Crane spotting on a lovely Fall Saturday early morning. (No, not the bird. This is NYC!!!) About to head east.
Ricky's store, this week's supplier for Halloween celebrations. Superman looking solid and strong. Passersby sometimes enjoy posing with him as their friends take cell phone pix. No takers at this moment.
Pretty plants along the sidewalk.
Here's an interesting store window.
The historic French building with its art deco facade on 5th Ave.
An eye-catching entryway.
Check out the ceiling.
Gleaming golden winged ... what are they?
Further north some Build-A-Bears are adorned for Halloween!
A look south at the Empire State.
H&M's window line-up.
American Girl store window - hostessing an ice cream parlor. (I had to bend my knees a bit to take the pic. They keep the best window scenarios "kid height"!)
American Girl hippie/flower child doll:
Hippie garb for your child.
Physically challenged American Girl doll catches my eye through the window.
Tall building shots always so inviting.
As I stood taking this shot on Park Ave., north of Grand Central station, the earth shuddered beneath me from the busy underground trains.
While looking up and preparing to take a picture of this beautiful building a silver jet approached it. Jets across the NYC sky are not infrequent, but having lived along with many of the rest of America through the 9/11 horror, seeing a jet in the same eye-frame as a tall NYC skyscraper takes one reflexively back to those fateful images and memories. I must have frozen for a few maybe mini-PTSD moments since when I finally rallied to take the pic I realized the jet had already crossed beyond the building and was almost out of the frame.
Here's a bit more of that magnificent building, btw.
Doesn't this new skyscraper in the background seem a tad skinny, relatively speaking?
Park Ave.'s St. Bart's church with tall old GE building in background.
There was a street fair just setting up around my Lexington Ave. subway station. This caught my eye:
Too bad I can't bring you the pulsating lighted shirts with a freeze shot camera. You can't see them dramatically flashing on and off or hear the blaring music in that little booth.
Here's a funny and non-pulsating tee at a nearby booth:
Along with some fun winter hats:
And posters. Look at that young Arnold!
One more look upwards at the blue sky and shining building tops before descending down the subway steps to head uptown.
Thanks for the company on my walk to the East side. :-)
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