Lower Manhattan and The FDR Drive

 
 
 

Sunset from the East River Promenade towards Wall Street and the Brooklyn Bridge

 

View of The other Bridge to Brooklyn from under the FDR drive The Manhattan Bridge

 

 

An Evening In New York City's Bryant Park

Like many of New York's parks in the 1970's Bryant Park had it's share of the dark side. A partnership of New York City and private businesses has  transformed it. Attractions and activities vary, from Ice Skating in the winter months to summer evening movies on the lawn.     



Ice skating rink and kiosks

 



 

Holiday Kiosks

 



 

Facing West in the background is The Empire State Building on 6th Avenue

 



 

Facing East in the background is Chrysler Building. 



 

 

 

Fortitude one of the lions guarding the New York Public Library's steps 

 

 

Autumn in Collinsville, Connecticut

A day in Collinsville, Connecticut 

 

The Farmington River in Collinsville 

Situated along the Farmington River is The Collins Factories from which the town was named, it was the axe factory of the Collins family. The main building now hosts weekend farmers market, and kiosks of  artists, and craftsmen and designers.

The Collinsville train trestle overlooking the Farmington River. Their High Line.

Riverhead Country Fair 2014

Country Fairs a slice of middle America rural life of the past. The corporate farms that produce most of America's produce have taken over. However the Riverhead Country Fair in the East End of New York is a showcase for family farms.

 

 

 

 

 

Late Summer North Fork Long Island

After Labor Day the North Fork is calmer the Summer crowds return to there respective permanent residences.  The farms and Vineyards are busy harvesting their crops. For me it's prime coloring time for my camera sensors.  

Muir Woods National Monument and Medocino California

A short drive from San Francisco is the Muir Woods National Monument protected grove ancient Coastal Red Wood Trees. Some as old a 1,000 years rising over 300 feet with circumferences of 20 feet.

 

The Oakland Preservation Park

Occupying two blocks in the heart of downtown Oakland, Preservation Park is a Victorian neighborhood, a unique collection of historic residences transformed into the City’s most innovative workplace and event center. All but five of the structures on the two-block site were demolished. The construction of a new freeway adjacent to Preservation Park also threatened to destroy a significant percentage of the neighborhood’s historic Victorian homes. To preserve these historic assets, the City of Oakland created a public/private partnership to relocate the endangered buildings and to renovate the regrouped 16 residential structures for a new life as a business neighborhood.