On Sunday, a cement carrier named NACC New Yorker made its way up the East River accompanied by a tug boat. The ship flies under the Portuguese flag out of Madeira. Yes, the New Yorker.
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Showing posts with label East River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East River. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail: Class B Tall Ships
On July 3, the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail came down the East River with Class B tall ships from around the world. These traditionally-rigged schooners and sloops are less than 40 meters in length. They operate under motor power. They proceded from the Hell Gate Bridge to Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn. The larger Class A tall ships with square-sail rigs will be seen on parade in the Hudson River on Independence Day. These photographs were taken from the East River Esplanade by my family members and me in 100 degree heat. Roosevelt Island and a few other areas of Queens may be seen in the background.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Blog Post No. 4300: Visiting the Site of Charles E. Martin's New Yorker Cover of April 14, 1973
Fifty years ago this month, The New Yorker of April 14, 1973 featured a cover by Charles E. Martin, or C.E.M. as he signed it. Martin's cover depicted an East River view on an overcast day. A lone bench on the John Finley Walk faces the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse with Astoria, Queens beyond it. The muted colors bring out the blue of the river. Recently, I took a stroll on the Upper East Side to stand where Martin must have stood and photograph the view as he must have seen it. I was off by a few steps, but not much more.
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| Charles E. Martin The New Yorker, April 14, 1972 |
I took a couple of other photos on my excursion, but none have the makings of a decent cover composition.
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July 8, 2024 Update: I see that Carl Schurz Park historian Jeffrey B. Evans had this idea first and took his own matching photo back in 2013. He did a much better job, I think, and the change of scale I remarked on seems far less noteworthy here.
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| https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tlpotr/54491558 |
Note: Just in case others too are in the habit of photographing real-life New Yorker magazine cover vantage points, please send such efforts to my email address.
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Blog Post No. 3400: The 1942 Navy Relief Show Program
Blog Post No. 3500: William Steig's "What is Art?"
Blog Post No. 3000: The Vatican Museums 2019
Blog Post No. 3100: Frank Beaven's Dickensian Christmas
Blog Post No. 3200: St. Patrick's Day 1938—Will Cotton Original New Yorker Cover Art
Blog Post No. 3300: "Give Up?" by Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Blog Post No. 3400: The 1942 Navy Relief Show Program
Blog Post No. 3500: William Steig's "What is Art?"
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
I took this photo of the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse this morning, hoping to take advantage of the foggy weather.
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| The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse |
May 15, 2013 Update: The tree in the foreground has been cut down. It was on the grounds of Gracie Mansion.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Hurricane Sandy and the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
Even before Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, the storm surge is significant. Here is a photo of the Roosevelt Island Lighthouse I took back in 2007, used for comparison with how the lighthouse looks in today's storm.
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| The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse in fair weather, September 15, 2007 |
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| The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse in the East River at 11:30 a.m. on October 29, 2012.
Photo courtesy of Bert Oberlander.
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| The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, October 29, 2012, around noon. Photo courtesy of my wife. |
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
9/11 Aerial Photos of the World Trade Center Attack
Back in 2009, ABC News filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of these singular aerial photographs of the World Trade Center. They were taken on September 11, 2001 by Detective Greg Semendinger of the New York City Police Aviation Unit who had been sent by helicopter with a pilot to scout out possible rooftop rescue scenarios. Having identified no one on the roof of the North Tower, Semendinger took these photographs of the unfolding disaster. These photos had been collected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. They were made public in February of 2010. These aerial views provide a vivid overview of the attack and its aftermath. They provide some of the clearest images available of the physical scope of the calamity.
The North Tower, the first tower hit, is burning. The South Tower is on the far right. Until I saw these photos, I believed a rooftop rescue by helicopter might have been feasible. Access to the roof was locked. For orientation, Brooklyn is in the background.
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| The North Tower burning. The South Tower has collapsed at the far right. The buildings of the World Financial Center are in the foreground. The East River and Brooklyn are in the background. |
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| The North Tower continues to burn. |
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| The North Tower continues to burn after the collapse of the South Tower. The view is from the west, over the Hudson River. |
The North Tower burning. The Hudson River is in the foreground. The East River and the Brooklyn Bridge are in the mid-background. Note how narrow Lower Manhattan is.
Collapse of the North Tower. Jersey City with Liberty State Park are in the background.
Collapse of the North Tower. That's Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
After the North Tower collapses, the dust and debris cloud spreads.
The dust cloud engulfs apartment buildings.
This sequence shows the dust cloud spreading from Ground Zero, upper left.
Looking south on West Street as the dust cloud moves north
The Tribeca Bridge on West Street at Stuyvesant High School
Dust engulfs lower Manhattan.
The Woolworth building, center
The dust begins to settle. Ground Zero is at the upper right.
Everything on West Street is covered by dust and debris. I believe those are mostly emergency vehicles in the street.
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| The dust-covered ground looking south on West Street from Chambers Street |
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty. Left to right you can make out the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the World Financial Center, and Battery Park City.
Battery Park City including the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Battery Park City is built on landfill obtained during the excavation of the World Trade Center. The photo shows a variety of boats racing to the scene hoping to effect a rescue.
The Staten Island Ferry leaves the Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan
The view of lower Manhattan from the north. The wind is blowing towards Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bridge is on the left.
As the helicopter departs, we see the view from the East River looking south towards the Brooklyn Bridge. Ground Zero is on the West Side closer to the Hudson River. The wind is blowing to the east towards Brooklyn.
Photos by Det. Greg Semendinger/NYC Police Aviation Unit
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