Long Island City
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Yes, I’ll admit that yesterday’s sunset through the cross-streets of Manhattan, affectionately known as Manhanhattanhenge, was pretty amazing, tonight’s event made for an even more picturesque sunset.
At about 7:00, a passing thunderstorm came through the region and soaked everything, but it left behind a great cloud cover. Once the sun went down, the skies turned an amazing set of mostly purple colors. It made going back for a second consecutive day worthwhile.
Is tonight’s evening show more spectacular than the sunset on Independence Day?
After nearly ten years of living in this city, I finally made it to the east side and saw the sunset through the Manhattan grid, along 42nd St. Actually, I went past the East River and perched myself on the waterfront at Gantry State Park in Long Island City.
I first heard about it about seven years ago, and read the obligatory introduction, written by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the head of the Hayden Planetarium. It only happens twice a year, in late May and again in mid July, around my birthday.
And today, I biked over to the pier and snapped about 150 photos. I’ll post the choice ones on the photo gallery shortly.
So, as you may have heard, it’s been snowing around here, and last night, it really came down in earnest. No foolin’.
Well, I had felt a little guilty about canceling last night’s Media Criticism class, but once I went outside and saw how much snow had fallen, I felt vindicated. It also helped that Fordham University, Queens College, and NYU—not too mention all NYC public schools—had all canceled classes today, too.
Here are some of the pictures that I took late last night to get a glimpse of the peaceful scene on Vernon Blvd.
The LIC:Space held an optical illusion show at their gallery and at a neighboring taxi garage.
Follow the duct tape arrows to the other space….
