Next up, Times Square:

 

The gaudiest hotel on earth, the Times Square Westin:

 

A cluster of Times Square towers:

 

The new New York Times tower - I suppose it's alright:

 

Shiny and modern mixed with classic:

 

Times Square still has a little tack-o-rama to it:

 

Lyric Theatre, a cute little gem:

 

4 Times Square:

 

Me in Times Square:

 

The granddaddy of them all:

 

Zoomin' in!

 

The new Bank of America tower going up:

 

In case you forgot the address:

 

Two grand classics:

 

Lobby of the Lincoln Building, another classic tower:

 

Down to Soho!

 

A peek south at the Woolworth Building:

 

Me in my shrine of yumminess, Vosges Chocolate. The gal in the background was a hoot:

 

One of dozens of beautiful old buildings:

 

This mid-rise was a jaw-dropper:

 

You know me and details!

 

We stopped in Bar 89 for lunch - good food, funky decor, decent prices - did I mention funky decor?

 

Practicing my paparazzi skills, I saw these people in a window across the street from Bar 89. What could they be talking about?

 

Back outside, we check out yet another old beauty:

 

 

Back up to Midtown, I saw the funky Apple store:

 

The beautifully done Sephora:

 

Over to Rockefeller Center:

 

Inside Rockefeller Center - they have quite the interesting murals on the ceiling:

 

Back over to Grand Central - I got lucky with this shot (since I didn't have my tripod on this trip) of the Helmsley Building:

 

New York's okay, I guess.

hey glad to see you got your favorite chocolate fix. and i hope you hit uniqlo down there in soho.

 

nice work, more to come?

 

 

 

New York's okay, I guess.

 

I guess you're right.

More fabulousness. I appreciation your attention to details.

Wow! Fantastic threads. Looks like you had a great time!

Is this where Catwoman gets her gear ?

 

Great pics

 

 

^ Robin, too.

Wow, first ever mention of Bar 89 without reference to the bathrooms.  Well done.

 

Beautiful shots as always Mayday.

This bldg is one of the GREAT classics in NYC and all of America imo (not speaking of ESB)!

"Here, you call the NYPD on those two guys."

 

Dude, you took pictures of Bryant Park, BP Hotel, ES Bldg, the New BOA Building (the soon to be tallest and most green in NYC), but didn't take one stinking picture of my building?!! :cry:  You had to stand infront my building to take some of those shots.  Where is the love?

 

You could have called me, I would have come down for a photo op  lol  :wink2:

Dude, you took pictures of Bryant Park, BP Hotel, ES Bldg, the New BOA Building (the soon to be tallest and most green in NYC), but didn't take one stinking picture of my building?!! :cry:  You had to stand infront my building to take some of those shots.  Where is the love?

 

You could have called me, I would have come down for a photo op  lol   :wink2:

 

yeah, and where was the picture of my overpriced tenement building, with overflowing trash cans in the front encircled by rats, and filled with obnoxious, disrespectful, spoiled NYU students whose parents shell out tens of thousands of dollars annually to send them to what is probably the most overrated school on earth?

 

...but otherwise the pictures are excellent. I too thought the Times Square Westin was rather gaudy at first, until I found out it was designed by the ultra-hip firm Arquitectonica of Miami (ha ha). Come to think of it, weren't they "so 20 years ago?" I guess I've just gotten used to looking at it. I suppose it was intended as a bright, whimsical antidote to the historically menacing nature (a la 70's & 80's) of the Port Authority neighborhood...as per the beautiful Sephora, that building housed the classic, richly detailed Scribner's bookstore for decades, with its mezzanine and arcade-like interior. Alas, all the great old bookstores on Fifth Avenue are now gone (maybe public libraries will start lending cosmetics to those who find Sephora unaffordable).