NYC
grrlscientist | April 20, 2008tags: flowers, NYC, photography
Have I mentioned that my allergies have gone bezerk? Another way I know that spring has arrived is when I am stuck purchasing every over-the-counter antihistamine known to humanity and taking two to three times as much as I am supposed to, just so I can breathe. Yes, this is tremendously expensive.
Yellow Ranunculus, Ranunculus abortivus, in a flower box outside a restaurant in NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger].
grrlscientist | April 20, 2008tags: flowers, NYC, photography
Restaurants like to use window boxes filled with flowers as a visual barrier between their sidewalk dining areas and the common sidewalk areas. As a result, flowers such as this are common (although still gorgeous).
Another sign that spring is here.
Red Ranunculus, Ranunculus abortivus, in a flower box outside a NYC restaurant.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger].
grrlscientist | April 19, 2008tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #2 [Detail from #1]
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 19, 2008tags: curbside fruit stand, NYC, photography
As soon as the weather begins to improve, the curbside fruit stands reappear like mushrooms after a rain. Generally, the fruits available at these stands are cheaper and of better quality than what you can get in a grocery store. The truly unusual fruits that you can only find at some of these fruit carts can be a little expensive, though.
Curbside fruit stand on the Upper West Side of NYC.
GrrlScientist 2008 [larger].
grrlscientist | April 19, 2008tags: skyscraper, NYC, photography
I took this picture yesterday, when the weather was nearly perfect (nearly perfect for NYC, that is).
I have been photographing this particular building ever since I got my digital camera. I like the way that the light is reflected by all surfaces that are built at slightly different angles. One day, perhaps, I'll capture the perfect image, but until then, I will just share these other pictures with you.
The Time Warner complex at Columbus Circle.
If you look closely, you can see window washers up near the top of the building at right.
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grrlscientist | April 18, 2008tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
I finally managed to snap more pictures of NYC subway art. The Chambers Street station on the A and C lines is another one of my favorite subway art stops, so I am pleased to share this one with you.
Chambers Street Subway Art #1
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 16, 2008tags: Amsterdam Avenue, NYC through my eye, photography
I am taking a small break from NYC subway art because I have been too tired to visit the next subway station that I had planned to photograph (constant pain gets really exhausting). Hopefully, I will get out there tomorrow, though.
Blooming apple trees line the streets on West 78th and Amsterdam Avenue in NYC.
There is a photoessay associated with this image.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 16, 2008tags: Amsterdam Avenue, NYC through my eye, photography, photoessay
I don't know if you know this, but the weather in NYC is hell. Seriously. Whether you imagine hell to be a furnace or a freezer, NYC is nearly always at either extreme. The weather here typically varies between hot and humid, so you have the distinct displeasure of smiling at people while sweat streams down your face all day long, or cold and windy, so you are in danger of freezing to death while waiting for the bus. By my calculations, there are somewhere between 13 and 15 days each year of "weather purgatory": you know,…
grrlscientist | April 15, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 14, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 13, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 12, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, reads a newspaper over a human's shoulder as he waits for the train to arrive.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
This is my favorite in this series of artwork. I really like the idea of having a Beluga looking over my shoulder, reading, while I wait for the train.
grrlscientist | April 11, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A small group of what appear to be Beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
These animals appear to be California sea lions, Zalophus californianus.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 9, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
This looks like a harbor seal, Phoca vitulina,
(doesn't the seal look like he's wearing glasses??)
by Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 8, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Okay, let's move on to another subway station that I like a lot more than Elizabeth Grajales' Penn Station subway art. This subway station is the uptown and downtown platforms at the Houston Street station where the 1 train stops. This station is rather amusing, in my opinion, for reasons that will become apparent to you as we further explore the artwork at this station.
NYC Houston Street subway stop (1 train).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 7, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 4]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 6, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 3]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 5, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 2]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 4, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 1]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].