth I don't mind the bad weather at all, even if it's raining for a long time. That was somewhere in the west 40s. Every single empty lot in Manhattan is turned into a permanent/temporary parking lot. The prices of parking are ridiculously high but people still do drive. Hopefully, a congestion charge of some sort will be introduced soon. The city was planning on charging people driving into Manhattan from Long Island (now the East River bridges are free of charge.)

nyc: c rock

"C" Rock is a gigantic "C" painted on the rock by the Harlem River, in front of one of Columbia University residence halls. The graffiti, painted and maintained by the Columbia students is perfectly visible from the Circle Line ships. It took years to finish it up since the NYPD was arresting the students painting it until they finally gave up and let the students finish. The Bronx, NYC