Sunday, May 06, 2007

Phone Photo Ops - City Walk #6

Today's route: Midtown East
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Looking west on 42nd Street beyond the Grand Hyatt Hotel, where I stayed with my teammates of the Western Carolina University Model United Nations team during the 2001 National MUN Conference
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I would never have believed back then - as a North Carolina college student visiting New York City - that six years later, I would be working in an office building less than three blocks away on West 42nd (the building in which I work is just barely visible on the right).

The Chrysler Building
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The lobby of the Chrysler Building
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And its mural ceiling
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The Chanin Building
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Vaulted interior at 110 East 42nd, in which it appears that
a banquet for Parade magazine was in preparation
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Hanging from the ceiling are various magazine covers,
including one featuring Tobey Maguire, which made me
think of Dina's recent blog post.

Garden atrium of the Ford Foundation
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The stairs to Tudor City
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Twin parks of Tudor City divided by 42nd Street
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South side of East 42nd
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North side of East 42nd
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Tudor City in the shadows of more modern architecture
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One of the 12 apartment houses: Tudor Place
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The United Nations from the overpass above 42nd Street
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Looking back on my route from the overpass connecting the twin parks of Tudor City, one of my new favorite neighborhoods
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From here, I could see the entire length of 42nd crossing Manhattan to New Jersey on the opposite bank of the Hudson River.

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