I figure I should get around to posting these pics....seeing that I took the trip back at the end of September....maybe if I stop being lazy I will post all the other pictures I have taken from my other trips over the years (With many of them being in Chicago.)
Anyway, along with the pictures I will make comments of what I felt about the city...I will say this, for the cost of living, I would much rather live in Manhattan than San Francisco, both are amazing cities, but if they both cost about the same, why would anyone want anything less than Manhattan.
This trip was a 4 day trip to New York, for the most part it all takes place in Manhattan because I wanted to limit myself so I didnt try to see too much which allowed me to really just enjoy what I saw and take in the city as naturally as I could...but I will say, 4 days is not enough time to see Manhattan. I think I need something more like 2 years to fully take in the city.
Now on to the show.
My first photo in NYC, I was testing the lighting and I accidentally pressed the button too hard and it took this shot.
This is what I meant to take.
Not sure how I feel about Obama condoms, but I liked the composition with the condoms and Madonna billboard.
An interesting piece of architecture that I couldnt get a good shot of and had zero desire to get close to it...Time Square was already starting to get on my nerves.
Just off of Time Square, I am definitely not a fan of this area, but I found that during my trip I would end up walking through the area alot because my hotel was just south of this area.
Not a great building, but in the right light it does photograph well.
If anyone wants to go to New York and not be impressed with the city, then go to the Hudson Yard area and I can guarantee that will happen...though with that said, some amazing photos of the midtown skyline can be found in that area.
For some reason, the ESB felt very much at a human scale to me. It felt like it was big, but not bigger than me....I am guessing that sounds weird, but that is how I felt about it. I have to say it definitely impressed me to see this icon in person.
I was happy to stumble across this project, though I totally forgot to go the the High Line park and see the Jean Nouvel building...guess a future trip will definitely be in my future.
I seriously could of spent the entire trip taking photos at the subway stops. The composition and play with lighting is so much fun down there...except for at the Grand Central Station stop...that area is like an oven even in late September.
Little did I know when I got off of this train, what would be waiting for me at the stop I got off at.
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