We love you (x 40)!
For your birthday, we are going on a photographic adventure across New York.
29 photos for the new quadragenarian (29x40).
The challenge:
Take a photo in front of the 29 iconic locations below.
Use your selfie stick/tripod as needed. Listen to Harry Potter while on the move.
The final set of photos will be turned into a Shutterfly book afterward :-)
Queens
Completed in 2009, this is the home of the New York Mets sportsball team.
The Unisphere is a stainless steel represntation of the Earth in Flushing Meadows - Corona Park. It was constructed as the theme symbol of the 1964 World's Fair. It measures 140 feet high and 120 feet in diameter.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn's here! Where's here? Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
By the mid-19th century, the area had become a seaside resort, and by the late-19th century, amusement parks had been built on the location.
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge spanning the East River connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan. It opened May 24, 1883 and was the longest suspension bridge in the wolrd at the time spanning 1,595.5 feet.
Manhattan
The sculpture was created by Sicilian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. On December 14, 1989 Di Modica illegially placed the sculpture outside the NYSE. The NYPD removed it later that day. A week later it was installed at Bowling Green Park.
The sculpture was created by Kristen Visbal as a commission to advertise SHE, an index fund comprised of companies with women in senior leadership roles. It was installed on March 7, 2017 facing down Charging Bull, but was reolcated in November 2018 following compliants from Di Modica. A plaque with footprints was placed on the orignal installation site.
Liberty, liberty, liberty!!!
One World Trade Center was designed by architect David Childs, whose firm Skidmore, Owings & Berrill (SOM) also designed the Burj Khalifa and the Willis (Sears) Tower.
Designed by architect Stanford White in 1892, the Washington Square Arch commemorates the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inaguration and forms the southern terminus of Fifth Avenue.
Originally the Fuller Building, the Flatiron building is a triangular, 22-story 285-foot-tall skyscraper sitting on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd St. As with numerous wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblence to a cast-iron clothes iron.
Vessel is an elaborate 16 story, honeycomb-like structure consisting of 154 flights of stairs, 2500 steps, and 80 landings.
The High Line is a 1.45 mile long elevated park built on an abandoned elevated rail spur. The original train line ran from 35th Street to St. John's Freight Terminal and connected directly to factories and warehouses allowing trains to load and unload inside buildings without disturbing street traffic.
The Empire State Building is a 102 Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown. It stood at the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970.
The lions outside the NYC Public Library Main Branch at Bryant Park were nicknamed "Patience" and "Fortitude" in the 1930s by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia because he felt the citizens of New York would need to possess these qualitites to perservere through the Great Depressions. Patience is on the south side to the left of the entrance stairway; Fortitude is to the north on the right.
In 1904, New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs moved the newspaper's operations to a new skyscraper on 42nd Street at Longacre Square. Ochs persuaded Mayor George McClellan Jr. to construct a subway station there, and the area was renamed "Times Square" on April 8, 1904.
Broadway refers to the theatrical performences presented in the 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway in NYC.
Rockafeller Center is a large complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets. The 14 original Art Deco buildings span Fifth and Sixth Avenues, split by a sunken square, Rockefeller Plaza.
Commissioned in 1936 and executed by Lee Lawrie and Rene Chambellan, the Atlas statue is located in the International Building's courtyard. It depicts Atlas the titan supporting the world on his shoulders.
Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage spectacle format through the 1970s. It now primarily hosts concerts. It has also been the venue for events such as the Tony Awards.
Some people go there for art. Who knew it was more than just a restaurant?
Love is a pop art image by American artist, Robert Indiana. The design was a print image for a MoMA Christmas card in 1965. Love's original rendering in sculpture was made in 1970 and is displayed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Lincoln Center is a complex of buildings with 30 indoor and outdoor facilities. It houses the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Balet, and the Juliard School of Music.
The fountain is named after Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain. It was designed by architect Thomas Hastings with the scupture on top by Karl Bitter. It was dedicated in 1916.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the cylindrical building is wider at the top than at the bottom. It was conceived as a "temple of the spirit". The ramp gallery is a continuous spiral running along the outer edges of the building.
Munson is considered "America's First Supermodel." She was the model or inspiration for more than twelve statues in New York City. Listen to the podcast.
Tom's Restaurant was the locale that inspired Suzanne Vega's 1987 song "Tom's Diner." The exterior was the fictional Monk's Cafe in Seinfeld.
Alma Mater is a bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French located on the steps leading to the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University.
Bronx
Completed in 2009, it is home to the New York Yankees sportsball team.