More images from the “Much ado about nothing” rehearsal, with the actors from Island Shakespeare
Mahnattan
Do you like Shakespeare? If you do, and if you live in New York, than you’re lucky. Come to Roosevelt Island to see Much Ado About Nothing played by those young professional actors from Island Shakespeare company. I was fortunate to watch them rehearsing for their upcoming play. It’s a lot of hard work, and in the same time a lot of fun, as you can see from my images below.
Upper west side is also home to one of the most prestigious schools in the country, Columbia University. It’s a few blocks away from the cathedral you saw in my post yesterday, making this neighborhood unique and interesting to the visitor.
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- Cafe near the university
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- The library of Columbia university
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- Law library
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- Passage over Amsterdam Ave
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- Studying in the library
Upper West side is home to an important landmark, the St John the Divine Cathedral. According to Wikipedia, this is the fourth largest Christian church in the world.
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- Photo shooting on the steps of the cathedral
Today I will show you a few images from Roosevelt Island, as some call it the best kept secret of Manhattan. Technically, from the organizational point of view, this is also Manhattan. Islanders can travel to Manhattan by subway or by the newly renovated cable car (tram) , which is also a Manhattan tourist attraction.
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- RI west promenade
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- Building on Randal Island seen from RI
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- Queensboro bridge seen from RI
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- Manhattan seen from RI
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- Stained glass detail of the RI church
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- Empire State building seen from RI
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- Queensboro bridge seen from RI
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- Queens commercial seen from RI
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- Queensboro bridge seen from RI
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- RI tram
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- RI west promenade
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- Manhattan building seen from RI
Images from last year’s Easter Hat parade on 5th Avenue
Spring day in Central Park, last year.
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- Central Park Zoo
While I’m waiting for my car’s oil change, I decided to try mobile blogging and this funny post titlte came to my mind.
The more hits I get for my blog, the beter. The list of countries where my viewers are keeps growing, and the latest addition is Vietnam.
So, HIT ME!
As I wrote here before (and as you saw in my pictures), New York is the city of street parades. One of the most spectacular is the Gay Pride Parade. Looks like this is a world wide phenomenon. Everybody, gay or not, has a lot of fun, under the careful watch of NYPD officers and politicians do not miss this great opportunity to gather some votes. This year’s parade is coming soon, but in the meantime please enjoy my images from last year’s event. Hopefully I’ll be back with 2012 images once current year’s edition takes place.
In 2011 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp started to organize a cherry tree festival, to celebrate spring and the beautiful cherry tree promenade on Roosevelt Island. It also honored the victims of the of the powerful earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan in 2011. It was a nice warm afternoon, combining spring beauty with Japanese traditions. See images below.
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