We made a pact as NY’ers who lived through this… we would never forget. But 20 years later it feels as though we are not living up to it. Being this year is the first year that the ceremonies have been broken up by COVID, I have listed ceremonies from…
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Hurricane Erin heads for NYC on 9/11/2001
As a former NY’er, who lived and worked in the shadow of the World Trade Center, I was not aware of a major hurricane less than 500 miles away and heading straight for NYC. On Long Island, a suburb of NYC, we took hurricanes seriously. If one was heading our…
NYC History I Never Knew…
An explosion big enough to register 5.5. on the Richter scale and caused by the Germans right in the middle of World War 1. An act of terrorism that almost took down the Statue of Liberty.
Tracking Cherry Blossom Trees with the Central Park Conservatory iPhone App
Another sign that Spring is finally here in the NYC area! The Central Park Cherry Blossom Trees are in full bloom. You can learn more about that on the Central Park Conservatory iPhone app. ???? I know, I know… this is a regular blog posting masquerading as a tech post…
Grand Central’s Apple Store – The Biggest in North America?
Really impressed with the pics I got from a recent walk thru of the Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal this week. The Grand Central Apple store opened back in 2011. I have been here before but never realized how LARGE it is! I’ve read it’s the third biggest Apple…
North Cove Marina – NYC
I only made this video for one reason and one reason only… I wanted to get a shot of the quote that is posted at the entrance of the Marina. It sums up the essence of NY very well
USS New York
I recently went to visit the USS New York while it was docked here at Pier 88 right next to the Intrepid this past week. The weather really did cooperate all week, topping out at 70 degrees, and the tour of the Navy’s newest warship was also completely free! While I was…
World Trade Center Site
Hope everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying the summer. I put together a quick video walking around the World Trade Center site. I actually have a ton of footage that needs to be sorted through. A project I will save and post around the anniversary of 9/11. Just…