September 10 ~ 13, 2004
.
Manhattan's Union Square . . .
. .
. our neighborhood for three days.
Our
hotel. . .world's smallest
room but a great marble clad bathroom!
Psychedelic
Solution, on W 8th near 5th Ave.
The
vintage rock 'n' roll poster super store!!!
At Puglia
Restaurant in Little Italy. A gathering of old & new friends. From
the
left,
Valeri, Dave, Kolleen, Bruce, Brian, Lois & Valeri's mom and her boyfriend.
(Kolleen
performed the wedding for Valeri and her Adam in Maui last year.)
(Photo
by our server - I exclaimed, "please be careful with the camera!")
Years
ago Puglia was really great. Sadly, not so these days....
Broadway,
aka "The Great White Way!"
We attended
Sunday services at the impressive Times Square Church.
Just
another day in midtown Manhattan...
Madison
Square Garden
Empire
State Building
B&H
Photo, my camera store of choice. It was my very first time there, and
what
a store
it is! The most "together" retail outlet of any kind I've ever experienced!
The
awesome new Time
Warner Center, shot through a bus window...
The
Dakota apartments, home to the late John
Lennon.
John's wife, Yoko Ono, still lives here.
The
main entrance to the Dakota.
Strawberry
Fields, forever. . .
The
John Lennon memorial in Central Park. John & Yoko spent a lot of time
in
the
park, just across Central Park West from their residence at the Dakota.
"Imagine
all the people living life in peace..."
Imagine
a "wreath" of paper cranes...
A summer
Sunday in the park...
Encountering
a fellow wedding photographer at work . . .
The
back side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And,
the front side...
The
Museum's lobby...
An ancient
Chinese rendition of The Buddha
covers
much of a large Museum wall.
A moment
of quiet reflection . . .
A trio
of young guys hammed it up with well-executed acrobatics and offbeat
humor
on the sidewalk in front of the Museum. The fellow with raised arms
(center)
was practicing for somersault leaps over volunteers from the crowd.
Last
residence of the late Andy Warhol - see the next photo...
5
AM, Monday, September 13 - in front of the Union Square
Inn
while waiting for a shuttle to Kennedy Airport. (Yawn!)
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Photos
by
Bruce
Wheeler
(C)
2004
All shots taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5700