New York City

To the Trains

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Blur of passengers in Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station, New York City

Hello, New York City, I’m back! Even more exciting? By the time this posts, I’ll have met up up with fellow Monochromia photographers Joe and Patti from New York and Robyn from Pennsylvania, plus Nicci from California, Robert from Connecticut, Robin from Virginia, and Leanne from Australia!

For more photos from New York City, visit VisualVenturing.com.

Never Forget

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9/11 Memorial Museum entrance with photo of World Trade Center Towers and tridentsEntrance Hall, The National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center, New York City

I visited the 9/11 Museum last December, and it has taken me until now to want to post my photos. It seems fitting, on this 14th anniversary of that horrific day.

This is the tableau that greets visitors as they descend from the Entrance Hall to the Concourse Lobby and beginning of the exhibition. On the left stands the World Trade Center tridents, a signature architectural element from the base of the Twin Towers, which were once part of the facade of the south tower. The juxtaposition of the photograph and the tridents is a sobering reminder of what happened and of what lies ahead in the exhibit.

For my full tribute with additional images, visit Forever Remembered.

I ❤️ NY

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Times Square food vendorTimes Square, 11:00 PM

Oh, how I waited to get this shot. Waited for the vendor to be visible despite the enveloping steam from his food truck. Waited for the scrolling messages on his electronic sign to display my favorite one. Many times I had one, but not the other. The magic was in capturing the two together.

Fuji X-100T, 23 mm fixed lens, 1/60 sec. @ f16, ISO 6400 (handheld)

I Can See You

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Binocular viewer atop Top of the Rock with Empire State Building in the background.Top of the Rock Observation Deck, 70th Floor, GE Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City

I just don’t tire of images of New York City. For information about this wonderful vantage point and a more panoramic view, see my earlier post, The Big Apple.

For more photos from New York City and beyond, visit VisualVenturing.com.

Atop the Empire State Building

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Lower Manhattan viewed from top of the Empire State BuildingLooking south to Lower Manhattan

(Scheduled post) My last aerial view of lower Manhattan was from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck on the 70th floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center. This view is from the 86th Floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building. In the distance is One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower); at 6:00 is the triangular Flatiron Building, bordered by Broadway on the left and 5th Avenue on the right, with Madison Square Park (at the bottom of the frame) just a block away.

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Urban Moment

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Empire State Building street view from outside Penn Station

Taking advantage of the last 15 minutes I had before needing to head inside Penn Station, I waited … and waited … for the perfect pedestrian to help frame this shot of the Empire State Building. And then this young woman stepped out of a taxi. It was a great way to end a great visit to NYC!

For more photos from New York City and beyond, visit VisualVenturing.com.

Night Moves

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Girls, NYPD, NY Night©PattiFogarty

Black and white with bright lights of mayhem on a Saturday night in NYC when girls on a night out get caught in the fun of the NYPD holding back the protesting crowd at nearby Times Square.

What’s not to love about girls prepared for action – leather, denim, leopard spots, hair, attitude and cameras!