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Fire Island, NY 2009 :

Fire Island, NY 2009

Updated: Aug 24, 2009 5:38pm PST

08.01.2009 - Boating @ The Berkshires :

08.01.2009 - Boating @ The Berkshires

Updated: Aug 02, 2009 4:49pm PST

Detroit Methodist Church - June 10th, 2009 :

Detroit Methodist Church - June 10th, 2009

Updated: Jun 13, 2009 9:54am PST

04.11.2009 - Dinner Party :

04.11.2009 - Dinner Party

Updated: Apr 12, 2009 1:01am PST

NoMAA Artists' Salon - 3/30/2009 : Other photos here:
www.robertcain.info/photography

NoMAA Artists' Salon - 3/30/2009

Other photos here: www.robertcain.info/photography

Updated: Mar 31, 2009 6:19pm PST

Windsor Ontario - December 31st, 2008 :

Windsor Ontario - December 31st, 2008

Updated: Jan 25, 2009 7:47pm PST

Inwood Hill Park : Photos of Inwood Park, Manhattan, NY.

Inwood Hill Park is a city-owned and maintained public park in Inwood, Upper Manhattan, New York City. It stretches along the Hudson River from Dyckman Street to the northern tip of the island. Inwood Park's densely folded, glacially scoured topography contains the largest remaining forest land on Manhattan Island. Unlike other parks in Manhattan, Inwood Hill Park is largely natural (non-landscaped). It is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.



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Inwood Hill Park

Photos of Inwood Park, Manhattan, NY. Inwood Hill Park is a city-ow ...

Updated: Sep 03, 2009 2:23pm PST

Inwood Park  in HDR - January 17th, 2009 (HDR Workshop) (new) : This gallery is for viewing only.  The photos are not printable as some are not mine.

Inwood Park in HDR - January 17th, 2009 (HDR Workshop) (new)

This gallery is for viewing only. The photos are not printable as som ...

Updated: Feb 20, 2010 7:02pm PST

Inwood Park  in HDR - January 17th, 2009 (HDR Workshop) : This gallery is for viewing only.  The photos are not printable as some are not mine.

Inwood Park in HDR - January 17th, 2009 (HDR Workshop)

This gallery is for viewing only. The photos are not printable as som ...

Updated: Feb 20, 2010 7:02pm PST

Northern Ireland, UK : Northern Ireland is a country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km), about a sixth of the island's total area. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. At the time of the UK Census in April 2001, its population was 1,685,000, constituting between a quarter and a third of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland consists of six of the nine counties of the historic Irish province of Ulster. In the UK, it is generally known as one of the four Home Nations and is the only one that is not located on the island of Great Britain.

Northern Ireland, UK

Northern Ireland is a country within the United Kingdom, lying in the ...

Updated: Dec 15, 2008 2:42am PST

10.19.2008 - The New York Botanical Garden : Nathaniel Lord Britton began the 250-acre park in 1891 and today it is a National Historic Landmark. There are 40 acres of forest that have not been touched since before the area was settled. It is also the site of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, or Crystal Palace. There are more than 3,000 specimens and four distinct environments. The park also has a 12-acre educational Everett Children's Adventure Garden with interactive exhibits, the T.H. Everett Rock Garden, The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, The Native Plant Garden , The Arlow B. Stout Daylily Garden, The Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden and Beth's Maze, The Nancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden, and other specialty gardens and collections.

10.19.2008 - The New York Botanical Garden

Nathaniel Lord Britton began the 250-acre park in 1891 and today it is ...

Updated: Oct 21, 2008 6:38pm PST

10/12/2008 - Bear Mountain, NY :

10/12/2008 - Bear Mountain, NY

Updated: Jan 19, 2009 11:16am PST

Open House New York - 10.05.2008 :

Open House New York - 10.05.2008

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 6:59am PST

Astroland Amusement Park, Coney Island, NY : Astroland first billed itself as a 'space-age' theme park when it opened in 1962, although in later years a visit was more like stepping into the past than the future." Some of the later rides were similar to regular carnival rides, but others offer a kitsch experience that was lacking in modern amusement parks.

In 1955, Dewey Albert and his friends Nathan Handwerker, Herman Rapps, Sidney Robbins and Paul Yampo formed a corporation called Coney Island Enterprises. In 1957, Rapps and Alpert announced they would build Wonderland. Through a series of acquisitions, together they built what is today known as Astroland. On July 12, 1975 an early morning fire wiped out much of the park but they were able to rebuild.

On November 28, 2006 Astroland was sold by the Albert Family for US $30 million to Thor Equities, which plans to redevelop the area as a $1.5 billion year-round resort. Under the agreement, the Alberts would continue to operate the Cyclone, the famous wooden roller coaster. At the time, the Alberts hoped to relocate attractions like the water flume and the Astrotower to another part of the neighborhood.

After the sale, opposition to the relocation plan emerged. Efforts supporting the extension of Astroland's existence for the 2008 summer season were established. Astroland celebrated the 45th anniversary of its opening on April 1, 2007.

It was announced October 24, 2007 that Carol Albert and Thor had reached a deal, and that Astroland would re-open March 16, 2008. However, after a few months when no agreement between the two parties could be reached, Astroland closed on September 7, 2008.

Local legend has it that restaurateur Charles Feltman invented the hot dog in the area of Astroland in 1874.

Astroland Amusement Park, Coney Island, NY

Astroland first billed itself as a 'space-age' theme park when it open ...

Updated: Oct 21, 2008 6:40pm PST

08.16.2008 - Copake Falls, NY :

08.16.2008 - Copake Falls, NY

Updated: Aug 18, 2008 12:42am PST

2008 Dez's CBU Team BBQ :

2008 Dez's CBU Team BBQ

Updated: Aug 10, 2008 8:34am PST

South Dakota - 2002 :

South Dakota - 2002

Updated: Jul 06, 2008 10:45am PST

Taconic Copake Falls, NY - May 31, 2008 :

Taconic Copake Falls, NY - May 31, 2008

Updated: Jun 01, 2008 2:06pm PST

New York City - April 19t, 2008 :

New York City - April 19t, 2008

Updated: Apr 20, 2008 4:57pm PST

Inwood Hill Park - April 2008 :

Inwood Hill Park - April 2008

Updated: Apr 20, 2008 8:30am PST

April 12th, 2008 - Central Park :

April 12th, 2008 - Central Park

Updated: Apr 13, 2008 7:42pm PST

April 4th, 2008 - Philadelphia :

April 4th, 2008 - Philadelphia

Updated: Apr 07, 2008 8:01am PST

Chicago - March 4, 2008 : I still have to narrow down the best photos and do some further editing.

Chicago - March 4, 2008

I still have to narrow down the best photos and do some further editin ...

Updated: Mar 11, 2008 5:33pm PST

Montreal, QC, Canada - January 2008 : Formerly the largest city in Canada, it is now known as the second largest French-speaking city in the world.

Montreal, QC, Canada - January 2008

Formerly the largest city in Canada, it is now known as the second lar ...

Updated: Jan 29, 2008 3:19pm PST

Empire State Building - New York - 2008 :

Empire State Building - New York - 2008

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 7:39pm PST

Mexican Fiesta - January 2008 : Here is a 23 minute video I had to post to a different site because of the size:
http://www.divshare.com/download/3492234-e49

Mexican Fiesta - January 2008

Here is a 23 minute video I had to post to a different site because of ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 5:05am PST

12.23.2007 - Lions Game :

12.23.2007 - Lions Game

Updated: Dec 23, 2007 6:02pm PST

Carnival Triumph - December 2007 : Debby_turns 50 slideshow

Let me know if you need a photo, I don't want non family downloading them.

Carnival Triumph - December 2007

Debby_turns 50 slideshow Let me know if you need a photo, I don't w ...

Updated: Jan 13, 2008 6:38pm PST

09.16.2007 - New York City - 2007 :

09.16.2007 - New York City - 2007

Updated: Sep 18, 2007 5:02pm PST

08.25.2007 - Camping :

08.25.2007 - Camping

Updated: Sep 04, 2007 7:40pm PST

Coney Island - August 2007 : Both Coney Island and central park

Coney Island - August 2007

Both Coney Island and central park

Updated: Aug 07, 2007 12:47am PST

Costa Rica - Best of - August 2007 : Processed over 1,600 photos taking up over 26GB of disk space.

Only the top 23 are here.  Most of the photos below where taken with 5 exposures and combined.  This technique is called HDR.
You can look it up here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

You can download a photo for a dollar!  Its to help me get new lenses.

Costa Rica - Best of - August 2007

Processed over 1,600 photos taking up over 26GB of disk space. Only ...

Updated: Aug 21, 2007 7:45pm PST

Costa Rica ALL - August 2007 : You have to keep in mind that we are on vacation, not on a trip to take photos.  But then in 10 years we wouldn't have these unless we specifically took the time to take these photos!
Its a fine balance.

You can download a photo for a dollar! Its to help me get new lenses.
In Pre-Columbian times the Indigenous people, in what is now known as Costa Rica, were part of the Intermediate Area located between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultural regions. This has recently been updated to include the influence of the Isthmo-Colombian area.

It was the point where the Mesoamerican and South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya Peninsula, was the southernmost point of Nahuatl (named after Nitin) cultural influence when the Spanish invaders (conquistadores) came in the sixteenth century. The center and southern portions of the country had Chibcha influences. However, the indigenous people have influenced modern Costa Rican culture to a relatively small degree, as most of the Indians died from disease and mistreatment by the Spaniards.

Costa Rica ALL - August 2007

You have to keep in mind that we are on vacation, not on a trip to tak ...

Updated: Jan 06, 2008 4:45pm PST

New Port, Rhode Island - 2007 : Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. It is the home of the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. The city is the seat of Newport County.

Many of the dollar figures in this gallery can be converted to current numbers by using this website:
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/data/us/calc/

For instance back in 1914 Theodore Roosevelt completed the Panama Canal for 375,000,000.00 (375 Million) which in today's money is  around 7,706,250,000.00 (7.7 Billion).  That's actually good considering the "BIG DIG" is over budget by 12.6 Billion dollars!!!

New Port, Rhode Island - 2007

Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, abou ...

Updated: Aug 04, 2007 8:21am PST

Mohonk Mountain, New York - 2007 : Located just 90 miles north of New York City and 9.00 per person!, the Mohonk Preserve provides visitors access to over 6,500 acres in the Shawangunk Mountains – including cliffs, forests, fields, ponds, and streams – and to a network of over 100 miles of carriage roads and trails for hiking, running, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing. Also, the internationally renowned “Gunks” cliffs offer over 1,000 technical rock climbing routes.

Mohonk Mountain, New York - 2007

Located just 90 miles north of New York City and 9.00 per person!, the ...

Updated: Jul 25, 2007 4:22pm PST

Montauk, NY - July 8th, 2007 :

Montauk, NY - July 8th, 2007

Updated: Jul 09, 2007 9:42pm PST

Montauk, NY - July 8th, 2007 : Montauk is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the hamlet population was 3,851. It is the easternmost area in Long Island, and thus the easternmost area in New York State.

Montauk is in the Town of East Hampton.

Montauk, NY - July 8th, 2007

Montauk is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, N ...

Updated: Jul 09, 2007 2:32pm PST

Columbus Circle - New York : Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is the site of the first traffic circle in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park West, Central Park South (59th Street), and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, with coordinates 40°46′05″N, 73°58′55″WCoordinates: 40°46′05″N, 73°58′55″W. The traffic circle was designed by William P. Eno, a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control, as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's vision for the park, which included a circle at Explorers Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance.

Now, as then, Columbus Circle is a major transportation hub. The M5, M7, M10, M20, and M104 buses all stop at Columbus Circle. The circle is a major hub for the subway, connecting the A, C, B + D, and 1 New York City Subway lines at 59th Street-Columbus Circle.

The monument at the center, created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo, is the point at which distances to and from New York City are officially measured. It was erected as part of New York's 1892 commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Constructed with funds raised by Il Progresso, an Italian-language newspaper, the monument consists of a marble statue of Columbus atop a 70-foot granite column decorated with bronze reliefs representing Columbus' ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. Its pedestal features an angel holding a globe.

Renovations to the circle completed in 2005 included new water fountains (by WET Design, of Fountains of Bellagio fame), wooden benches, and plantings encircling the monument. The inner circle measures approximately 36,000 square feet, and the outer circle is approximately 148,000 square feet. The redesign, by the Olin Partnership of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the recipient of the 2006 American Society of Landscape Architects’ General Design Award Of Honor.

Columbus Circle - New York

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark a ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 8:37pm PST

Atlantic Highlands, NJ - 6.23.2007 : Atlantic Highlands is located in Sandy Hook Bay. They are 2 of the more popular jumping off destinations due to their close proximity to some of NJ's best fishing grounds. Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Bay, Raritan Bay, Flynns Knoll , Romer Shoal , Shrewsbury Rocks , Shrewsbury and Navasink rivers . Altantic Highlands hosts one of NJ largest fleet of Party and Charter boats as well as a full service marina and launch ramp that is run by the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Marina. Leonardo State Marina has also has a public launch ramp and a snack, bait and fuel store that is accessible by water. There are many bait and tackle stores on the way to the area on Route 36. You can also rent small boats and motors at Atlantic Highlands.

Atlantic Highlands, NJ - 6.23.2007

Atlantic Highlands is located in Sandy Hook Bay. They are 2 of the mor ...

Updated: Jun 25, 2007 5:54am PST

Michigain - 06.16.2007 :

Michigain - 06.16.2007

Updated: Jul 01, 2007 6:17am PST

Washington DC - May 5th, 2007 :

Washington DC - May 5th, 2007

Updated: May 28, 2007 6:44pm PST

Summary of Carnival Triumph, 2007 :

Summary of Carnival Triumph, 2007

Updated: Dec 20, 2007 8:12pm PST

BT INS Training - March 30th, 2007 : This was the training session held at the http://www.garrettcreekranch.com/

More photos are here:
www.robertcain.info/photography

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BT INS Training - March 30th, 2007

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Updated: Apr 07, 2007 8:30am PST

Puerto Rico - 2007 :

Puerto Rico - 2007

Updated: Jan 03, 2008 7:53pm PST

Best of Puerto Rico 2007

Updated: Mar 05, 2007 10:45am PST

Puerto Rico - 2007 :

Puerto Rico - 2007

Updated: Mar 05, 2007 4:58pm PST

SoHo & NoLiTa - January 2007 : SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan named after Soho, London, United Kingdom. It is bounded roughly by Houston Street on the north, Lafayette Street on the east, Canal Street on the south, and Varick Street on the west.

The name is a play on that of the famous London shopping district, justifying its name as being the area South of Houston (pronounced HOUSE-tin) Street. It was the first such mildly amusing naming acronym that has been followed by other new neighborhood descriptions such as TriBeCa and DUMBO. Before its incarnation as a trendy locale, it was known as the Cast Iron District.

As the artist population grew, the city made some attempts to stem the movement, especially concerned about the occupation of space that did not meet residential building codes, and the possibility that the space might be needed at some time for the return of manufacturing to New York City.

Pressured on many sides, the city eventually gave up on attempting to keep all of the Cast Iron District as industrial space, and the area received historical designation as SoHo.

The historic district is officially bounded by Houston Street, West Broadway, Canal Street and Crosby Street. It is noted for the elaborate cast-iron architecture of many of its buildings, most of which date from the late 19th century. These buildings originally housed warehouses and factories. It is also noted for its cobblestone streets, which have all recently been repaved with the exception of Wooster Street and part of Howard Street.

The neighborhood rose to fame as a neighborhood for artists during the 1960s and 1970s, when the cheap spaces vacated by departing factories were converted by artists into lofts and studios. SoHo's lofts were especially appealing to artists because they could use the wide spaces and tall ceilings that factories and warehouses required to create and store their work. During this period, which lasted into the 1980s, living in SoHo was often of dubious legality, as the area was zoned for light industrial and commercial uses rather than residential, and many residents had to convert their apartments into livable spaces on their own, with little money. However, beginning in the 1980s, in a way that would later apply elsewhere, the neighborhood rapidly rose up the socioeconomic scale. This led eventually to an exodus of most actual artists, leaving galleries, boutiques, restaurants, and young urban professionals.

SoHo's location, the appeal of lofts as living spaces, its architecture and, ironically, its "hip" reputation as a haven for artists all contributed to this change. The pattern of gentrification is typically known as the "SoHo Effect" and has been observed in several cities around the United States. Thirty years ago a backwater of poor artists and small factories, SoHo is now a popular tourist destination for people looking for fashionable (and expensive) clothing and exquisite architecture.

SoHo's boutiques and restaurants are clustered in the northern area of the neighborhood, along Broadway and Prince and Spring streets. The sidewalks in this area are often crowded with tourists and with artists selling paintings and other works, sometimes leaving no space for pedestrians to walk. The southern part of the neighborhood, along Grand Street and Canal Street, retains some of the feel of SoHo's earlier days and is noticeably more dilapidated and less crowded than the northern half. There are even a few small factories that have managed to remain. Canal Street at SoHo's south boundary contrasts with the former's posh shopping district in offering cheap imitation clothing and accessories.

Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Nolita is bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south roughly by Broome Street, and on the west roughly by Lafayette Street. It lies east of SoHo, south of NoHo, west of the Lower East Side, and north of Little Italy and Chinatown.

The neighborhood was long regarded as part of Little Italy. The area, however, lost its recognizable Italian character in recent decades because of the migration of Italian-Americans out of Manhattan to other boroughs.

In the second half of the 1990s, the neighborhood saw an influx of young urban professionals and an explosion of expensive retail boutiques and trendy restaurants and bars. Having previously tried unsuccessfully to pitch the neighborhood as part of SoHo, real estate promoters and others came up with several different suggested names for this newly upscale neighborhood. The name that stuck was Nolita, an abbreviation for North of Little Italy. This name follows the pattern started by SoHo (South of Houston Street) and TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal Street).

The neighborhood includes St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets, which opened in 1815 and was rebuilt in 1868 after a fire. (See St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.) The cornerstone was laid on June 8, 1809. This building served as New York City's Roman Catholic cathedral until the new St. Patrick's Cathedral was opened on Fifth Avenue in Midtown in 1879. St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is now a parish church.

Another neighborhood landmark is the Puck Building, an ornate structure built in 1885 on the corner of Houston and Lafayette Streets, which originally housed the headquarters of the now-defunct Puck Magazine.

SoHo & NoLiTa - January 2007

SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan named ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 8:28pm PST

Spain - August, 1999 :

Spain - August, 1999

Updated: Jan 09, 2007 6:15pm PST

Spain - August 1999 :

Spain - August 1999

Updated: Dec 31, 2006 5:54am PST

Pistons vs. Hawks - December 23rd :

Pistons vs. Hawks - December 23rd

Updated: Dec 24, 2006 1:55pm PST

Inwood Park -  Nov 27th, 2006 :

Inwood Park - Nov 27th, 2006

Updated: Nov 28, 2006 12:21am PST

Good Morning America - November 27th 2006 :

Good Morning America - November 27th 2006

Updated: Nov 27, 2006 9:26pm PST

11.26.2006 - Jennies sing along & Serendipity :

11.26.2006 - Jennies sing along & Serendipity

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 8:10am PST

Knicks vs Bulls - November 25th : NEW YORK (AP) -- A 23-point lead wasn't enough for Chicago coach Scott Skiles -- and it almost wasn't for the Bulls, either.

Skiles was ejected in the opening minute of the third quarter Saturday night, but the Bulls held on to beat the New York Knicks 106-95 to stop a six-game losing streak.

"I didn't anticipate getting tossed out of the game or anything," Skiles said. "I'm never afraid to get tossed out because I know Jimmy [Boylan, assistant coach] will do a good job. It got a little hairy there at the end, but we made enough plays to win."

Steve Francis, back in the starting lineup for the Knicks, was also ejected with 41 seconds remaining in a game that included the benchings of Stephon Marbury and Ben Wallace.

Luol Deng led the Bulls with 24 points, including 16 on 7-of-12 shooting in the first half to give the Bulls a 56-34 lead.

Chicago opened the second half with a jumper by reserve Malik Allen, who scored 15 points. Shortly after that, Skiles was ejected after picking up a pair of technical fouls for arguing -- with the Bulls leading 58-35.

"The ejection, I deserved. I deserved the second technical," Skiles said. "I didn't care for the first one that much. He was joking with me, I joked with him and he gave me a technical. Technically, you're not allowed to comment."

Wallace was benched in the beginning of the third quarter for breaking a long-standing team rule on the ban of headbands.

Kirk Hinrich added 21 points and Andres Nocioni had 19 for the Bulls, who snapped an eight-game road skid.

Reserve Jamal Crawford led New York with 26 points and Eddy Curry added 20.

Marbury, who's said throughout the season that he would be much more aggressive, did not attempt a shot and was scoreless after he had only two points in Friday's victory at Boston.

Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said that Marbury did not participate in the morning shootaround because he was not feeling well.

"I knew in my mind he wasn't feeling well this morning," Thomas said. "The pace and the energy of the game, he just wasn't feeling that well."

A confused Marbury spent most of the second half on the bench, often sitting with a towel over his head while teammates around him stood and cheered as the Knicks tried to rally.

"Nope," he said when asked whether he was happy about being on the bench. "I was fine. I didn't have any openings. I was trying to move the ball and get the ball moving the way he wants us to play. He told me he was leaving me out of the game in the third quarter."

Knicks forward Channing Frye left the game in the second quarter with a sprained left ankle. Frye grimaced in pain and was helped off the court by his teammates. X-rays were negative, but Frye did not return to play. After the game, the team announced that Frye will miss three to six weeks.

At the break, the team also announced that Quentin Richardson would not return after straining his hamstring. That was bad news for a Knicks team that trailed by 22 points at halftime.

The Knicks' first-round pick in last year's NBA draft, Frye attempted to block P.J Brown's shot and landed on the back of Brown's shoe with 9:41 left in the first half.

Richardson, who went into the game averaging 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, was listed as day-to-day.

Chicago's lead was cut to five points with under two minutes to play, as New York got boosts from reserves Renaldo Balkman and David Lee. But after a turnover by Francis, Nocioni hit a pair of free throws with 1:23 left for a 100-93 lead. Hinrich pushed the lead to 102-94 on a pair of free throws with 53 seconds left.

Ben Gordon scored only seven points for Chicago. He averaged 30.7 against the Knicks last season.

Knicks vs Bulls - November 25th

NEW YORK (AP) -- A 23-point lead wasn't enough for Chicago coach Scott ...

Updated: Dec 03, 2006 4:43am PST

11.24.2006 - New York City day playing Golf :

11.24.2006 - New York City day playing Golf

Updated: Nov 27, 2006 7:10pm PST

Grand Central Station - November - 2006 : Grand Central Terminal was built to house Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad network, consolidated in the late 19th century as New York Central. It replaced John B. Snook and Isaac Buckout's Second Empire style 42nd Street Terminal, an iron and glass train shed built between 1869 and 71 (which had supplanted New York's first Madison Square train shed and terminal at Madison Square). A massive track fire caused by the collision of two trains in 1902 prompted the decision to electrify the train lines. The smoky, sooty train tracks running down the center of Fourth Avenue were covered, creating what we know today as Park Avenue North. By the 1920s, the avenue was transformed from a eyesore lined with tenements and factories into a boulevard of luxury apartment buildings. By the 1950s, lower Park Avenue North had become one of the most sought-after commercial districts in the city. 
Founded to oversee the station's replaning, the Grand Central Corporation envisioned the project as "Terminal City"-- a multi-lot development linking the new station with hotels, apartments, and office buildings running along 42nd Street and up Park Avenue. This plan, often described as a "city within a city" can be understood as the precursor to ideas explored later at Rockefeller Center. 

The 1903 competition brief also called for linking the station with the new subway system [1904]. For the station itself, the brief specified distinct departure areas for commuter and long distance trains, a main circulation concourse, a subsidiary ticketing space and waiting rooms. Furthermore, it required that Park Avenue traffic should circulate around the station. 

Ultimately, this brief reflected a new and innovative appreciation of the urban character and the changing needs of a booming metropolis. Reed & Stem--a firm with strong engineering capabilities--won out over architects like McKim Mead & White and Daniel Burnham for the commission. They were ultimately responsible for functional aspects of the design. To their consternation, the Vanderbilts added the firm of their Beaux Arts-trained cousin, Whitney Warren, to the team. Warren & Wetmore were responsible for the aesthetics of the station. 

Reed & Stem's station was conceived first as a system of efficient circulation between the city's streets, trains, subways, the 'El' and adjacent buildings. A viaduct encircling the station [1919-29] links Park Avenue North and South. Suburban and long haul trains are isolated on two separate levels of tracks. Multi-level circulation ramps replace stairs, facilitating pedestrian traffic through the station. The building is replete with amenities for the traveler--commercial establishments, a police station, changing rooms, private offices and apartments. The station still functions well, despite subsequent rearrangements and a dramatic increase in traffic. 

Modeled on Roman imperial baths, Warren & Wetmore's Beaux Arts architectural design is, in effect, a surface dressing for this masterful circulation plan. The monumental main concourse [1903-13] is capped by a vaulted plaster ceiling suspended from a steel substructure. Thermal windows bring light into the concourse and serve as hallways linking to office spaces at the concourse's four corners. Guastavino vaults grace portions of the broad, shallow lower level. Acorns and oak leaves--both symbols of the Vanderbilt family--adorn the interior. 

Outside, the limestone-clad station's southern facade has the grand scale of the interior. Modeled on a Roman triumphal arch, the facade symbolizes the triumph of the railroad. It was also envisioned as a gateway to the city, then located primarily to the station's south. Jules Coutan's central sculptural group depicts Mercury (the god of commerce) supported by Minerva and Hercules (representing mental and moral strength). After the original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963, Grand Central Terminal was landmarked. This innovative complex, integrating the train system with an intricate web of urban conditions, will be preserved for the enjoyment of future generations.

Grand Central Station - November - 2006

Grand Central Terminal was built to house Cornelius Vanderbilt's railr ...

Updated: Nov 24, 2006 8:15am PST

11.21.2006 - Wall Street / Down Town :

11.21.2006 - Wall Street / Down Town

Updated: Feb 25, 2007 5:05pm PST

Pallasades - October 2006 :

Pallasades - October 2006

Updated: Oct 27, 2006 2:15am PST

Arti - Sudir - New Apartment - 2006 :

Arti - Sudir - New Apartment - 2006

Updated: Aug 08, 2006 3:31am PST

Dyckman Farmhouse : Dyckman Farmhouse

Eight miles north of Times Square, busy Broadway is the site of one of Manhattan's oldest houses. Not far from Inwood Hill Park at Manhattan's northern tip, the Dyckman House is the only remaining Dutch colonial farmhouse in the borough.

The area around the house was settled by Jan Dyckman, who arrived from Westphalia (now a part of Germany) in 1661. His grandson, William Dyckman, inherited the farm, and after the Hessian occupation of the land during the American Revolution, he built the present house in about 1784. Its southern wing, known as the "summer kitchen" (currently the caretaker's quarters).

The Dyckman family sold the prosperous farm in 1868 and moved to a more fashionable mansion on Broadway. In 1915, two sisters, Mary Alice D. Dean and Fannie Fredericka D. Welsh, descendants of William Dyckman, bought back the family house and began extensive reconstruction--one of the earliest historic restorations undertaken in New York. They presented it to the City in 1916 with 18th- and 19th-century furniture and objects that were representative of their family's belongings. Today, Parks & Recreation administers the house.

The two-story building has wide unvarnished floorboards and a gambrel roof that slopes over front and back porches. Except for the brick front, its lower walls are of fieldstone and its upper story white clapboard. Visitors arrive at a central hall leading to a parlor, a dining room and a farm office. A restored Relic Room contains photographs and artifacts of Inwood from the last two centuries. Many of the objects date from the Revolutionary War period, when the Hessians, German soldiers serving with the British, were encamped there.
Upstairs are is a bedroom with period furnishings and an education room for lectures and demonstrations. The cellar kitchen is filled with old waffle irons and sausage stuffers, wooden bowls and pewter dishes, and a large hearth with kettles and a bake oven. The stairs descending to the kitchen skirt a large rock outcropping that forms part of the house’s foundation. Carved into the rock is a "nine man morris" game board where Dyckman children may have played games while their mothers and family servants prepared meals.

The surrounding half-acre park includes a re-created smokehouse and a Hessian hut erected from original building materials excavated during the 1915-17 restoration. A small herb garden and perennial garden of flowers add local color to this important remnant of early New York. The “Dyckman Corner Store” is housed in a corner cabinet in the education room, and contains souvenirs and postcards, books and early American toys. 
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4881 Broadway
New York, NY 10034
(212) 304-9422

Directions
Subway: A to 207th St.

Bus: M100 to 204th St.

Hours
Wednesday - Saturday from 11:00am - 4:00pm. Sunday from 12:00 - 4:00pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday

Admission
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Bronx Zoo ALL - 2006 :

Bronx Zoo ALL - 2006

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The Bronx Zoo! As the flagship of the largest network of metropolitan zoos in the country, the Bronx Zoo is the heart of the Wildlife Conservation Society and our work to save wildlife and wild places around the globe.

With award-winning, cutting-edge exhibits featuring over 4,000 animals, there is no other zoo in the world that offers the diversity, superb viewing, and world-renowned expertise that assures a rewarding experience and the knowledge that visitors can make a difference in the world around them.

Whether you're nose-to-nose with Western lowland gorillas in our famous Congo Gorilla Forest , spotting snow leopards in our naturalistic Himalayan Highlands Habitat, or experiencing almost an acre of an indoor Asian rain forest, you're always within roaring distance of the world's most amazing wildlife. In the end, you'll know that your admission fees went to a conservation organization that has more expert researchers in the field than any other. Together, we're making a difference.

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Rockefeller home Kykuit - 2006 : Kykuit is a historic house built for John D. Rockefeller in 1913 by the architects Chester Holmes Aldrich and William Adams Delano. The Classical Revival mansion took six years to complete. Four generations of Rockefellers called it home before it became a National Trust historic site.

Starting in 1906, Kykuit's grounds was designed by landscape architect William Welles Bosworth, who designed the surrounding terraces and gardens with fountains, pavilions and classical sculpture. This garden is considered Bosworth's best work in the United States, looking out over very fine views of the Hudson River. His original gardens still exist, with plantings carefully replaced over time, although his entrance forecourt was extended in 1913. The gardens are terraced, with formal axes, and include a brook garden, a Temple of Aphrodite, loggia, tea-house, and a semicircular rose garden. In the 1960s and 1970s more than 70 works of modern sculpture were added to the grounds, including works by Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Gaston Lachaise, Aristide Maillol, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, and David Smith.

The mansion features interiors designed by Ogden Codman, Jr., collections of Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings and 20th-century art.

Kykuit is located one hour's drive north of New York City. All tours are conducted via shuttle van from the Visitor Center, located at Philipsburg Manor on Rt. 9 in Sleepy Hollow, New York. An admission fee is charged.

"Kykuit" means "lookout" in old Dutch.

Tours of Kykuit begin at Phillipsburg Manor, or take the ferry to Kykuit by calling NY Waterways at 1-800-53-FERRY.
Address: Route 9, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-631-9491
Web site: http://www.hudsonvalley.org/html/kykuit.htm
Hours of Operation: April 24 - November 7, 1999, open every day except Tuesday. Reservations are strongly recommended, as Kykuit often sells out.
Admission Fees: Adults: $20.00, Seniors: $19.00, Children 10-18: $17.00, not recommended for Children under 10.

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New York Apartment 675 Academy Street : 740 Square feet.
Built in 1952.

Location Manhattan:
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Montgomery, Alabama - 2006 :

Montgomery, Alabama - 2006

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Death_Valley_Best of 2006 : Death Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of California, and is the location of the lowest elevation in North America. Located southeast of the Sierra Nevada range in the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert, it comprises much of Death Valley National Park. It runs north-south between the Amargosa Range to the east and the Panamint Range to the west; the Sylvania Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively.

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Vegas 2006 : Photos of the city

Vegas 2006

Photos of the city

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Death_Valley 2006

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New York Yankees - VS Kansas City - all :

New York Yankees - VS Kansas City - all

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New York Yankees - VS Kansas City Royals : Gary Sheffield, moved into the designated hitter's role to give him a breather from his duties in right field for a day, drove in four runs with a homer and single that helped the Yankees pound Kansas City, 12-5, at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.

The Yankees' third straight victory enabled them to reach .500 after a 1-4 start. The loss left the Royals with 13 straight losses to the Bronx Bombers at Yankee Stadium.

New York pulled away from the Royals with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, another in the sixth and three more in the seventh after Kansas City closed to within 6-5 with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth.

New York, as it had in the series opener on Tuesday, utilized the three-run home run as a lethal weapon. Sheffield, following the lead set by teammates Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter a day earlier, slugged a three-run home run to left field after starter and loser Jeremy Affeldt (0-1) walked Johnny Damon and Jeter to start his work day.

Sheffield's second homer of the season tied the game. Kansas City had grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning against winner Shawn Chacon (1-1). Reggie Sanders, who homered on Tuesday, lined a two-run shot to left and Emil Brown doubled home the third run.

New York broke the 3-3 tie when Alex Rodriguez singled and later scored on a single by Jorge Posada in the third. The Yankees then upped their lead to 6-3 in the fourth on a run-scoring single by Sheffield, who had three hits, and a wild pitch by reliever Jimmy Gobble that enabled Jeter to score.

The Royals climbed to within 6-5 with a pair of runs on three straight one-out hits, including doubles by Mark Grudzielanek and Doug Mientkiewicz , in the fifth. But Chacon, who yielded five runs, settled again, and the Yankees upped their lead to 8-5 in the bottom of the fifth against Gobble and Luke Hudson. Chacon pitched six innings plus one batter in the seventh. Every Yankees player had at least one hit on the day.

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MOMA - February 19th, 2006 :

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Carnival Glory B&W  - February 2004 :

Carnival Glory B&W - February 2004

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New York City - National Boat Show 2006 : Tens of thousands of boating and fishing enthusiasts start their season at the New York National Boat Show. With its 101-year long history the show is recognized as THE place to see the latest and greatest in boating. From yachts and cruisers to bass and pontoon boats, from canoes and kayaks to fishing boats and personal watercraft, from electronics and engines to fishing gear, from financing and insurance to travel destinations.

http://www.nyboatshow.com/

Javits Convention Center
35th St. & 11th Av.
New York City, NY 10001

New York City - National Boat Show 2006

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Michigan  - 2005 Highschool Reunion :

Michigan - 2005 Highschool Reunion

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New York City - 2005 ING  Marathon : These are photos of some of the UPSers and other volunteers that helped with all of the 32,000 runners personal items.

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Michigan - MSU - Tail Gating - October 22nd, 2005 :

Michigan - MSU - Tail Gating - October 22nd, 2005

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Michigan - Grandma Sarah- October 2005 :

Michigan - Grandma Sarah- October 2005

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Michigan - Bonnies 82nd Birthday - 2005 :

Michigan - Bonnies 82nd Birthday - 2005

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New Jersey - Habitat for Humanity :

New Jersey - Habitat for Humanity

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Boston - August 2005 : Traveled to Boston to see Laura's Aunt perform in the Sound of Music.  Most of the photos were not taken by me.

Boston - August 2005

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Chicago - 1998 :

Chicago - 1998

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Laura's Trip to colorado - 2004 :

Laura's Trip to colorado - 2004

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Laura's visit to Washington DC - 2003 :

Laura's visit to Washington DC - 2003

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New York City - Bonnies 81st Birthday - 2004 :

New York City - Bonnies 81st Birthday - 2004

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Michigan - Bonnies 80th Birthday - 2003 :

Michigan - Bonnies 80th Birthday - 2003

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The Rockefeller Center - December 2003 : Visit this address for more information:

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The Rockefeller Center - December 2003

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New York City - Intrepid and Queen Mary 2nd - April 2004 : About the Intrepid:
One of the most successful ships in US History is now a national historic landmark, and one of the most unique attractions in New York City. In 1943, the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier was commissioned for service in World War II and went on to serve as a primary recovery vessel for NASA and then in Vietnam. Today the museum features a range of interactive exhibits and events that make Intrepid a snapshot of heroism, education, and excitement.

Since 1974, when Zachary Fisher saved the decommissioned Intrepid from being sent the scrap yard, the Intrepid has become a true icon. His vision to honor our heroes by making Intrepid a lasting memorial to those who sacrificed for our country continues to be realized through the Museum’s mission to Honor our Heroes, Educate the Public, and Inspire our Youth.

Kids and adults alike find themselves immersed and inspired by the Intrepid Museum’s exhibits, which range from thrilling historical re-creations such as Kamikaze: Day of Darkness, Day of Light, to relevant displays such as Defending our Future. While here, you can also ride in the A-6 Cockpit Simulator, visit our Virtual Flight Zone, or tour the inside of the world’s fastest commercial airplane, Concorde.

New York City - Intrepid and Queen Mary 2nd - April 2004

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Hawaii - May 9th, 2004 :

Hawaii - May 9th, 2004

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Hawaii - May 6th, 2004

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Hawaii - May 11th, 2004 :

Hawaii - May 11th, 2004

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Michigan - Family Day - September 28th, 2003 :

Michigan - Family Day - September 28th, 2003

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New York City - Coney Island - September 2003 : Disney World or Six Flags Great Adventure it ain’t. For a refreshing alternative to corporate-owned amusement parks, take a day trip to Brooklyn’s Coney Island. One of America's most celebrated beach resorts during the first half of the 20th Century, Coney Island remains a Mecca for summer fun even today.
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New York City - Coney Island - September 2003

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New York City -  Buildings and Battery park :

New York City - Buildings and Battery park

Updated: May 11, 2005 10:16pm PST

Ireland in Black and White - April 2005 : For more information, or options not avaliable here please sent an email here: Robert.a.cain@Gmail.com

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Michigan - Tigers Game - August 2003 :

Michigan - Tigers Game - August 2003

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New York City - Central Park - September 2003 :

New York City - Central Park - September 2003

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Niagara Falls - September 2004 :

Niagara Falls - September 2004

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New York City - Coney Island - Mermaid parade : The Mermaid Parade is a completely original creation that is that nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events.

Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the Coney island Circus Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island.

The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression. The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed.

Each year, a different celebrity King Neptune and Queen Mermaid rule over the proceedings, riding in the Parade and assisting in the opening of the Ocean for the summer swimming season by marching down the Beach from the Boardwalk, cutting through Ribbons representing the seasons, and tossing fruit into the Atlantic to appease the Sea Gods. In the past, David Byrne, Queen Latifah, Ron Kuby, Curtis Sliwa, Moby and Theo have graced our shores, presiding presiding over the assembled masses.

The Parade is followed by the the Mermaid Parade Ball, a post-parade gathering where costumed parade participants can get together with each other and parade spectators to listen to live music, purchase raffle tickets, and watch burlesque and sideshow acts performed by some of New York City's hottest burlesque stars.

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New York City - Temple Emanu-El : I am not Jewish but visit this site for more info: http://www.emanuelnyc.org/

The history of Temple Emanu-El is a reflection of the Jewish historical experience in America. Though the first Jews to arrive in the New World came as early as 1654, their numbers reached significance only at the midpoint of the nineteenth century. It was during this time that Emanu-El was founded. Thirty- three immigrants from Germany, part of a wave of Western European Jews who came to these shores to escape the rigid conservatism of post-Napoleonic Europe, established the Temple in 1845.

As did many of their fellow immigrants, these thirty-three men sought to adapt their lives, including their religious practice, to the new environment. In 1844 they formed a cultural society, or Cultus Verein, for this purpose. From that society their new temple -- a Reform congregation -- was born.

Liberal Judaism traces its origins to Germany, yet the founders of the Temple were not particularly conversant with the movement. Seeking advice, they wrote to Congregation Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, which in 1824 became the first Reform temple in the United States, and to Har Sinai in Baltimore, Reform Judaism's second congregation in this country, founded in 1843. After responses were received, Emanu-El, meaning "God is with us," was established, simultaneously the first Reform congregation in the city of New York and the third in the nation.

In contrast to the limitless spiritual hopes of the founders their finances were modest. The records indicate that at the organizing meeting in 1845, those present contributed a sum of less than thirty dollars with which to inaugurate the Congregation. Consequently, Emanu-El's first place of worship was a rented room on the second floor of a private dwelling at the corner of Grand and Clinton Streets on the Lower East Side. Soon, however, the space became inadequate, and in 1848 Emanu-El moved to Chrystie Street, a few blocks west of its original location. A former Methodist church was purchased and transformed into a Jewish house of prayer and meeting place.

In its first years, Emanu-El grew steadily if not dramatically, and the members remained modest of means. Yet there was sufficient development to warrant another relocation in 1854, this time a little to the north, the Jewish community having begun to move uptown along with the general population. The Congregation acquired a structure at Twelfth Street near Fourth Avenue, which had once housed a Baptist church, and refurbished it as a synagogue.

Gradually the prosperity of the Congregation increased, and the dream of building a grand temple became a reality after the Civil War, in 1868. An imposing sanctuary was erected on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-third Street, of which a contemporary critic wrote, "[the new Temple Emanu-El] is the finest example of Moorish architecture in the Western world." This magnificent building remained the Congregation's house of worship until the late 1920s. Thus, in less than twenty-five years, Emanu-El's rise to eminence -- a microcosm of the success of the Western European immigrant in general and the German Jewish immigrant in particular -- was nothing short of extraordinary.

Emanu-El's initial spiritual leader was Dr. Leo Merzbacher, believed to be the first ordained rabbi to serve a congregation in New York. Dr. Merzbacher guided the Temple in its introduction to Reform Jewish philosophy and practice and authored one of the first Reform prayer books in America. Upon his death in 1856 he was succeeded by Dr. Samuel Adler, who by that time had achieved a reputation as one of the great philosophical and theological leaders of the Reform movement in Germany. This early period of the Congregation's history was marked by radical modifications in liturgy, theology and practice.

Further change occurred with the arrival in 1873 of Dr. Gustav Gottheil, late of Manchester, England, as Emanu-El's first permanent English-speaking rabbi. Up until then German had been spoken from the pulpit, however, the new generation of congregants were American- born. Dr. Gottheil was assisted, beginning in 1888, by Dr. Joseph Silverman, a native of Cincinnati and the first rabbi born in the United States to serve in New York.

Gustav Gottheil was one of the earliest rabbis in this country to reach out to the Christian community, and his rabbinate witnessed the beginnings of the interfaith movement. Other innovations taking place during the Gottheil years were of a liturgical and ritual nature, including the discarding of head coverings for male worshippers. The original Merzbacher prayer book, extensively emended by Dr. Adler in 1860, was retained until the adoption of the Union Prayer Book in 1895, which the Congregation continues to use in a revised edition.

Emanu-El's Golden Jubilee, presided over by Dr. Gottheil in 1895, was an anniversary celebrated not only by the Congregation but by prominent New York City figures as well. Members of the Christian clergy, educators, political leaders and the foremost spokesman of the Reform Movement attended the ceremonies, which attracted wide press coverage and confirmed Emanu-El's considerable growth and status. A congregation with humble origins on the Lower East Side was just a half century later recognized as one of the most prestigious religious institutions in the city and nation.

In 1906 Dr. Judah Leon Magnes ascended the pulpit of Emanu-El to serve as co-Rabbi with Dr. Silverman as its first American-born senior rabbi. An active member of the nascent Zionist movement, Dr. Magnes also played an important role in bridging the cultural differences that separated the Jewish community of German origin from those who had emigrated from Eastern Europe following the assassination of Czar Alexander II in 1881. Magnes remained at Emanu-El only a few years before becoming the first president of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His successor as spiritual leader of the Temple was the eminent scholar Dr. Hyman G. Enelow, whose contributions to higher Jewish learning are profound.

As the resources of the Congregation grew, so did its sense of responsibility toward the huge influx of Eastern European Jews who came to the United States in the forty-year period beginning in the early 1880s. Fleeing pogroms and economic hardship, the newcomers were greeted with overwhelming generosity by the members of Emanu-El. Charitable activities that included creative social and educational programs were undertaken to help ease the difficult process of Americanization. Temple Emanu-El had become a living example of the ancient Jewish tradition that one must "aid the poor, care for the sick, teach the ignorant and extend a helping hand to those who have lost their way in the world."

By the beginning of the third decade of the twentieth century the membership of the Temple turned its focus inward, answering a call from the pulpit for spiritual renewal. What followed was the establishment of many of the auxiliary organizations and activities that continue to the present day, enriching the life of the Temple and giving service to the greater community. Also by this time Eastern Europeans were becoming congregants -- an indication of how they had settled into American society. A generation later, the majority of the men and women who belonged to Temple Emanu-El traced their ancestry to Eastern rather than to Western Europe.

In the late 1920s there were two further major events in the history of Emanu-El. One was the consolidation with the influential Reform congregation Temple Beth-El, located at Fifth Avenue and Seventy-sixth Street. Beth-El claimed among its spiritual leaders Dr. David Einhorn, one of the architects of nineteenth-century Reform Jewish thought, and Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, who left the pulpit in 1903 to become president of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.

The second watershed was the move from Fifth Avenue and Forty-third Street, the surroundings having undergone a transformation from a residential to a commercial area. The structural deficiencies of the building itself also made relocation necessary. Through the foresight of Emanu-El's president, the distinguished jurist Louis Marshall, property was purchased at Fifth Avenue and Sixty-fifth Street, formerly the site of the John Jacob Astor mansion. Because of its proximity to Central Park, Marshall astutely reasoned that Emanu-El would remain in a residential setting. In September 1929 the first religious service was conducted in the new sanctuary, just weeks before the stock market crashed.

The Great Depression that followed significantly diminished the membership of Emanu-El. Yet, to the credit of the Board of Trustees and the spiritual leadership, which included Drs. Hyman Enelow, Nathan Krass and Samuel Schulman and Samuel H. Goldenson, the Temple continued to wholeheartedly assume social responsibility even in the face of burdensome debt. Those European Jews fortunate enough to escape Nazism were welcomed with the same attention and devotion shown by an earlier generation to refugees who had fled the tyranny of czarist Russia.

In the same spirit of generosity and duty, the men and women of Emanu-El served with distinction both in and out of uniform during World War II. The recreation center occupying the Isaac Mayer Wise Hall was considered the finest canteen not only in New York but in the entire country. Near the war's end, Emanu-El had additional reason to celebrate, for on the third and fourth of April, 1945, the Congregation commemorated its first hundred years with services of rededication.

As the twentieth century progressed, the rabbis of Emanu-El continued to be a great source of pride for the Congregation. Dr. Samuel H. Goldenson was a prominent champion of Classical Reform Judaism. Dr. Nathan A. Perilman, who came to the Temple in 1932 as an assistant rabbi, remained for forty-one-and-a-half years, making his rabbinate the longest active service in the Congregation's history. Dr. Julius Mark won wide recognition for the important role he played as a Navy chaplain during the Second World War. In 1973 Dr. Ronald B. Sobel became the youngest senior rabbi elected by the Congregation, carrying the legacy of Gustav Gottheil as a leading advocate of interfaith relations, both in the national and international arenas. Today, the Senior Rabbi is Dr. David M. Posner, a scholar in the fields of Semitic Linguistics and Jewish Musicology. 

In 1995 Emanu-El, the largest Reform congregation in the world, housed in the largest synagogue in the world, marked its sesquicentennial anniversary. Throughout the Temple's 150 years, its members have served as the finest examples of what the Jew in America could strive to be. In this new millennium Emanu-El will continue to uphold the traditions that have placed it among the preeminent exponents of Liberal Judaism.

New York City - Temple Emanu-El

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New York City - Soldiers & Sailors Monument : Visit:  http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_riverside_park/vt_rs_09_soldier_sailor.html

Visible from any direction in this park section, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument has dominated the area since 1920. Its classically inspired circular form and ornamental terraces are dedicated to New Yorkers who died in the Civil War.

New York City - Soldiers & Sailors Monument

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New York City - Church of the Transfiguration : Visit the church website here: 
http://www.littlechurch.org/

On the first Sunday in October, 1848, the first service of the Church of the Transfiguration was held in a private home at 48 East 24th Street. The church itself, erected the following year, was built on what were then the outskirts of the city. To this day, there have been but six rectors spanning the Church's 152 years. The first Rector, sometimes called the first Saint of the American Church, the Rev'd George Hendric Houghton, served for 49 years. Under his leadership the Church was built and expanded, as some said, "like a holy cucumber vine." It was he who pioneered the Oxford Movement to revive the full Catholic Faith among Episcopal Churches in the United States. In his ministry to those in need, he sheltered escaped slaves during the draft riots of the Civil War, maintained a bread line for the unemployed, and had a prominent part in the founding of the Order of the Holy Cross, the oldest continuing monastic Order in the Episcopal Church in this country.

It was in 1870 that Joseph Jefferson was rebuffed in arranging for the funeral of his friend, George Holland, an actor. Told that there was a little church around the corner where "they do that sort of thing," Jefferson fervently exclaimed, "God Bless the Little Church Around the Corner" and that famous benediction has echoed down through the years. This brought about a close relationship with the people of the theater which has continued to this day. It also brought about the founding, in 1923, of the Episcopal Actors' Guild, which carries on an active program at its national headquarters in the Guild Hall. Because of our work in the Church and Theater, the Church of the Transfiguration was designated a United States Landmark in 1973.

This romantic history has brought many people to have their marriage vows solemnized at the altars of the Church and today members of the "Family of the Little Church Around the Corner," resulting from such marriages, are to found in fifty states and numerous countries. Today, the Little Church continues amidst this great tradition to worship God and to serve humankind. We invite you to join your life to the prayer, praise and service which goes on in this Church daily.

New York City - Church of the Transfiguration

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New York City - Cathedral of St. John the Divine : Visit the website here: http://www.stjohndivine.org/

New York City - Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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New York City - 4861 Broadway, apartment : New York City apartment Laura and I live in.  Spacious!

Square feet:
About 700
Rent:
989 a month.
This will not be furnished.

New York City - 4861 Broadway, apartment

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Ireland - April 2005 : Only the best are here, to see all the photos visit this link:
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