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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  December 17, 20185:00 am| 9 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

Submissions from commenters are welcome at tools.balloon-juice.com

 

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter J R in WV.

Last month I met friends in NYC for a week of urban tourism, including nightclubs, theater, rickshaws in Times Square, museums, etc. There were great meals, music, the gamut of urban vacation.

These are a few of the pictures from that trip. There will be more than one set. Some of these pics (World Trade Center) were taken by Mike or Ruth (Tinsley Ellis). I’ll try to keep that straight, but they are all from the same vacation, a week between the election and Thanksgiving.

Taken on 2018-11-14 00:00:00

Highline Ballroom, Manhattan, NYC

Our first night out in the big city, I booked these tickets right after we did our plane tickets. We were an arm’s length from the stage in a slightly cheesy nightclub in the Meatpacking District right by the Highline overhead greenspace park.

Tinsley Ellis is an accomplished blues guitarist from Atlanta, GA. He really nailed it this night. Photo by Ruth on her Samsung phone. It was cold when we got out of this show!

Taken on 2018-11-14 00:00:00

Lower Manhattan, NYC

This is an original foundation of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center which collapsed on 9/11. All these World Trade Center photos are by Mike.

Taken on 2018-11-14 00:00:00

Lower Manhattan, NYC

The names of the known deceased are engraved around this fountain. Still sun shining on a beautiful fall day.

Taken on 2018-11-14 00:00:00

Lower Manhattan, NYC

I gave Mike my Olympic TG5 to take down to the scene of the World Trade Center — this is the new tower replacing the twin towers destroyed on 9/11. Sure glitters in the sun!

Taken on 2018-11-13 00:00:00

Empire State Building

This was taken from the 12 floor window of our hotel, the first night in NYC.

Not the best photo ever, but still quite a thing to see from your hotel bedroom window.

 

Thank you so much J R in WV, do send us more when you can.

 

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9Comments

  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    December 17, 2018 at 5:20 am

    Love the pictures ?

  2. 2.

    HinTN

    December 17, 2018 at 6:32 am

    I love New York.

  3. 3.

    JPL

    December 17, 2018 at 6:35 am

    the pictures are wonderful!

  4. 4.

    debbie

    December 17, 2018 at 7:29 am

    I miss NYC.

  5. 5.

    Betty

    December 17, 2018 at 7:58 am

    While there are lots of interesting new buildings in New York, there is something very special about the Empire Sate Building. Maybe it’s just my age that makes me think so.

  6. 6.

    A Ghost To Most

    December 17, 2018 at 8:05 am

    Thanks for the pictures. I was in NYC once, long ago. That was enough. Too many people.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    December 17, 2018 at 8:22 am

    @Betty:
    If you look very closely, you can still see King Kong’s footprints going up the Empire State Building.

  8. 8.

    Elizabelle

    December 17, 2018 at 8:36 am

    Last photo is iconic. Great trip, JR!

  9. 9.

    J R in WV

    December 17, 2018 at 10:44 am

    Thanks all, will be museums and fancy dinners, etc.

    It was a great trip, Ruth’s first time in NYC, she drove us to see more, not waste a moment. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit wife in NYC when she was working for her union on contract negotiations several times. She always had a sub-sub-let apartment for the several months, no one knew how long it would take.

    Back in the day I was able to wander Manhattan on foot or by subway, shop art galleries and antique shops, which are different in NYC, ancient artifacts, not Grandma’s chairs. So I was able to show my pals around a little bit.

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