Manhattan, NYC

The Cloisters—described by Germain Bazin, former director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, as "the crowning achievement of American museology"—is the branch of the Metropolitan Museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, the building incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters—quadrangles enclosed by a roofed or vaulted passageway, or arcade—and from other monastic sites in southern France. Three of the cloisters reconstructed at the branch museum feature gardens planted according to horticultural information found in medieval treatises and poetry, garden documents and herbals, and medieval works of art, such as tapestries, stained-glass windows, and column capitals. Approximately five thousand works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about A.D. 800 with particular emphasis on the twelfth through fifteenth century, are exhibited in this unique and sympathetic context. The collection at The Cloisters is complemented by more than six thousand objects exhibited in several galleries on the first floor of the Museum's main building on Fifth Avenue. A single curatorial department oversees medieval holdings at both locations. The collection at the main building displays a somewhat broader geographical and temporal range, while the focus at The Cloisters is on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Renowned for its architectural sculpture, The Cloisters also rewards visitors with exquisite illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, and tapestries. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/introduction.asp?dep=7

The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey by means of Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1/9. U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border. The GW is considered one of the world's busiest bridges in terms of vehicle traffic; In 2004, the bridge carried 108,404,000 vehicles, with current AADT estimates of nearly 300,000 vehicles daily. The GW span is the fourth largest suspension bridge in the United States. The bridge contains two levels, an upper level with four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. Additionally, the bridge houses a path on each side of the bridge for pedestrian traffic. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (70 km/h), though heavy traffic is common and frequently makes it difficult to reach such speeds. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge

The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey by means of Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1/9. U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border. The GW is considered one of the world's busiest bridges in terms of vehicle traffic; In 2004, the bridge carried 108,404,000 vehicles, with current AADT estimates of nearly 300,000 vehicles daily. The GW span is the fourth largest suspension bridge in the United States. The bridge contains two levels, an upper level with four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. Additionally, the bridge houses a path on each side of the bridge for pedestrian traffic. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (70 km/h), though heavy traffic is common and frequently makes it difficult to reach such speeds. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge

Circle Line provides year-round passenger transportation by boat for park visitors to the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. Ferry service originates from Battery Park, New York City and from Liberty State Park, Jersey City. Text from: www.circlelinedowntown.com/statueFerry.html

Remember when this was the NY skyline?

Remember when this was the NY skyline?

A view down Broadway in Times Square, New York in the summer of 2003.

For the press release about the exhibit of NY TV: www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1062425,00.html

For the press release about the exhibit of NY TV: www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1062425,00.html

For the press release about the exhibit of NY TV: www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1062425,00.html

Denzel Washington lights up the "Great White Way" as Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Photo taken in June, 2005.

Gothic-Revival Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer located on E. 66th St. and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, NY.

Ad for the HBO series, Rome, featured on Broadway in Times Square, New York during August, 2005.

On the way back from a Halloween party in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan, I passed through the Theater District, where I encountered these lovely drag queens who were nice enough to pose for a shot.

Poster found in the NYC subway N/R Train 49th Street stop, which makes fun of both the "haunted" image of the child and the "No Child Left Behind" education program.

One of the famous New York Public Library lions that preside over the Arts & Humanities Library on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. One lion is named Patience and the other, Fortitude. This photo was taken in March, 2006.

Atlas balances the world on his shoulders in New York's Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, NY.