USA: New York June 2014: two of my favourite things The Flatiron Building and a Subway busker
The Flatiron building above, easily one of the most iconic and handsome structures in the world. Every time I see it, I fall in love with it again. Built in 1902, architect Daniel Burnham. Find more info here: http://www.history.com/topics/flatiron-building And below, a street busker at Bedford Avenue subway…great voice, this was a song he wrote […]
MoreUSA: New York June 2014: Walking round Williamsburg
Came over the bridge to Williamsburg in Brooklyn for a few hours. So, breakfast this morning in Brooklyn, in the Williamsberg hipster area our friend Kat told us to go to on the subway. Exited at the wrong stop in to an Hasidic Jewish neighbourhood…ringlets, big homburg hats and huge black coats. I went in […]
MoreUSA: New York June 2014: Walking some city landmarks
Food trucks, love them! Especially Mexican ones…but hot dogs and pretzels are about as New York City as you can get. We saw a band unloading their gear from a venue whilst walking around the side streets…on the side of their guitar cases it said “Shit Kill’. Because they had such a superior name, we […]
MoreUSA: New York June 2014: Walking the Highline and re-united with old friends for dinner
Went out for a good long walk around Manhattan today and Dave took me along to walk along the highline. The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long New York City linear park built on a section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. The High Line Park uses the disused […]
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