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NYguy · #61 Posted **Sep 26, 2010, 3:38 PM**

Lazy September...

megalomediac

Rockaways, Queens

Rockaways, Queens

Rockaways, Queens

Rockaways, Queens

Rockaways, Queens

MolsonExport · #62 Posted **Oct 8, 2010, 4:32 PM**

Still one of my favorite threads.

NYguy · #63 Posted **Nov 14, 2010, 5:18 PM**

^ Also one of mine. A personal addition...Coney Island, Brooklyn

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“Vision 2020 is a blueprint for the next 10 years and beyond that will change the way New Yorkers live for generations to come,”
Amanda Burden, the director of the Department of City Planning, said in October at a public hearing on the report’s recommendations.
She said that the goal was for the water to become the “sixth borough.”

“The water should become a part of our everyday lives,” Ms. Burden declared.

And what better place to bring home that point than iconic Coney Island, most famous of all the city shorefronts.

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

It was a nice springlike November day (we don't say that often), so I decided to check out the goings at Coney. The amusements have closed for the season,
but the boardwalk still serves as a draw. Also it was the last opening for a few of the boardwalk businesses, and one last grab at summer.

Some fun in the water...(no single clip)

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Sounds of the shore...

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1. Down on the boardwalk...

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11. Though the redevelopment will take at least a decade, next year things will already look a lot different, as some older buildings begin to come down...

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17. Meanwhile, Scream Zone assemblage begins. It should be ready for a spring opening.

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21. But back to what made the place a draw in the first place...

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NYguy · #64 Posted **Jan 2, 2011, 10:30 PM**

NOfX

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

lornagrl

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

NYguy · #65 Posted **Mar 11, 2011, 3:07 PM**

Shore neighborhood of Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, the far side of Coney Island...

USVIZION

Lisanne!

NYguy · #66 Posted **Mar 13, 2011, 1:34 PM**

Times' piece on Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/re...l?ref=nyregion

NYguy · #67 Posted **Apr 15, 2011, 5:02 AM**

Mr. Schmo

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Coney Island, Brooklyn

FMIII · #68 Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 9:37 PM**

Those pictures are georgous. Especially when you think Manhattan hangs around just some miles away...

Ed007Toronto · #69 Posted **Dec 10, 2011, 7:16 PM**

Great shots. I had no idea the eastern part of Rockaway was so rundown.

CCs77 · #70 Posted **Dec 14, 2011, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

I love posting photos here because it shows a side of the city people rarely think about. It's a city literally surrounded by water.

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Originally Posted by fleonzo

You have done the city and the region a great service....great pics! This is what NY (metro region especially) is really like and I wish more people knew about it including other parts outside the city like the Hudson Valley (Bear Mtn), Eastern Long Island (out to Montauk), Conn, NJ shore etc.... Great work...please add some more! Thanks

That's true. Never been to NY but for now I've "explored" it a lot virtually. When you account all the several hundreds of kilometers of shoreline that the NY region has, you realize NY is easily the Metro Region with more kilometers of shoreline in North America. And not Only is very long but very varied as well, From the Hudson River, to both sides of the Long Island Sound, to the south coast of Long Island and the Jersey Shore you'll find sandy beaches, gorgeous harbors and coves in northern Long Island, the lovely towns and shores of Westchester Co at the Hudson, The imposing and beautiful Hudson Palisades in New Jersey, and much much more. The NY region may have more Km of beaches than LA or Miami, obviusly, the climate doesn't favor them as in those cities.

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Yeah, I know most people only think of New York in terms of Manhattan. But I've lived in 4 of the 5 boroughs (sorry Staten Island), so I'm outter borough by nature. Manhattan only accounts for less than 10% of the city land mass. So when you look at the city in depth, it's going to look a lot different than what many people expect. I've limited the shoreline photos to just the boroughs because it would be far too much to include the entire region.

Anyway, I'll be posting a lot more photos in this thread.

I strongly recomend you all, the amazing work that your counterpart in SSC (NYgirl)

had done. She created and impresive series of threads, 170 of them, showing all the five boroughs of NYC and the inner metro area (Nassau County, Southern Westchester, Hudson County, Newark and southern Bergen County) with all the enormous diversity of neighborhoods there.
here's the link.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2202

P.D. this is a very enjoyable thread

nygirl1 · #71 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 5:29 PM**

^^^ I strongly concur

STLgasm · #72 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 9:43 PM**

NYC - the everything city

NYguy · #73 Posted **Dec 29, 2011, 11:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by CCs77

I strongly recomend you all, the amazing work that your counterpart in SSC (NYgirl)

had done. She created and impresive series of threads, 170 of them, showing all the five boroughs of NYC and the inner metro area (Nassau County, Southern Westchester, Hudson County, Newark and southern Bergen County) with all the enormous diversity of neighborhoods there.
here's the link.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2202

Thanks. That's exactly what I want to show here. But so much to get to

Maybe NYgirl will put some of those great photos here. The City and region are so diverse, much more to NY than the skyscraper canyons of Manhattan.
With so much waterfront, the emphasis here is on where the City meets the water, the neighborhood character.

sterlippo1 · #74 Posted **Mar 25, 2012, 12:34 PM**

this was amazing!

NYguy · #75 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 6:43 AM**

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn from dimaruss34

More Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn from Violette79

More Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn from Brooklyn Cyclist

And more from Vincent Mounier

CCs77 · #76 Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 7:14 PM**

I would never guess that was Brooklyn.
(except for the boat named Brooklyn VI, of course)

NYguy · #77 Posted **May 1, 2012, 2:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by CCs77

I would never guess that was Brooklyn.
(except for the boat named Brooklyn VI, of course)

That's why I like posting these photos. There's a whole other side to New York that people never see (outside of the city of course).

NYguy · #78 Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 1:41 PM**

RYANISLAND

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NYguy · #79 Posted **Sep 26, 2012, 10:32 PM**

Rockawayist

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CCs77 · #80 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 1:30 AM**

Let's take a walk on the wild side....
I think it is pretty wonderful than in such a big and congested city, you still can find this spots of natural beauty.

All the pictures are taken from Panoramio, the link to the photos is above each one of them.

Believe it or not, this is Manhattan. This picture is taken from atop the the Inwood Hill Park, in the northern tip of Manhattan. Across the river the Hudson Palisades in NJ.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44994593

From the same park, in winter.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47704581

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47753668

From down the Inwood Hill Park, near where the Hudson and Harlem river meet.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/73175232

The Park. Unlike others in Manhattan, this park is largely natural, since it has not been very much landscaped. It is the only place in Manhattan where a large chunk of the original forest that once covered the island still remains.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/48877275

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47834745

From atop the Henry Hudson Bridge. The buildings are in the Bronx.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/77831416

From the other side of the river, in New Jersey. The green hill across the river is the Inwood Hill Park, from where the previous photos were taken. The arch bridge to the left is the Henry Hudson that links Manhattan and The Bronx. The buildings are in The Bronx
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/56930452

From atop the palisades, looking at the George Washington Bridge and NYC skyline.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13577672

At a winter dusk (or dawn)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47960419

The Hudson shores down the palisades. This place is just across the northern tip of Manhattan. If you look well, there is the overexposed silohuette of the George Washington Bridge in the background.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32149028

A small Hudson River beach, GWB in the background.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17360247

The Palisades Park trails.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18644732

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32149031