I was asked by theWIRE to take pictures of a hearing in front of the New York City Planning Commission, regarding building of the new Cornell-Technion campus on Roosevelt Island. Several people presented their pros and cons about this very interesting project. If everything goes well and as planned, Manhattan will have a brand new, state of the art engineering school by 2017. For me it was a very interesting experience, as an amateur press photographer, which resulted in more “Manhattan Faces” images for my blog.
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As promised in my previous post, here are fresh images from the dreassed rehearsal of Measure for Measure, opening on Roosevelt Island this Saturday, 8 pm. A few facts about the play could be found here.
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- This is the image with the most views from ALL pictures posted on my blog so far.
Roosevelt Island’s theater company is preparing their new play, Measure for Measure. Today I had the pleasure to watch them rehearsing and I took pictures of this very talented group of young actors. For those who live close by, come see the show, you’ll love it. For the rest, enjoy my images. More to come soon, from the costumed rehearsal.
Now that snowstorms are here, let’s remember how a beautiful spring day looks like, in Brooklyn Botanical Garden, where every year they have this Cherry Blossom festival.
I don’t, but apparently some people do, so bad that they want everybody else to know (and pay extra money for this silly licence plate). I assume this points to a TV series, I love Lucy.
Last month, a new park was opened in New York City. It is a memorial dedicated to president Franklin D Roosevelt, build on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, after the plans of architect Louis I Kahn. The park was named Four Freedoms Park and this link will give you all the information you want about it. As a Roosevelt Island resident I can share that building the park on the island generated a lot of heated debates about the design, environment, Manhattan views, etc. Yesterday I finally saw it and I took the images below. Curious to see your feedback about the park, do you like it?
A few panoramic images of Manhattan’s upper east-side over Central Park in November. You don’t need to travel upstate to see beautiful autumn colors, they are right here in the middle of the city.
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