Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Biggest Tripod Ever!
I was walking from Grand Central the other day when I saw these guys shooting a 360 degree panorama with a Canon 5D on a cherry picker. I'd love to see the actual footage but unfortunately the PA I asked had no idea what they were using it for.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Australia Day Snow Storm in NYC
Last Wednesday was Australia Day and a night of patriotic celebrations at the Sunburnt Cow and other bars across New York City. This also meant that there were some very concentrated groups of people in the city who were actually loving the fact that we were seeing yet another massive snow storm. Most of us haven't lived here long enough to get annoyed at whatever inconveniences 15 inches of snow may bring... instead we cherished it and many of us spent a large part of the night either throwing it at each other or rolling around in it.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Bizarre WiFi Network Names
Since my (Canadian, jail-broken, unlocked) iPhone cannot access AT&T data here in the US I have been becoming an expert in stealing WiFi around New York. Along the way I have been taking a few screen shots of some of the more creative network names... here are a few of them.
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| Poof |
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| Bitch, I'm Broke |
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| FBI Surveillance Van |
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| Free Gay Porn |
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| rapid-rape |
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| you are chillaxed |
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| darth&luke |
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Mo Money Mo Problems |
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Inaugural 'Do cool stuff for fee day' in NYC
So today I set off to check out some of the things I'd not yet seen/experienced in New York... for free!!
Stop 1: James Farley post office on 34th St. to check out a shoot for a Law & Order SVU episode. Unfortunately they were doing all the shots inside and after a failed attempt at infiltrating the building and about an hour stalking around trying to catch a glimpse of Benson, Stabler... or Ice T, I moved on.
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Stop 2: The High Line garden. This was once an elevated railway line through the lower west side of Manhattan, delivering food throughout the area. Last year it was transformed into a public park with stairs at various points along the way.
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park. More
Stop 3: Orchard Beach and City Island, Bronx. I took the 6 train all the way to the end of the line, Pelham Bay Park. I then jumped on a bus which took me about 1/2 the way to Orchard Beach which is closed if it's not Summer or a weekend. I walked the remaining mile or so which was well worth it. The beach was massive and the sand was clean and white. There were a few swimmers and fishermen about but it was deserted for the most part.
I walked on to the small bridge that connected City Island to the mainland and walked around checking out a few of the docks and lobster shacks. I found a bar that had some cuisine more in my price range and sat down for a late lunch... Philly Cheese & onion rings.
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Stop 4: Long Island City. I got the train all the way back to midtown and then over the East River to Long Island City just in time for the sunset. I sat there for over an hour shooting a pretty nice time lapse of the skyline including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.
Stop 1: James Farley post office on 34th St. to check out a shoot for a Law & Order SVU episode. Unfortunately they were doing all the shots inside and after a failed attempt at infiltrating the building and about an hour stalking around trying to catch a glimpse of Benson, Stabler... or Ice T, I moved on.
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Stop 2: The High Line garden. This was once an elevated railway line through the lower west side of Manhattan, delivering food throughout the area. Last year it was transformed into a public park with stairs at various points along the way.
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park. More
Stop 3: Orchard Beach and City Island, Bronx. I took the 6 train all the way to the end of the line, Pelham Bay Park. I then jumped on a bus which took me about 1/2 the way to Orchard Beach which is closed if it's not Summer or a weekend. I walked the remaining mile or so which was well worth it. The beach was massive and the sand was clean and white. There were a few swimmers and fishermen about but it was deserted for the most part.
I walked on to the small bridge that connected City Island to the mainland and walked around checking out a few of the docks and lobster shacks. I found a bar that had some cuisine more in my price range and sat down for a late lunch... Philly Cheese & onion rings.
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Stop 4: Long Island City. I got the train all the way back to midtown and then over the East River to Long Island City just in time for the sunset. I sat there for over an hour shooting a pretty nice time lapse of the skyline including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.
Monday, December 14, 2009
New York, New York
Last week I flew to New York to catch up with my room mates and a few other friends from my semester exchange at Cortland University in 2002. I spent the first night in a hotel near Times Sq. with my French mate Alex and his girlfriend Laury. We had a late lunch in Little Italy then went back to the hotel to chill with some beers and football.
The next day I got my head shaved at one of the old school barbers like you see in the movies.
Then we we got the A train up to 110th street and walked around Columbia University campus and over to Tom's Cafe (from Seinfeld) then back to the hotel.
When we got back we packed up and jumped in a cab to Newark airport to meet up with Ben when he flew in.
We picked up out Ford Expedition from Hertz and hit the road for upstate New York.
After about a 5hr drive we arrived at Fayetteville, near Syracuse, to Kate and Paul's place. Kate was our R.A. and next door neighbor at Cortland and we played basketball will Paul... they're now married with 1.5 kids and living the dream. They laid out some beers, home-cooked dinner and a bed for the night.
The next day we drove down to Cortland and found a cheap hotel for the night. We drove to West Campus, where we lived for the semester and caught the bus onto the campus where we had lunch, took some pics, used the phone, played some basketball and reminisced.
Our old apartment
That night we went out to the Dark Horse Tavern and played beer pong. After being ousted in the second round (thank god) we hit the road. We had grand plans to go to good ol' Frank and Mary's diner for a late night feed but to our extreme disappointment it was only open 24 hrs Thursday through to Sunday. So we grabbed a pizza slice and headed back to the hotel and fired off a few rounds with the BB gun, aiming at a Red Bull can on top of a cardboard box we set up in the parking lot.
The next morning we met Liz, who was the international student coordinator when we were there, for breakfast at Frank and Mary's.
Frank and Mary's
We did a load of washing at a nearby laundromat before hitting the highway towards NYC. We pulled of at one stage to get a few more shots of the BB gun in before we had to ditch it. We found a great place down a side road, set up a bunch of cans then I took one shot and the gun jammed up... daaamn! That's what you get for $24.99.
The BB Gun in the Expedition
We were supposed to have the car back by 5pm at Newark airport but as we drew closer the peak-hour traffic held us up. I called the Hertz office and asked if we could drop the car back in Manhattan, near the hotel in the Meatpacking District. They said that would be fine so I got my first chance driving through the middle of the city in peak hour... now I see why they love their SUV's in the US. It's not for off-roading, it's for dominating the traffic!
Friday we wandered around town sampling gourmet peanut butter sandwiches and getting a load of pics. I caught up with Jason, another mate from university, in the city for lunch and then we all met up at Grand Central Station and later went for dinner in Hell's Kitchen.
Peanut Butter & Co.
Grand Central
Ben and I decided to kick on afterward in the East Village and stumbled upon a series of live acts at a place called Under St. Marks on St Marks Place.
Under St Marks
After that we met up with Deven, a mate from Melbourne who was working just down the road at Tuck Shop, an Australian meat pie shop. We grabbed a few beers from the bodega around the corner, sampled some of the wares and kept him company for an hour or so.
Tuck Shop
Saturday morning Alex and Laury went shopping in midtown while Ben and I explored DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in the rain then made our way back to our hotel via Soho.
DUMBO
Alex and Laury returned exhausted with a bunch of shopping bags full of presents for friends and family back in France. We all had a few drinks and then they packed their stuff ready for their flight home later that night. When they were ready we helped them onto the subway and made our way to East Village to meet up with some more university classmates at a a karaoke bar called Sing Sing. Unfortunately Alex and Laury had to leave for JFK around 10pm. It turned into a massive/awesome night catching up with people we haven't seen in over seven years and meeting some new friends.
'Crazy Mike' our old flatmate
Sunday Ben and I moved from our massive room at Hotel 309 to the Loft Hostel in Brooklyn where we got a private room with an ensuite for $80 US.
Loft Hostel Room
Then we spent over two hours getting to Giants stadium for their game against the Cowboys. It was well worth it to see the Giants get up against the favorites in front of a sell-out home crowd.
When we got back into the city we met Deven at his studio/loft/gallery/apartment in SoHo... talk about living the life!! And we met a bunch of his mates at the second oldest pub in NY.
Deven's Place
Monday we rented some bikes from a shop near the Willimasburg bridge and rode all the way along the water and 1st Ave. up to meet Renee in East Harlem for lunch. Afterward we rode through Central Park, Times Square and Soho and back to drop off the bikes. It was an incredible rush riding through NY in peak hour, dodging traffic and pedestrians all over the place. We then went back to the hostel to pack up and head for home.
Can't wait to be there again!
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The next day I got my head shaved at one of the old school barbers like you see in the movies.
Then we we got the A train up to 110th street and walked around Columbia University campus and over to Tom's Cafe (from Seinfeld) then back to the hotel.
When we got back we packed up and jumped in a cab to Newark airport to meet up with Ben when he flew in.
We picked up out Ford Expedition from Hertz and hit the road for upstate New York.
After about a 5hr drive we arrived at Fayetteville, near Syracuse, to Kate and Paul's place. Kate was our R.A. and next door neighbor at Cortland and we played basketball will Paul... they're now married with 1.5 kids and living the dream. They laid out some beers, home-cooked dinner and a bed for the night.
The next day we drove down to Cortland and found a cheap hotel for the night. We drove to West Campus, where we lived for the semester and caught the bus onto the campus where we had lunch, took some pics, used the phone, played some basketball and reminisced.
Our old apartment
That night we went out to the Dark Horse Tavern and played beer pong. After being ousted in the second round (thank god) we hit the road. We had grand plans to go to good ol' Frank and Mary's diner for a late night feed but to our extreme disappointment it was only open 24 hrs Thursday through to Sunday. So we grabbed a pizza slice and headed back to the hotel and fired off a few rounds with the BB gun, aiming at a Red Bull can on top of a cardboard box we set up in the parking lot.
The next morning we met Liz, who was the international student coordinator when we were there, for breakfast at Frank and Mary's.
Frank and Mary's
We did a load of washing at a nearby laundromat before hitting the highway towards NYC. We pulled of at one stage to get a few more shots of the BB gun in before we had to ditch it. We found a great place down a side road, set up a bunch of cans then I took one shot and the gun jammed up... daaamn! That's what you get for $24.99.
The BB Gun in the Expedition
We were supposed to have the car back by 5pm at Newark airport but as we drew closer the peak-hour traffic held us up. I called the Hertz office and asked if we could drop the car back in Manhattan, near the hotel in the Meatpacking District. They said that would be fine so I got my first chance driving through the middle of the city in peak hour... now I see why they love their SUV's in the US. It's not for off-roading, it's for dominating the traffic!
Friday we wandered around town sampling gourmet peanut butter sandwiches and getting a load of pics. I caught up with Jason, another mate from university, in the city for lunch and then we all met up at Grand Central Station and later went for dinner in Hell's Kitchen.
Peanut Butter & Co.
Grand Central
Ben and I decided to kick on afterward in the East Village and stumbled upon a series of live acts at a place called Under St. Marks on St Marks Place.
Under St Marks
After that we met up with Deven, a mate from Melbourne who was working just down the road at Tuck Shop, an Australian meat pie shop. We grabbed a few beers from the bodega around the corner, sampled some of the wares and kept him company for an hour or so.
Tuck Shop
Saturday morning Alex and Laury went shopping in midtown while Ben and I explored DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in the rain then made our way back to our hotel via Soho.
DUMBO
Alex and Laury returned exhausted with a bunch of shopping bags full of presents for friends and family back in France. We all had a few drinks and then they packed their stuff ready for their flight home later that night. When they were ready we helped them onto the subway and made our way to East Village to meet up with some more university classmates at a a karaoke bar called Sing Sing. Unfortunately Alex and Laury had to leave for JFK around 10pm. It turned into a massive/awesome night catching up with people we haven't seen in over seven years and meeting some new friends.
'Crazy Mike' our old flatmate
Sunday Ben and I moved from our massive room at Hotel 309 to the Loft Hostel in Brooklyn where we got a private room with an ensuite for $80 US.
Loft Hostel Room
Then we spent over two hours getting to Giants stadium for their game against the Cowboys. It was well worth it to see the Giants get up against the favorites in front of a sell-out home crowd.
When we got back into the city we met Deven at his studio/loft/gallery/apartment in SoHo... talk about living the life!! And we met a bunch of his mates at the second oldest pub in NY.
Deven's Place
Monday we rented some bikes from a shop near the Willimasburg bridge and rode all the way along the water and 1st Ave. up to meet Renee in East Harlem for lunch. Afterward we rode through Central Park, Times Square and Soho and back to drop off the bikes. It was an incredible rush riding through NY in peak hour, dodging traffic and pedestrians all over the place. We then went back to the hostel to pack up and head for home.
Can't wait to be there again!
New York City Dec. 09 from Jeremy Aiken on Vimeo.
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