The Empire Room | Off-topic posting

[Cotuit]

This is a place where you can feel free to discuss things that don't specifically have to do with the urban issues we focus on here at UP. Also new members who feel they don't really have something specific to contribute can introduce themselves here, or ask questions if they don't feel like they have enough to start a new thread about.

[FromCityToRural]

Hello all. Forum seems to be lagging. So, let's play a game:

 

Word association! I'll start:

 

Empire

[skylinefan]

I stumbled upon this beautifully made video about Buffalo, NY being the best planned city in America.  I must say what I saw was quite impressive and taught me things I never knew about New York's forgotten city.  Buffalo looks like a gem!

 

[Charles Pearson]

lITTLE iTALY

 

Little Italy, Mulberry Street

"Only you can hear my soul, only you can hear my soul
-Alessandro Safina, LUNA
 

 

 

Edited August 4, 2019 by Charles Pearson

[Charles Pearson]

central park     Center Drive           Columbus Circle   Steinway Tower under construction over Central Park South

[Charles Pearson]

everybody'S looking for something     "Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world And the seven seas Everybody's looking for something -Marilyn Manson, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

[Charles Pearson]

imperial city

 

Lower Manhattan-Jersey City Skyline

 

Chinatown

 

Chinatown

 

Manhattan Bridge and Cherry Street

Manhattan Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

East River with a view of Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood between Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges

 

Zaha Hadid, The High Line

The High Line

Chelsea

Intrepid, Pier 86

Henry Hudson Parkway over Hudson River Park Bike Lane/Walking/Jogger's Path

[Charles Pearson]

Superstructure: 1 Manhattan West

 

 

 

ONE MANHATTAN WEST

Brookfield or One Manhattan West, aka OMW, is the largest of six structures in the six million square foot Manhattan West development in Midtown West.
 

 

Floor count: 67.
Floor area: 171,000 m2 (1,840,600 sq ft).
Cost: $1.901 billion.
Estimated Completion: 2019
 

1 Manhattan West (right) with 3 Manhattan West (730-foot tall) and Hudson Yards (left)

 

West 33rd Street

 

9th Avenue

[Charles Pearson]

the high line

 

 

"I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah.
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change . . .
-The Verve, BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY
 

 

 

 

[Charles Pearson]

NYBF:  SPECIAL

 

 

 

"You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
-Radiohead, CREEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Charles Pearson]

seen that face before   Dance in bars and restaurants, Home with anyone who wants, Strange he's standing there alone, Staring eyes chill me to the bone -Grace Jones, "I've Seen That Face Before"

Edited August 11, 2019 by Charles Pearson

[Charles Pearson]

SUPER SKINNY SKY   A new skyline sprouts above old New York skyline Central Park Tower (aka Nordstrom Tower) is now taller than Steinway Tower and all of Central Park South. "I faced it all  And I stood tall And did it my way -Frank Sinatra, MY WAY   Steinway Tower (111 West 57th Street) Steinway Tower facing Central Park   220 Central Park South (center) and Central Park Tower (Nordstrom Tower) 1 Manhattan Square under construction Riverside Drive skyline with u/c Central Park South towers New York

[Charles Pearson]

CENTRAL PARK SOUTH     "No wise man has the power to reason away What seems... To be Is always better than nothing -Doobie Brothers, WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES

[Charles Pearson]

HIGH LINE A MANY-SPLENDORED THING     "Once on a high and windy hill, In the morning mist Two lovers kissed and the world stood still Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing Yes, true love's a many splendored thing The Four Seasons, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING

[Charles Pearson]

COLUMBUS CIRCLE " HEARTS "     Hearts could cry when love won't stay forever Hearts can be that way Is everything the same do you ever think of me And how we loved one another -Marty Balin, HEARTS     Time Warner Center The Shops at Columbus Circle Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Ave/W. 60th Street     Trump International Hotel & Tower 1 Central Park West at Columbus Circle Central Park at Columbus Circle/Central Park South W 59 STREET   9 AVENUE

[Charles Pearson]

178 THOMPSON

 

178 Thompson Street
Greenwich Village

 

 

GO NOWHERE

Thompson Street (Greenwich Village)

 

someone new

Washington Square (Greenwich Village)

"No, I never want to feel the pain
Of remembering how it used to be
Never gonna fall in love again
-Eric Carmen, NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN

Edited August 16, 2019 by Charles Pearson

[Charles Pearson]

WSP . . . TO DANCE Washington Square Park "I know you don't get chance to take a break this often I know your life is speeding and it isn't stopping You take my shirt and just go ahead and wipe up all the Sweat, sweat, sweat Lose yourself to dance -Daft Punk, LOSE YOURSELF TO DANCE   Washington Square Arch

[Charles Pearson]

DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN NewYorkBoyFiles   "Boy what will it be Live out your fantasy here with me Just let the music set you free Touch my body, and move in time Now I now you're mine -Madonna, INTO THE GROOVE

[Charles Pearson]

432 Park Ave 432 Park Ave, the pinnacle of the Rafael Viñoly-designed supertall skyscraper, from a distance. A morning view of 432 Park Avenue at Central Park   Skyline 432 Park Ave Height: 1398 (ft), 426 (m)   432 Park Ave/Central Park Skyline at Pier 84 Upper homes of 432 Park Ave and 53W53

Edited August 21, 2019 by Charles Pearson

[Charles Pearson]

nyc daytime: between two bridges 169 Bar, E. Broadway Lower East Side     "You and me We used to be together Every day together always." -No Doubt, DON'T SPEAK           Manhattan Bridge 1 Manhattan Square u/c South Street     Seward Park     Plants Make People Happy.   Allen Street

[Charles Pearson]

nyc daytime: lovely day 8th Avenue at Greenwich/Jackson Square "Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day -Bill Withers, LOVELY DAY 8th Avenue   8th Avenue   West 20th Street   8th Avenue   8th Avenue, West Village   Hudson River Park, Hell's Kitchen

[Charles Pearson]

nyc daytime: penn station   "the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Is now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight I'll tip my hat to the new constitution -The Who, WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN Madison Square Garden     Empire State Building One Penn Plaza HOTEL NEW YORKER       harrison, new jersey New York Red Bulls Arena soccer stadium Harrison Station   Harrison waterfront lies across from Newark and has been cleared of industrial buildings for redevelopment.

Edited August 25, 2019 by Charles Pearson

[Charles Pearson]

NyAfterDark: Sax Solo

 

 

Cab Dispatcher:  Why do you want to drive a cab?

Travis Bickle:   I can't sleep at nights.

Cab Dispatcher:  There's porno theaters for that.

-Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Charles Pearson]

nyboy-files: if i gave you my life     "If I gave you my life, Would you let it slip, Through your fingers like water in the dessert If I gave you my heart, In the deep of the night, Would you hold it like a candle giving you light -Justin Nozuka, IF I GAVE YOU  MY LIFE     "Midnight Air"

[Charles Pearson]

NyAfterDark: Tonight     'Cause tonight, tonight, tonight, oh I'm gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight -Genesis, TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT