W 38th St. - the horse hotel

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Storm's a brewin

Words of wisdom...

"It’s a rat race. People runnin all around. A lot of them don’t even know where they’re going. They don’t know what the quiet life is."

Bathroom Janitor - Port Authority Bus Terminal NYC

The place where I work

Coach John Wooden

A great TED talk from a generation of the past and the humble culture of the mid-west. This seemed so refreshing when I listened to it that it made me question our modern society...or at least working in NYC.

Delaware Water Gap

Upstate

Always refreshing to get out of the city for the weekend.

Done Gone Fishin

Ambition

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

–Theodore Roosevelt

NY Public Library

Upstate NY...Blueberries

Upstate NY

Left Alone - Pavonia Newport

This is the old power plant in Jersey City, soon to be renovated.

A wall of an old warehouse in the Pavonia Newport section of Jersey City.

Left Alone

I've been noticing that Jersey City and the surronding areas are full of old abandoned buildings and thought I would start photographing them. Many of them have an interesting history, so I'll share the history if I can. No story on this one yet. Found it along the road to Edgewater.

Yellow on JFK Blvd

Power of the Press

Just as New York City has Times Square, so Jersey City has Journal Square. Both are a city center named after its long running newspaper, and both are very different places. The Jersey Journal building pictured above is the home of our local newspaper which was started in 1867. The success of the paper is perhaps portrayed in the square named after it - a place which has seen better days.

Looking West

First Attempt

The build...

Looking East

Our Son Is Born!

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