Watching for rats?

It looks like the lone man on the subway platform on the right might be watching rat antics down on the tracks. Yes, there are often rats running around down there. I've tried to photograph them, but they're very fast.

Oh Noes! I'm in the Street!

 

I took advantage of a lull in traffic to get this shot in East Harlem, NYC.

The Chess King

 

The Master and Student of the game play in Washington Square Park, NYC.

Playing Tourist

 

Yes, playing tourist as I look up in Manhattan. I prefer to think of it as playing photographer.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Drinks

A Manhattan street vendor's lighted cart is reflected on a marble platform.

In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle

 

... the lion sleeps tonight. This is Patience, one of the two lion statues in front of the main New York Public Library. The other lion is Fortitude. Yes, really.

Outside Penn Station

 

I took this shot while lurking the Penn Station/Madison Square Garden area one night when I missed the last train home. There's about a three and a half hour gap in the wee hours when the trains don't run. Yet, the city never sleeps.

Skullz

 

They thought they had skillz when they actually had skullz.

What a greeting, huh?

This skull wind chime doohickey was hanging on a door in the West Village (NYC) some years back. 

The Dive Bar

 

Just a dive bar on the Lower East Side. My friends and I closed it out that particular night. Do you know that trains don't run to New Jersey at that hour?

Bus Stop, No Parking

Yes, it's a bus stop with no parking, standing or stopping allowed. But, are YOU going to ticket these cars? Times Square, Manhattan.

Reflection

A building is reflected on a building in Manhattan.

Ralph Kramden Reporting for Duty

 

A statue of television's biggest NYC bus driver, Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) from The Honeymooners stands on duty in front of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. I'll admit to sitting on its base sometimes awaiting time for my bus home. It's definitely better than sitting on the ground! Plus, much easier to get up from, too.

Urban Warrior

 

A man in a New York City subway station stands on the platform as a train rushes by. This is amongst the first photos I took with my first digital point and shoot camera. It helped fuel my addiction.

Like Little Castles

 

The twin towers of the San Remo apartments as seen from Central Park in New York City. Almost like some kind of fairytale, I can only imagine what life is like living in the lap of luxury.

Meanwhile, I keep looking out my window hoping to catch sight of the fox.

So Tired

Now, you KNOW she dresses that way and sets up begging under the SO TIRED sign on purpose! This is in a subway tunnel under the streets of Manhattan. There are signs relating to the end of a day's commute set up in the old Burma Shave style along the tunnel's ceilings.

The Ghost of Gimbels

 

I love spotting ghost signs. This old Gimbels sign is in Manhattan. 

Great Skates!

Roller skaters at the Skaters Circle in Central Park, NYC, gather to talk for a moment. Each weekend in the nice weather months, the Central Park Skate Dancers have free skating and a DJ cranking the tunes. Bring your own skates!

Guarding the Feast

 

NYPD officers stand (lean) duty at one of the street closures for the Feast of San Gennaro in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. Organized crime buffs might pick up Umberto's Clam House in the photo -- where the mob hit on Crazy Joey Gallo (and all the gory photos of said hit appeared in the Daily News) took place. It is, but it isn't at the same time. This relocation is two blocks north of the original restaurant. In the place where the original restaurant was is a restaurant called Da Gennaro. It's all Italian to me.

Watching the World

 

A young child watches the world at the Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, NYC. I too watched the world that day and decided I will never go to the Lunar Year celebration again in the city. I think it was the closest I ever came to being squished to death by a crowd than ever in my lifetime -- and that even includes two New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square!

A big part of the crowding issue was apparent miscommunication between NYPD officers. At one end of the block I was on, the officers were directing people onto the block. At the other end, the police weren't letting anyone out. As a result, super squish of humanity! I honestly thought I might have broken a rib by the time I got free of the crowd. The Humanity Squish has replaced my nightmare of cars all merging at the Holland Tunnel en masse.

The Words of the Prophets

 

... are written on the subway walls and tenement halls ... -- Paul Simon

Well, um, okay. Perhaps the prophets writing on the subway halls had a bit more "there there" than the ones in today's world. I took this shot of a post in the subway somewhere under Manhattan. I'm really not quite sure the point it makes. Why would both fears and kindness convert in love? I understand the part about beating our fears and nothing can stop us from ... um ... succeedING.

Oh, I'm so confused! I'm not going to listen to this prophet. Let me find another one!