Tried to do some things around the city the kids wanted to go to China town but we need to stop at Century 21.  So we decided to walk up broadway.

 

Mould Fountain in City Hall Park

 

Woolworth

 

Park Row

 

 

City Hall

 

City Administration Building

 

 

I have no idea what the name of this building is but I would buy it in a heart beat

 

Everyone should recognize these shots from a very popular TV show

 

 

 

One of the Board of Ed Buildings

 

Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.  This is an example of why I don't drive in NYC.

 

 

Before we could get to Canal St, the heavens opened so I ran the kids accross worth street so we could take refuge at my best friends crib so here are some photos of Tribeca.

 

 

 

 

 

the hideous independence plaza apartments.  Welcome to soviet blocked NY

 

 

the rain comes down so hard...it's raining sideways.

 

 

after getting completely soaked and drying out and off the sun came out and we resume or walk to Canal

 

 

 

 

More damn traffic.  All these people are headed to the Holland tunnel

 

 

Later TriBeCa

 

 

I'm loving these!!!  Been there done that with the Holland Tunnel.  Glad my dad was always driving instead of me lol.  I am definitely enjoying your threads, MTS.

Thanks but dont expect too many more, once the whippersnappers leave I'll be back on the chaise chillin' and raving about the photo threads you kids post.

 

Now hopefully mrnyc will get off my back about photo threads.  he he he

Awesome.  I was hoping to get to NY this summer, but unfortunately wasn't able to, so these threads are nice to see.

Looks like the Holland Tunnel got some new signs. The thing I remember about going to the east coast when I was a kid is how beat up all the highways and their signs were. The east always felt more intense due to the poor condition of the highways, the non-existent merge ramps, and the faded signs.   

 

This looks like an odd amalgamation of 2nd Empire and American cast iron.  We have a few buildings with that style roof in Cincinnati, and some with that window style, but not both together. Or one with windows this big:

 

 

 

 

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Great photos. The Mould Fountain is in City Hall Park, though, not Central Park.

Great photos. The Mould Fountain is in City Hall Park, though, not Central Park.

 

oops typo. Thanks for catching that.  I meant city hall park.  If I was in the civic center it would obviously have to be city hall park.  lol

Great photos! Sometimes rainy days are good for photography.

Great photos! Sometimes rainy days are good for photography.

 

Rob it was ridiculous.  My nephew & 8 year old cousin were soaked to the bone.  It was raining so hard we couldn't walk across the street.  It was a) let the umbrellas down and run into the building or b) wait it out wet. 

Great photos! Sometimes rainy days are good for photography.

 

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This looks like an odd amalgamation of 2nd Empire and American cast iron.  We have a few buildings with that style roof in Cincinnati, and some with that window style, but not both together. Or one with windows this big:

 

I caught that cast-iron appearance right away, too. Except for the Mansard roof, it has a similar flavor to Milwaukee's Iron Block:

Was this last Sunday? I ended up eating at some random Kosher sushi place with my date that night because the rain came so hard and out of nowhere, we ran into the first place we found.

 

And I enjoy driving in the traffic you showed, well a couple of times each month at least.  I've finally gotten used to the driving style here, but there's no way I could do it every day.  Keep your eyes peeled for a giant pickup truck with Ohio tags driving around like a bat out of hell.

Was this last Sunday? I ended up eating at some random Kosher sushi place with my date that night because the rain came so hard and out of nowhere, we ran into the first place we found.

 

And I enjoy driving in the traffic you showed, well a couple of times each month at least.  I've finally gotten used to the driving style here, but there's no way I could do it every day.  Keep your eyes peeled for a giant pickup truck with Ohio tags driving around like a bat out of hell.

I think so.  Those kids - I miss them so much and they've only been gone 13 hours - had me running all over the region.

I've always been struck by the similarities between The Manhattan Municipal Building (what you labeled "City Admin. Bldg") and Terminal Tower. I found this in Wikipedia (there must be some more authoritative information out there on this):

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Municipal_Building

 

"The Manhattan Municipal Building, at 1 Centre Street in New York City, is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of The Five Boroughs. Construction began in 1909 and ended in 1915, marking the end of the City Beautiful movement in New York. Standing 580 feet (177 m) tall, its highest point is the second largest statue in Manhattan. The architectural firm McKim, Mead and White designed it to be the first building to incorporate a New York City Subway station into its base. Enormously influential in the civic construction of other American cities, its application of Beaux-Arts architecture served as the prototype for the Terminal Tower in Cleveland, the Fisher Building in Detroit, and the Wrigley Building in Chicago, in addition to the Seven Sisters of Stalin-era Soviet architecture. The building is similar to the Royal Liver Building (1907-11) built in Liverpool.

 

Located at the intersection of Chambers Street and Centre Street, the Municipal Building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world. It houses thirteen municipal agencies of New York City, and until 2009, 16,000 people were being married in its Manhattan Marriage Bureau each year.[2] There are 25 floors of work space (served by 33 elevators), with an additional 15 stories in the tower."