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2011-12-22T08:56:00.000-08:00

In The Subway

2011-10-18T09:53:00.000-07:00

New York City Subway Life

The Calm Before Irene Hits Downtown Manhattan

2011-08-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

This is the calm Hudson River about 4pm, 8 hours before Irene tears the place up. Very dreary but very calm.

The traffic police have very little traffic to direct since mostly everyone has either left the Zone A --- The evacuation zone or are hunkering down awaiting Irene.

I live in Zone B and although I am anxious I don't feel like this is an impending meteor strike that will end the age of the dinosaurs.

Some businesses and dwellings placed sand bag by their doors. Many, many others didn't use sand bags.

And of course there is the window tape.

Not everyone chose to leave and they will hunker down with their stored food and water. They could wait for as long as three or four days until the electricity gets turned back on. I wish them well and a safe adventure.

But through it all will be CBS's Pablo Guzman and his intrepid news crew like

Eric and others. They will be there reporting the news when the storm surge hits later on Sunday.

Let us hope all is less than expected.

All photographs ©Lionel Martinez

Manhattan Rain & Puddle Shuffle

2011-07-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

An Urban Abstraction

Museum of Modern Art - MoMA - An Interpretive View

2011-07-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

A partial experience of visiting MoMA, New York, its art, people and installation.

MoMA level 12

MoMa Levels

MoMA Lilies

Watcher - MoMA

Moma Level 13

Jeanettes Viewing The Viewer

Blooms

2011-06-02T15:36:00.000-07:00

A few blooms I processed through Photoshop.
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Media At Ground Zero

2011-05-09T16:24:00.003-07:00

With in hours after Bin Leden was brought to terminal justice by Seal team 6 crowds of citizens spontaneously gathered by ground zero to rejoice.

The very next day these crowds were replaced by an orderly of swarm electronic media searching for meaning and definition as demanded by their insatiable audience . .. . us.

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Winter Garden Grand Staircase

2011-03-10T08:29:00.000-08:00

Residents are banding together to stop the demolition of the The Grand Staircase in the Winter Garden portion of the World Financial Center, New York,
The staircase was rebuilt after 9/11. Not only has The Grand Staircase become a community gathering place, but it is an essential part of the Manhattan downtown experience.

But this is an uphill battle and it may be lost. If it is demolished the staircase will disappear into the mists of memory. This video shows present Grand Staircase and perhaps will preserve it's grandeur if the worse comes to pass.

Manhattan Snow & Slush Shuffle

2011-02-02T12:05:00.000-08:00