NYC

tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Violet in the Park Avenue median, Manhattan. "In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Park Avenue Tulip. "In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Cherry Blossoms. "In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Median. 83rd and Park Avenue (Upper East Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view]. In the wee hours of Saturday, the temperature was somewhere close to 38 degrees Fahrenheit at my apartment, then, hours later, it reached 88 degrees -- a 50 degree difference! Today, it is predicted to reach 90 degrees in Manhattan, so I had to celebrate by roaming around the Park Avenue median on the Upper East Side, photographing the blossoms.
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Rose. 83rd and Amsterdam Avenue (Upper West Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view]. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." -- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2).
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Dahlias. 83rd and Amsterdam Avenue (Upper West Side of Manhattan). Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus. 124th and Broadway (Harlem) in Manhattan. Image: GrrlScientist, 21 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Springtime in Manhattan. West 78th Street and Columbus Ave, looking west towards Amsterdam and Broadway Aves; UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 12 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Tulip Blossom, UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Blossoms, UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus #36, 1998. Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. Oculus will also be…
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Blossoms, UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view]. When the camera shutter clicked to get this picture, I thought of the impressive body of work produced by one of my favorite painters, Henri Fantin-Latour.
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus #35, 1998. Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. The green that you see is a "gift" from a random agent of destruction. I think it is chalk, but am not sure. Oculus is located in…
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature Flowers, photographed on the UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature Peach Roses, photographed on the UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature Corona, photographed on the UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature Tulip blossom, UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Daffodil blossoms, UWS, Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view]. These blossoms are a couple days past their prime, but they are still beautiful.
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus #34, 1998. Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. Oculus will also be…
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus #33, 1998. Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. Oculus will also be…