At Robert NYC

[Jim Kelly-Evans]

But the island is in my thoughts.

 

[amyb]

one of my favorite lunch spots…enjoy fellas!

Looking good too.

 

[cec1]

But the island is in my thoughts.View attachment 70769

Great photo . . . and lovely venue! I hope you had a table at or near the windows — it’s a NYC view that’s difficult to reproduce.

 

[Jim Kelly-Evans]

Great photo . . . and lovely venue! I hope you had a table at or near the windows — it’s a NYC view that’s difficult to reproduce.

An overcast and slightly rainy day, Dennis, but the table by the window is always fun.

 

[cec1]

View attachment 70770An overcast and slightly rainy day, Dennis, but the table by the window is always fun.

I appreciate what was done to Columbus Circle, but I think this overhead view shows that more greenery is needed . . . as I’m spending time in some beautiful European cities, I’m continually struck by the park-like, “green” beauty in intersections of streets.

 

[amyb]

Jim, I think I stood at that very window and got close to your exact shot! I agree, that green havens make the city better to photograph.

 

[cassidain]

Billionaires’ Row

 

[Cwater]

Enjoy. you are looking sharp.

 

[cec1]

The building’s history is interesting . . . constructed by Huntington Hartford, in a controversial design by famed architect Edward Durrell Stone, to house Hartford’s “modern art” collection (a misleading description, in the view of many art historians), it fell victim to little use & Hartford’s profligate lifestyle before becoming offices of the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs . . . the American Craft Museum . . . & today — through a favorable deal with the NYC Economic Development Corporation — the privately owned Museum of Arts & Design (“MAD”). Along the way, the exterior was re-clad in the “skin” one sees today, obscuring the original Stone design, except as visible at the ground floor level.