"Some folks like to get away,
Take a holiday from the neighborhood.
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.
But I'm takin' a Greyhound on the Hudson River line.
I'm in a New York state of mind."
(Billy Joel)
Here's the thing - It's been 33 years since I left my family's New York home for college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Since then, I haven't lived in New York, but I will always consider myself a New Yorker. Maybe that's what happens when you have a mom from the Bronx and a dad from Brooklyn. Its just in the blood.
One of the many things that I love about New York is Manhattan's beautiful skyline. Between December, 2010 and July, 2014, I photographed the New York City skyline from several different vantage points: 1) The DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge)section of Brooklyn; 2)Hamilton Park, in Weehawken, New Jersey; 3) The "Top of the Rock" observation deck, in Rockefeller Center, Manhattan: 4) Long Island City, Queens; and 5) Liberty State Park, Jersey City, New Jersey (and the Statue of Liberty ferry boat).
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View of Manhattan from
Hamilton Park, Weekawken, New Jersey
July, 2014 (morning). |
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View of Manhattan from Liberty State Park, Jersey City, New Jersey July, 2011 (morning). |
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View of Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan from "DUMBO" (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge), Brooklyn, New York. August, 2011 (Evening before Hurricane Irene hit New York City). |
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View of Manhattan from Hamilton Park, Weehawken, New Jersey. July, 2014 (sunset). |
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View of Empire State Building and Lower Manhattan, from "Top of the Rock" observation deck at Rockefeller Center December, 2010 (morning). |
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View of Statue of Liberty and Manhattan from Statue of Liberty ferry boat (from Liberty State Park). July, 2011 (morning). |
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Close of Up Chrysler Building and Midtown Manhattan from Long Island City, Queens. April, 2012 (morning). |
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View of Lower Manhattan, including the new Freedom Tower, from Hamilton Park in Weehawken, New Jersey. July, 2014 (twilight). |
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View of Manhattan from Hamilton Park, Weehawken, New Jersey July 2014 (morning). |
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View of the Brooklyn Bridge from "DUMBO" (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge), Brooklyn, New York. June, 2013 (morning). |
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View of Manhattan from
Hamilton Park, Weehawken, New Jersey
July, 2014 (twilight). |