Posted June 19, 200717 yr when this whole world starts gettin you down... nice song. i haven't been on my roof in over two years while they put up cell phone antennas and alarms on the roof doors. however, today my neighbor from spain points up and says "pssst, la puerta es abierto" so hells yeah i fired up the camera battery and went up there! :laugh: this is some 14th st and 8th ave in manhattan from above --- day and night: looking east on w14th northeast northwest looking west across 14th st southwest zoom south -- that's the new wtc7 south behind and below the building our backyard :-P night time
June 19, 200717 yr Great pictures, especially the night ones. Glad you got a chance to get back up there.
June 19, 200717 yr Nice picture. Just yesterday I walked passed your building and thought how this neighborhood changed over the two decades Ive been in NYC.
June 19, 200717 yr ^ yeah, i can see that thought hitting you here as this nabe is one of the most dramatically changed. i most notice how pedestrian-wise it used to be a rather desolate intersection, but now its so crowded with people 24/7 it feels like midtown.
June 23, 200717 yr When I first moved to NYC anything outside of boundaries of Bleeker and Greenwich was considered dangerous. The meat packing district was a dump. Chelsea was a mess, Clinton was dangerous and nobody wanted to live in between Penn Station and the Port Authority. Whenever I go to the Chelsea office, I just think about how bad this are was and filled with sex, s&m clubs hookas, hoes and prostitutes. What a difference a decade makes!
June 24, 200717 yr ^ quimbob that blockbuster is the port authority building, one of largest buildings in the city. it was also one of my first photos threads on uo --there is info about it and pics from inside too (my spouse works in there, some commute huh? one block from home) -- check it out: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=2198.0 When I first moved to NYC anything outside of boundaries of Bleeker and Greenwich was considered dangerous. The meat packing district was a dump. Chelsea was a mess, Clinton was dangerous and nobody wanted to live in between Penn Station and the Port Authority. Whenever I go to the Chelsea office, I just think about how bad this are was and filled with sex, s&m clubs hookas, hoes and prostitutes. What a difference a decade makes! back in the days two times there were bodies in front of our building. i found one in the morning. he just laid down and died. drugs. :|
June 25, 200717 yr Nice deck! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 26, 200717 yr back in the days two times there were bodies in front of our building. i found one in the morning. he just laid down and died. drugs. :| Only two? surprising the count is so low.
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