Last Take

Taken from the 12th floor of 40 Park on my last day at work

Yoohoo - I couldn't wait for this day to come and then it was almost sad... I worked here on and off over a span of 7 years. Although I've come to truly despise Midtown Manhattan with it's bland personality and ongoing dusty, noisy construction projects along with sidewalks full of stuffed corporate suits and clueless tourists - it felt odd to leave it behind for good. This is my parting shot, taken with my little Lumix point-and-shoot. That's looking north, up Park Avenue, with Grand Central Station dwarfed by the Met Life Building in the background, and the Chrysler Building in the upper right.

Fossilized

Fossilized and vandalized Dial-Up Telephone

I see this phone every day on my way to work and have been wanting to photograph it forever. It speaks of truly bygone times. I am not sure that the children of the 2010s will be able to recognize it by sight. It also speaks of a story, especially if you zoom in closely and spot the three variations of the same telephone number carved or keyed into the outer casing. Since I wont' ever be able to find out what it's all about, I just might make it up...

Heartfelt

With heartfelt apologies to all of our customers...

Besides the beautiful, I'm always drawn to all the little oddities on the side of the road so to speak; and this one certainly is a perfect example. The owners of this closed Getty gas station have decorated all their now defunct gas pumps with big and bright red cardboard hearts. Why the hearts I do not know, but they certainly make me smile every time I drive by.