#Sixth Ave. subway

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Sound-absorbing phone booths were a new feature in the newly-opened Sixth Avenue Subway, December 16, 1940. I hope they were absorbing the sound from the trains, not the phone users.

Photo: Joseph Costa for the NY Daily News via Getty Images

[abhorsenbranwen]

easter eggs for "bucky and his reporter friend bring a little chaotic bi energy to instagram"

fic is +here but these easter eggs are overkill, i can't clutter up my end notes with them 😅

first picture

picture: the station does just legit have these random little statues all over the place, it's fun

likes: 148,000 = subway station is at 14th st and 8th ave in manhattan

comment count: the trains that stop there are the ACEL - A = first letter of the alphabet, C = third letter, etc

comments: the E turns toward queens once it hits midtown. queens has laguardia and jfk (newark isn't a new york city airport it just pretends). the boroughs have rivalries for some fucking reason, idk why but i do know that brooklyn is the best one. astoria and woodside are both neighborhoods in queens.

second picture

picture: an old L train. these were retired... 10-15 years ago?

likes: 12 = L is the twelfth letter of the alphabet, the station is at 8th ave and 14th st. 08 came first here because the L stop is called "8th avenue" because it has five stops along 14th st before it crosses into brooklyn. (the ACE is called "14th street" because it runs along 8th avenue for awhile. same station, though, just different platforms.)

comment count: station is called "8th ave" on the L, which is the 12th letter of the alphabet

comments: the train is empty because 8th ave is literally the end of the L line - you'd never find an empty car like this at 14th st on the ACE. it's great to get on at the end of the line, you can always get a seat. also, "i'm with you until the end of the line" is a thing bucky said to steve (and then steve said to bucky)

third picture

picture: blurry sign at hoyt-schermerhorn (where the ACG stop) saying when the next trains are. (the signs are usually fairly accurate, but people often lean over to look down the track anyway. idk if it's out of habit or impatience or what.

likes: this definitely means something but i forgot what oops

comment count: 137 = the letters of the alphabet for ACG

fourth picture

picture: tree at the brooklyn botanic gardens

likes/comment counts: there are entrances at 150 eastern parkway, 990 washington ave, and 455 flatbush ave

comments: the 45 on a weekend can be a fucking nightmare

sixth picture

pictures: i didn't take these, but they're taken from the website for the black rabbit bar in greenpoint, brooklyn

likes/comment count: the bar is down the block from the greenpoint ave stop on the G line - 2 stops from the end of the line in queens. the b24, b32, b43, and b62 all stop within a block of the bar as well.

seventh picture

picture: the wilson house

likes/comment count: louisiana area codes

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Reasons To Buy an Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Condo

The Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 condo is situated in the heart of Singapore's prime residential district just minutes away from some of Singapore's most prestigious schools and universities such as Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Institution, Hwa Chong International School, NUS High School of Math and Science, National Junior College and Anderson Junior College.

In addition to these schools, there are also several international schools such as the Japanese School Singapore Ang Mo Kio Branch, German European School Singapore and Global Indian International School, which have been known to pick students from this area for education purposes. Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 is only a stone's throw away from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore (NUS) and LASALLE College of the Arts.

As far as food establishments are concerned, residents don't have to go hungry since several food outlets are situated near the condo. For example, the popular Swensen's ice cream shop is located right next to the condominium. Other eateries within walking distance include KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Yoshinoya, Secret Recipe and Subway. If you are in the mood for some shopping, plenty of shops and malls are available in the area.

For instance, residents can go to Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Condo Hub, which is a 24-hour shopping mall in the neighborhood where they can purchase clothing items, footwear, electronic appliances, bags and even beauty products. Other places of interest within walking distance include Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, Nex Shopping Mall. In terms of entertainment, residents can visit one of the many parks in the area, such as Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West or Yio Chu Kang Park.

In addition to these recreational areas, there is also a swimming complex situated within walking distance from the condo where they can go for some pool time. Going on a jog is another option for residents living at Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, as there is more than one running track available within the vicinity. Located just next to the Central Expressway, it is very convenient for residents to travel around. It takes less than 15 minutes to drive to get to some major parts of Singapore, such as the Bukit Timah Shopping Centre and Orchard shopping belt. In fact, those who want to go to the Central Business District (CBD) can do so by traveling along the Central Expressway as it takes them directly into town.

To sum it up, here are the top 10 reasons to buy an Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Condo. Let's start with value for money. The second is the location. The third reason has to be the amenities galore. Fourthly Premium finishes with a touch of nostalgia. Next close proximity to the Central Business District. The sixth reason is the peaceful neighborhood. It also features green spaces. Next on the list is convenience shopping. High-quality schools and universities are another reason to invest in this property. Lastly, it has quick access to public transport.

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I don’t know if I ever actually posted this but I can’t find it in the tags so here’s the epilogue I wrote for @thunderboltsortofapenny‘s Del Grant au, set roughly fifteen years after the end of it.

The sound of Del's phone makes him look away from the window of his apartment. He pauses in scratching Kronk's head to look at the screen. 

Hey loser, want to meet for coffee? That new store is opening and I want to try their muffins

He snorts, Kronk looks up at him in a mix of slight alarm and confusion. The blond tabby that's adopted his sixth floor apartment isn't used to the noises he makes yet. He'd only just managed to lure the stray in through his window last week. With pizza, of course. He is nothing if not just like his namesake. Del misses Clint. He makes a note to call him later, it's always easier to hear Clint's voice. For all everything else has changed, Clint's voice hasn't. 

Gimme half an hour. Have to convince the cat to move. 

Half a second later: You're a loser and that cat is taking advantage of your bad habits. See you in half an hour. First ave and tenth. <3

Groaning remorsefully, he slowly starts to detach the warm cat from his thigh and move from the windowsill. He's dressed well enough for a date with a friend - Natalie won't care anyway. As long as Del is smiling and sober Natalie doesn't ever give him too much shit. Del loves that about her. He zips his hoodie up the rest of the way and stuffs his wallet and phone into his jeans pockets, starts shuffling lazily out the door. He hasn't wanted the gloves sitting on the front table since winter, but it's still cool enough that a long sleeve shirt is plausible.

-

Twenty minutes later he steps off the subway out into the east village. For all he lives twenty minutes away he rarely comes here unless one of his friends invites him. He likes to stay in Brooklyn for the most part - or lose himself completely in a really crowded place like Times Square. He revels in the fact that crowds - for the most part - comfort him now instead of petrifying him. It's a small victory, but it's an important one. The new cafe Natalie wants to try is called Trees Bein' - "it's pronounced Tres Bien it's a pun, it's clever" Natalie had insisted, exasperated - and Del can't actually help the sound he makes at the name. His friends are such fucking dweebs. The place is crowded but not uncomfortably so and the nature vibe immediately puts him at ease. He spots Natalie waiting by the front door and waves. 

"You are such a dweeb I can't believe I'm friends with you," he says in lieu of an actual greeting and he gets a pinch to his right arm for the trouble.

"Delano Timothy Grant you are like a hundred and twelve years old and you're still hanging out in wannabe chic cafes with your expectant-mother friends. You have no room to judge in this scenario." The fact that doesn't hurt - and Natalie knows it won't - makes the smile on his face grow bigger.

He's better now. He really is. He's made his peace with Bucky - with the Soldier too - with every part of him, mostly. He still has bad days and nightmares sometimes, but mostly he's just a perpetual twelve year old who doesn't age like his friends do, who sometimes relapses into an accent that hasn't really been heard for more than a couple of decades. He has real memories of three very different lives. But he's okay. He is. (He remembers when he used to say those words and they were lies, but they aren't now. His three psychology degrees and his Masters in Cognition and Perception make him qualified to make this statement.)

"You are going to make a horrible mother. Your children will grow up traumatized and their only comfort in life will be their uncle Del."

They're at the front of the line and Natalie orders a hot mint tea and a chocolate chip muffin. Del looks undecidedly at the menu for a few seconds before ordering the largest mocha coffee they have and a banana nut muffin. He doesn't need the muffin to remind him of his mentor today, but he gets it anyway. Fond memories or something.

"If my children ever call you their uncle Del I'm deleting your number from my phone," Natalie continues as they wait for their orders, but she gives him a fond look anyway. "How's work?"

Del smiles when he thinks of his patients. He always does - if there is one thing he can unequivocally say he's done right since being given whatever number second chance he's on it was going into therapy. "It's going really well. I've got a new patient who is doing very well, considering what they've been through. I think I can really help them." He's thinking about his newest patient - a young child who'd been assaulted and tortured by her family until she started having dissociations to deal with the trauma. This case hits close to home, and he knows he's maybe more invested in this kid than he usually is even by his standards. But. He became a therapist to help people and he's good at it.

He's careful not to give away any specific information - even what he's said much is more than he would share with anyone who wasn't Natalie. He takes his work and his patient's confidentiality seriously, he can't imagine not doing so. Wielding someone else's secrets like that. Natalie smiles again at him because she knows.

"I'm really proud of you, Del." 

He flushes with pride at the statement but luckily their orders are called, so he's saved from saying something equally mushy back. Natalie has been his friend since he first came back to New York fifteen years ago, lost and alone and so suicidal he'd nearly walked in front of a train, except he hadn't been sure it would have killed him. She's almost forty now but she glows in a way that makes her looks years younger. She's Del's favorite person in the world hands down, possibly barring Clint.

They sit and chat for a while, catching up on their life in the two days since they've talked last and giving the new cafe a resounding thumbs up - "even though the name is still stupid who comes up with these things" "shut up Delano". 

"So have you made any new friends - besides your stray cat friend?" Del rolls his eyes. Natalie has been on hi for a while about finding someone to spend his time with romantically lately. Like she thinks he's becoming an old spinster or something. It's not that he doesn't want that it's just. Just he's still got some old doubts and he's comfortable alone, comfortable waiting for the right thing when it comes along. Until then he'll play the casual dating game and just as casually lose their numbers afterwards. 

He shakes his head and doesn't miss her eye roll, but she lets it drop. He's come a long way and they both know it. Natalie finishes her muffin and gets up, admitting reluctantly she really doesn't have time for a longer chat. She has to meet her husband Blake before she heads to yoga and if she didn't legitimately scare him sometimes Del would never let her live down what an aging hipster she is. "Give my regards to Blake," he tells her sincerely and hugs her close before they part. He sits in the cafe for a few more minutes, content and jesus christ he is happy isn't he? No matter how many times he realizes it, it's still a shock after all the time he's spent not happy. 

-

On his way back he makes a detour to a new grocery store, mostly because the one he usually goes to doesn't have any good cat food. He walks home along the pier instead of catching a bus. Brooklyn has and hasn't changed, he loves the commitment to keeping things green and making outdoor gardens everywhere. He's frustrated it comes at the expense of families who have been living there since he did...the first time. 

He and -

In retrospect, he's honestly flabbergasted they haven't run into each other before now, but he looks casually around the park running along the pier and sees Steve Rogers amongst a gaggle of kids with baseball mits and bats. He's not embarrassed he recognizes Steve without seeing his face, after fifteen years. He's still at least partly Bucky Barnes, after all. What he is surprised about is that there's not pain or hurt in his chest. No pain or bad memories or needles in his brain. It's another small check in his mental notebook of things that are good about today. 

He walks slowly to a bench and sits down - he can take the time and he can admit he's curious about what Steve has been up to when he's not Captain America. Del sometimes shakes his head that even after all this time Steve hasn't given up the mantle for more than a few years at a time. Addicted to being needed, that one, says a voice in the back of his head and Del has to agree.

He waits, watches fondly, until all but one of the kids has left. Steve sits with this one kid and talks with the scrawny munchkin for another fifteen minutes, until the kid hops up and grabs his pack, running off. Del gets up and walks over. He's not sure when he decided he wanted to talk to Steve but he's eager in a way he hasn't really been in a long time. 

"Well if it isn't Captain America." He has to struggle not to laugh when Steve whirls around and nearly trips over himself. The picture of grace. 

Steve's mouth forms a few words, none of which he vocalizes, before he regains his composure. Del is still trying not to laugh. "Uh. Jesus. Hey." Steve looks him up and down, unsure. "Wh-uhm. Hey." He's staring somewhat expectantly at Del for a few seconds before Del realizes with a flush of pleasure Steve is waiting for Del to tell him what he wants to be called. He's almost forgotten when he last saw Steve he'd told him to do that. Not to assume Steve knows anything about who he is.

"Del. It's Del." Steve smiles brightly and he looks genuinely happy. There's no sadness or regret that Del can find when he searches his expression.

"It's been. Christ it's been a long time. Are you - how are you?" It's that same genuine tone Del and Bucky both remember Steve always having. Del rolls his eyes, but it's a fond gesture.

"I'm good. I'm. Really good." He's still a little surprised he's talking to Steve and not in pain. That he can actually look at Steve and not feel hollow or inadequate. That he might actually have ridiculous butterflies in his stomach because Steve hasn't changed either. "I stopped at the grocery store on the corner because I have a new cat and the bodega near my house only has shitty cat food." Like he has to explain he wasn't just sitting on a park bench watching Steve teaching a bunch of kids baseball for the simple pleasure of it.

Steve's laugh is maybe another check on that list of good things. Which is weird, because he doesn't know Steve, not really, but he...wants to? "Trying to resurrect the Dodgers?" He doesn't know if that's too familiar. He isn't in pain, but there's a weird balance in his head. He isn't sure what's appropriate when talking to the guy you were in love with, then had wiped from your head, then hated, then, maybe...could have had a crush on again. Then didn't want to see for fifteen years.

"Nah. I've let that dream go." Their eyes meet for a second and there's more to those words and neither of them pretend there aren't. Steve doesn't let them hang though, just states them as simple fact. "I like teaching these kids. They're really great, and they love the game."

It's bright out and he's not hurting and Steve's still fucking gorgeous. That was never really the question, it's still not. "Hey, I've gotta get going or these will spoil-" he holds up the cans of cat food "but do you want to catch up sometime?" He can't hide how relieved he is, no matter how much he likes his life now, to see someone else who hasn't changed with the years that have passed. And he can admit that, maybe, he has actually been lonely. Not like Natalie thinks, but he has been. 

"Absolutely. I'll give you my number? Call me or whatever when you get a chance." Del gets his number, enters it in his phone and grins.

"Great. I will." He's turning away when Steve calls his name and he looks back. Steve's smiling and his face is so, so earnest Del does feel an ache in his chest, but it's not a bad one. It's because every part of him knows what's coming and he's maybe a little bit exasperated at how much Steve hasn't changed, even when he has.

"Thank you, Del. I'm glad we ran into each other." 

Del grins, lifts a hand in goodbye. "Me too, Steve. See you around." 

Definitely a check in the good things that happened today column.

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The XYZ Buildings - Rockefeller Center Expansion ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Due to the elevated #subway, Sixth Avenue had been viewed as financially unviable for new commercial development. The El's removal in 1939 and success of #RockefellerCenter led to renewed interest in the development of Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 59th Streets. In 1963 Rockefeller Center unveiled a plan for the three blocks directly west of the complex on Sixth Ave between 48th and 51st Streets. Two years earlier, the 1961 #zoning resolution allowed developers to recieve bonuses by creating adjacent public plazas. Known as the XYZ plan, three new block-long #modernist tower slabs with large public plazas facing Sixth Avenue were constructed, rising straight up without setbacks. The Exxon Building (1971), McGraw-Hill Building (1969) and Time-Life Building (1958) vary in height but have similar scale and massing. All three were designed by Rockefeller's architect Harrison & Abramovitz, who also designed Empire State Plaza in Albany, Columbia's Law School and Internation Affairs Buildings, #Rockefeller University's Tower Building, and the Adam Clayton Powell Building in #Harlem in the early seventies. (at Rockefeller Center)

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60 Wall to exit the ’80s dated FiDi tower set for makeover

Hello to a more public-friendly 60 Wall St. — and farewell to one of the least-loved public spaces of the boom-and-bust 1980s. 

One of the Reagan Decade’s defining office skyscrapers is about to undergo a more than $250 million upgrade for the post-pandemic era. Changes to 60 Wall planned by owner Paramount Group at the soon-to-be-empty, 47-story, 1.6 million square-foot tower include a more open portico and heavily windowed façade treatment on lower floors to create transparency with the street, and an enhanced ventilation system that utilizes virus-blocking, MERV 15 filtration. 

But the centerpiece will be a stunning new public atrium lobby to replace the badly dated one installed by original tower owner JP Morgan, which later sold it to Deutsche Bank. Deutsche, the only current tenant, will begin moving to Time Warner Center this year. Paramount will start work on the redesign when Deutsche’s lease expires in June of 2022. 

The vast original lobby was never as popular as architects Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo hoped. 

Flared-top columns were meant to echo the tower’s Postmodern, Greek Revival-inspired facade. But critic Paul Goldberger called it a “cloying mix of white marble, lots of trelliswork, mirrors and marble grids” that was “oddly frilly . . . Like an ice cream parlor blown up to monumental scale.” It’s temporarily closed due to Covid-19 concerns. 

Conceptual renderings of planned new atrium at 60 Wall Street.

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Conceptual renderings of planned new atrium at 60 Wall Street.

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The new look by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox will be clean-lined and verdant with a 100-foot- tall, block-spanning “green wall” and a skylight cut through the tower podium. A grand staircase, subject to MTA review, will connect with the subway station below. 

The atrium will “unite Pine and Wall streets” to help “bring the people of this neighborhood together,” said KPF design principal Hugh Trumbull. The redesign requires city approval because it’s a privately owned public space, or POPS. 

Conceptual renderings of planned new atrium at 60 Wall Street.

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Conceptual renderings of planned new atrium at 60 Wall Street.

Paramount Group

A CBRE team led by Paul Amrich and Howard Fiddle will handle leasing. Tenants will likely be able to move in by mid-2023. But the tower must compete for new tenants with nearby FiDi addresses which also are vacant or about to be. Some 800,000 square feet will be available at 80 Pine St. and more than 900,000 square feet are currently empty at 111 Wall St. 

Paramount CEO Albert Behler is confident that 60 Wall’s modern, column-free floor plates, panoramic views and the planned upgrades will carry the day. “With the reimagining of the building, 60 Wall will compete with the best in Manhattan, including new construction,” he said. 

60 Wall Street is about to undergo a more than $250 million upgrade.

60 Wall Street is about to undergo a more than $250 million upgrade.

WeWork is still alive and kicking. The flexible space provider, which is under new management, still has lots of Manhattan office space two years after the ouster of founder and CEO Adam Neumann. Now led by Sandeep Lakhmi Mathrani, it’s finding takers for its flexible, plug-in facilities aimed at creative and “enterprise” firms that first put it on the map. 

At RXR’s 620 Sixth Ave., the Ladies Mile Beaux-Arts style building that’s home to Bed, Bath and Beyond, WeWork just signed two “cool factor” tenants for nearly 140,000 square feet. (The deals are actually subleases, since WeWork signs direct leases with landlords and then leases them in turn to space users.) 

Cutting-edge software firm Palantir Technologies took 89,000 square feet on the sixth floor, moving from the Meatpacking District. Separately, Current Financial signed for 43,000 square feet on the seventh floor. The building has a total 525,000 square feet of offices. 

WeWork is under new management and still has lots of Manhattan office space.

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Sources said the asking rents were a hefty $115 per square foot. It couldn’t be learned what the taking rents were because brokers either declined to comment or couldn’t be reached. Flatiron sources said a JLL team led by Clark Finney and Howard Hersch repped WeWork on both leases. The sources said that Current Financial was repped by Rob Kluge and Adam Henick of Current Real Estate Advisors and that Newmark’s Michael Morris and Nick Berger acted for Palantir. 

A WeWork-watcher who wasn’t involved at 620 Sixth said the leases “show that their original concept still works. They’ve been restructuring leases, terminating them at some locations. But these clearly show the continued viability of founder Adam Neumann’s business model.” 

In the latest sign that Times Square is coming back, restaurateur Shelly Fireman has signed a lease for a nearly 5,000-square-foot eatery at the landmarked Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway. 

It will be a much larger version of Fireman Hospitality Group’s Brooklyn USA Delicatessen on Seventh Avenue near West 57th Street, offering hot pastrami, corned beef and turkey reubens plus Roman-style pizza, chicken soup and egg sandwiches. 

Shelly Fireman has signed a lease for an eatery at the landmarked Paramount Building.

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The casual-concept place will be on the West 43d Street side of the building, which is also home to Hard Rock Café. 

Newmark’s Ben Birnbaum, Ross Berkowitz, Andre Taub and Jason Wecker were the sole brokers. Levin Management and Rosemark Management repped the ownership. 

In more good news, Fireman’s RedEye Grill on Seventh Avenue across from Carnegie Hall will reopen on May 18.

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Williamsburg Apple Store Brooklyn, New York

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Williamsburg Apple Store Brooklyn

Updated 5 Feb 2021 + Sep 20, 2016

Williamsburg Apple Store Brooklyn in New York

Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects Architect of Record: Marin Architects

Location: 247 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Williamsburg Apple Store Brooklyn, New York Building

Apple’s first Brooklyn retail store, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, recently opened to thousands of customers eager to experience the new space. Located at the corner of North 3rd Street and Bedford Avenue, the store is in the heart of the popular and evolving Williamsburg neighborhood, just three blocks from the nearest subway station.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed the 13,700-square-foot retail space to complement the borough’s historic industrial past, drawing inspiration from the brick façade and arched openings of the preexisting building. This store has a distinct look and feel compared to Apple’s other New York locations, including a new retail program meant to draw in the street’s public life and serve as a community gathering space.

The interiors include polished concrete floors, brick walls, and acoustical wood ceilings. Exposed structural steel and mechanical systems add to the raw, unadorned feel of the store, which is lit by dozens of custom-built pendant lights made by a local fabricator. The store’s back wall features a massive video screen accompanied by a set of movable cube seats for product demos, entertainment, and lounging. Storefront windows allow daylight to fill the space and passersby to peek in while walking through the busy neighborhood.

The Williamsburg store marks Apple’s sixth New York retail space designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-the architecture firm responsible for many of the company’s most notable stores designed in the past 15 years.

New York retail stores designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Apple Store, SoHo (2002, 2012) Apple Store, Fifth Avenue (2006, 2011) Apple Store, West 14th Street (2007) Apple Store, Upper West Side (2009) Apple Store, Upper East Side (2015) Apple Store, Williamsburg (2016) Apple Store, World Trade Center (2016)

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, founded in 1965, is a national architecture practice noted for elegant and humane design, ranging from modest houses to large academic, civic, cultural and corporate buildings. To date, the firm has received more than 650 regional, national and international awards for design, including three AIA Top Ten Green Project Awards and the AIA Architecture Firm Award.

Founding Principal Peter Bohlin was also awarded the AIA Gold Medal, the highest honor an individual architect can receive. The firm is well known for its work with Apple, designing stores such as the iconic Fifth Avenue cube in New York City and flagship stores worldwide. The practice has also created headquarters for Pixar, Adobe and Square, and city halls in Seattle and Newport Beach, CA. For more information please visit BCJ.com.

Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects Architect of Record: Marin Architects

Photography: Nick Lehoux

Williamsburg Apple Store in Brooklyn image / information from Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects

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Address: 247 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211, United States

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UG! COMEDY SHOW!! Tuesday May 28th, 2019 ed.

UG! Is Ready For Summer!! Come & Chill w/ US As We Bring You These Hilarious Mofos:

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UG! COMEDY SHOW!! @ Drexler’s

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9 Ave A (btwn E. 1st & 2nd st)

Showtime: 8:30PM No Cover, 1 Drink Min.

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Via Subway: F train to Second Ave

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Laborers dig along the route of the new Sixth Avenue subway, putting in underground tracks, July 28, 1936. The line replaced an elevated structure on the same route. These workers are busy on a stretch near 40th Street.

Photo: Associated Press

[elumish]

Washington, DC

People tend to talk about DC as being just politicians, monuments, hotels, and restaurants, with not much in between. That’s not actually the case at all. So when you’re going to write about DC, here are some things to keep in mind, in no particular order:

DC isn’t a state. While that may seem obvious, it leads to some odd things, like the fact that DC has no vote in Congress. This is particularly weird given that Congress approves DC’s budget and given that DC residents, as opposed to residents of places like Puerto Rico (which also have one non-voting member in the House), are subject to all federal taxes. (This was an issue during the government shutdown, because they refused to pass the DC budget as well.) A lot of DC license plates read “Taxation Without Representation”.

As of July 2016, there were about 680k residents in DC, with the number of people in the city reaching 1 million during the workweek. The DC Metropolitan Area (which is mainly DC, Arlington, and Alexandria) is the sixth largest metropolitan area in the US, with more than 6.1 million people.

DMV refers to DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

Visiting the monuments is referred to as “monumenting”.

There is a large public transportation system in DC, consisting of buses and the metro. Nobody calls it the subway. The system is called WMATA. The buses are a flat rate of $1.75 (soon to go up to $2) per ride. The metro cost depends on starting and ending points and whether you’re On- or Off-Peak (aka rush hour). The highest cost is $5.90 for a ride. They no longer (I think) have paper tickets, so everyone uses SmartTrip cards.

The metro is a mess. They’re currently doing repairs, which mostly makes it more of a mess because they’re running shorter hours and frequently do single-tracking, which significantly slows down travel. On the other hand, it catches fire less.

There are twenty colleges and universities in DC.

You can’t take the metro to Georgetown University.

DC has neighborhoods and quadrants. Neighborhoods include Georgetown, Dupont, Potomac Heights, etc. Quadrants are NW, SW, NE, and SE. They’re not of equal size. Addresses contain the quadrant in them. For example, the White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

There is a lot of difference culturally and socio-economically between the quadrants.

Embassy Row is a road containing most of the embassies. On Halloween some of them give out candy and stamp passports. A lot of them also have very disparate architecture style, which looks very weird all next to each other.

Things are referred to by acronyms. Everything has an acronym.

The Homeland Security building is diagonally across the street from American University.

DC is ~48% Black or African American.

There are a lot of gentrification issues in DC.

DC is a very expensive place to live.

Tourists drive DC residents nuts, primarily when they can’t figure out how to use escalators.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New York City: TransJustice 13th Annual Trans Day of Action

Friday, June 23 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Washington Square Park, Manhattan

*** ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW SPANISH! *** We call our communities of Color People (POC) and Non-Conforming Gender (TGNC) and our allies to join TransJustice on the 13th Trans Action Day For Social and Economic Justice in New York City! Although we recognize 13 years of resistance to repression and profit during the Gay Pride season, we also celebrate the launch of our campaign for cultural and systemic housing changes for Trans and Non-Congenial people. We live in a time when the oppressed - including people of color, immigrants, youth and the elderly, disabled people, women, transgenders and non-conforming people and poor people - are marginalized and face high levels of discrimination, Greater vigilance and experience violence on the part of the state. We must unite and fight together to dismantle transphobia, racism, classism, sexism, discrimination on the grounds of age or disability, homophobia and xenophobia infiltrating our social justice movements. We will meet at Garibaldi Plaza near the west side of the park at 1:30 PM! Come, go with us, and organize a contingent for Trans Action Day! One contingent is 5 people or more. Bring banners, signs and drums and come and resist the co-optation of our struggle! Access Instructions: This march will be held at Washington Square Park in the West Village. The nearest metro station is West 4 St, lines A, B, C, D, E, F, M. The elevator is on the northeast corner of West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue (also known as Avenue of the Americas). The park is two (2) blocks from the subway station exit at West 3rd St and 6th avenue. The march will cover more or less 16 blocks; It will start and end in the park. The park has many benches to sit on. It will be a great outdoor mobilization that greatly limits our control of being free of odor. We will be very close to trees and plants. The bathroom in the park is not an accessible bathroom, so at the moment we are trying to find restrooms near the park that are accessible and we will post that information as soon as possible. We will have consecutive interpretation in Spanish for our program. Tell us about your accessibility needs, your questions or any wishes that you have and that we mentioned in the access instructions. Do not hesitate to send us an email. Please send any questions to the following e-mail: tdoa@alp.org ************************************* ********************************* We call on our communities of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) People of Color (POC) and our allies to come together and join TransJustice as we mobilize for our 13th annual NYC Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice! As we recognize 13 years resisting the erasure of TGNC during PRIDE season, we are also celebrating the launch of our campaign to make cultural and systemic changes around housing for Trans and Gender Nonconforming people. We live in a time when oppressed peoples including people of color, immigrants, youth and elders, people with disabilities, women, Trans & Gender NonConforming people, and poor people are underserved, face higher levels of discrimination, heightened The hands of the state. We must unite and work together towards dismantling the transphobia, racism, classism, sexism, ageism, ableism, homophobia and xenophobia that permeates our movements for social justice. We will gather at the Garibaldi Plaza near the east side of the Park at 1:30 PM! Come, march along with us, and organize contingents for Trans Day of Action! A contingent is 5 or more people. Bring your banners, signs and drums and resist the co-optation of our struggle! ACCESS NOTE: This march will take place at Washington Square Park in the West Village. The nearest accessible train station is West 4 St Station with the A, B, C, D, E, F, M lines. The elevator is at the northeast corner of West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue (Also known as the Avenue of the Americas). The park is 2 blocks from the train station on W 3rd St and 6th Ave. The March is roughly 16 blocks long, will step off at the park and return to the park. The park has many benches for seating. This will be a large mobilization outdoors which severely limits our control of being free. We will be in close proximity to trees and plants. The restroom in the park is NOT listed as an accessible restroom, So we are currently trying to secure the rest rooms in close proximity to the park that are accessible and will be posting that information as soon as possible. We will have consecutive Spanish interpretation for our programming. If there are any accessibility needs, questions, or desires you have that were not touched on in the access note, please feel free to email. Email tdoa@alp.org for any questions.

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1879 Sixth Avenue and 42nd St. NYC Sixth Ave Elevated Railway 1876 - 1938 The Metropolitan Elevated Railway was not the first elevated railway to be built in New York City. However, it was the first to be removed. Stations on Sixth Ave (going north) are at 8th, 14th, 23rd, 28th, 33rd, 38th, 42nd, 50th and 58th St. Broadway crosses 6th Ave at 34th St and is known as Herald Sq. The station at 33rd St is also known as Greeley Sq At 53rd St the line turned east to join the 9th Ave El. The 53rd St connector crossed 7th Ave and there was a station was at 8th Ave. At Ninth Ave, the line turns north to join the 9th Ave El. The line as originally built in 1878 went to a terminal at 58th St and the junction at 53rd St to the Ninth Ave Line existed until 1924 after which time only the curve onto 53rd St remained until the end of service. The 6th Avenue El Important Dates June 17, 1872 - The Gilbert Elevated Railway Company was chartered. Dr. Rufus H. Gilbert. Gilbert, a former medical practitioner, became interested in transportation matters, invented and patented a compressed air method of propulsion through elevated tubes. He had envisioned a rapid transit system based upon this method. The Gilbert Company ran into financial troubles and legal complications. The company was renamed to the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company and would be franchised to construct a steam operated railway above 6th Avenue. April 19, 1876 - Construction of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway line began at the northeast corner of 6th Ave and 42nd St. The two-track line on Sixth Ave was built using a through-girder type of construction, which was different from deck girder work employed on the other NY elevated lines. It appeared to be similar to European elevated railway structures. June 5, 1878 - The Metropolitan Elevated Railway or what would be known as the 6th Ave El began operations from stations Rector St, Cortlandt St, and Park Place, all on Church Street; Chambers St, Franklin St, Grand St, Bleecker St, all on West Broadway; 8th, 14th, 23rd, 28th, 33rd, 42nd, 50th and 58th Streets, all on Sixth Avenue. Where the line was to go from 58th St is only conjecture. Probably it would have connected to the 9th Ave line at 59th St or may have turned east to connect up with the 3rd Ave Line. The locomotives and rolling stock were raised to the structure by means of a temporary incline on Church Street, behind Trinity Church (near Rector Street). In the original plans, the line would have turned east from Church St onto Morris St to go over to Broadway at Bowling Green and proceeded south from there to South Ferry. However, the route was changed to join the Sixth with the Ninth Ave line as described in 1881. The locomotives had a 2-4-2 wheel arrangement, weighed 15 tons and were painted a pea green color. The passenger cars were painted a light green with pea green and gold trim and had wheels of highly compressed paper and steel rims. The interiors contained oak and mahogany woods, sported Axminster carpeting and introduced 3 chandeliers of kerosene lighting. The original fare was 10 cents to ride in one of the finely appointed cars of that era. A repair and storage facility in 1881 was notably absent from the Sixth Ave line. There was a four track segment on the West Broadway and a three track segment on Church St structure between Cortlandt St and, which were initially steam engine service and storage tracks. July 8, 1878 - The 6th Ave line was connected to 9th Ave line by a 2-track connecting structure from a westbound junction at 53rd St to a northbound junction at 9th Ave. Jan 9, 1879 - The Sixth Avenue line began a temporary shuttle that operated from 50th St Station to the 8th Ave Station on the 53rd St connecting structure. The intermediate station at Eighth Ave was one of only two stations on the Manhattan El system on a north-south Avenue. The other was at Second Ave on the 34th St Branch. The line expanded to 3 tracks at 8th Ave to make the that station a local stop with a center express track. However, that track originally served as a turn-back for the steam locomotives. Feb 25, 1879 - Through service to 53rd St and 8th Ave began. The 58th St station became a stub shuttle station with through service to and from downtown in rush hours and a single car shuttle to 50th St the remainder of the time. The 58th St station was a three track station structure. The center track was used initially for steam engine turn-backs and after electrification it was a lay-up track for the through trains that eliminated from there. Nov 1, 1881 - The 6th Ave line operated to South Ferry and all night service was inaugurated on the line. As originally planned, the Sixth Ave line would have turned east onto Morris St to go over to Broadway at Bowling Green and proceeded south from there to South Ferry. However, the two track Ninth Ave structure over Greenwich St was modified to a four track structure to join the Sixth Ave line, which ramps down on two of the tracks from the higher elevation of Trinity Place Jan 1, 1883 - The night trains were discontinued for economy reasons. After many complaints, passengers were permitted to ride the employee trains until Jan 31, 1883, when half-hourly night service was reinstated and made permanent. Mar 27, 1897 - Pinstch gas lighting fixtures were introduced on the 6th Ave line. 400 passenger cars were equipped with four gas jet lamps in each car, nine feet apart and at 40 candlepower each. The gas was manufactured at the 155th St yards, and stored in 7’ tanks under each car. Oct 1, 1902 - Electric operation began from Rector St to 58th St. Nov 2, 1902 - Electric operation was extended to 155th St. April 4, 1903 - The last steam locomotive ran in revenue service on the 6th Ave line. A couple of steam locomotives were retained and used for work train service for several years on the Els. Jan 31, 1914 - The 38th St station opened. One would have to examine NY City history to determine the reason for putting a station at this location at this time, the WWI Era. April 25, 1923 - The Manhattan Railway Company introduced the "Goldenrod" paint scheme for its cars and stations. The first train operated on 6th Ave line. The 38th St station was the first to be painted bright orange with a black roof and the words "Ride on the Open Air Elevated" on the sides. June 16, 1924 - The 58th St (the original northern terminal) station at Central Park South was closed. Demolition began on August 11. Dec 4, 1938 - The Sixth Ave Elevated Line ended operations. The El was replaced by the IND Subway line being constructed beneath the street. Due to the difficulties encountered in attempting to keep the Fulton Street Elevated line in Brooklyn in operation during construction of the IND subway line beneath that street, it was determined that the 6th Ave Elevated structure had to be removed to expedite this subway construction. According to some reports, the 6th Ave El structure was suffering from metal fatigue. A sag in the structure required the third rails to be lowered or heightened depending on whether the third rail was on the inboard or outboard side of the track. After 60 years of operation, the first 25 were under steam operation, one wonders if the structure had been designed to withstand the large volume of traffic that operated on it. It was built and operated as a very busy two-track mainline railway and it showed its age early in its useful life. It was never strengthened or enhanced like the other lines when the center third track was installed on them (1915-16). The IND 8th Ave Subway was built to replace the the 9th Ave El. However, the 6th Ave line was removed first in 1939. For the next year or so, the demolition of the line at the major intersections on Sixth Ave was well documented. For a couple more years, the stub connections at 53rd St and at Morris St identified the former El route. The 6th Ave Subway succeeded the 6th Ave El with its similar connector at 57th St from 8th Ave to turn south on 6th Ave. The flying junctions of the IND Subway line at 57th St are buried deep under the street out of public view. It is interesting to note that at the south end of 6th Ave, the IND 8th Ave Subway construction in 1924, caused Sixth Ave to be extended further south to Church St which eliminated the El route curves on to West 3rd St to West Broadway and Murray St to Church St. During 1939 the El was torn down. The iron and steel were sold to Japan. The steel returned in December 7 1941and continued throughout the war. (image of the tear down in comments (1939) http://www.geocities.ws/lf14515/

[kflemhealth]

Grid down in San Fran, NYC and LA – what happens when ALL major cities lose power?

A massive power outage struck San Francisco Friday morning, causing traffic snarls all over the city and sowing confusion.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the outage was widespread, hitting several city blocks, “from the Financial District to the Presidio, forcing the closure of businesses, a BART station, cable car service and a federal courthouse.”

Local power officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said the massive loss of power affected at least 95,000 customers, adding that there had been a fire at a substation located at the junction of Larkin and Eddy streets. Officials did not immediately identify the blaze as the cause of the power loss, and there were no early reports that the outage or the fire may have been the result of foul play, such as hacking. (RELATED: Hackers Managed To Set Off Every Tornado Siren In Dallas For 95 Minutes)

The city’s fire department, meanwhile, had been called to more than 100 incidents, including 20 or so involving people stuck in elevators. Responding to calls was made more difficult by the fact that traffic lights were out in the affected region, jamming traffic.

In addition to the sudden loss of power in San Francisco, other major U.S. cities suffered power outages as well.

As reported by The Daily Sheeple, the power went out in the Big Apple before 6 a.m. local time at the 7th Ave. and 53rd St. subway station, which then caused a chain reaction of power loss throughout the remainder of the city’s subway system. It took the city’s Metro Transit Authority until 11:30 a.m. to get emergency generators online; delays are still causing chaos throughout the city.

Another power outage hit the city of Los Angeles, including the LA International Airport.

What’s going on? Are these outages in major U.S. cities merely a coincidence? Things like this seldom are.

But it got us to thinking: What would happen if a much larger and far longer grid-down situation spread to multiple U.S. cities, lasing for hours or days?

In a word, it would be a nightmare. And what’s more, our enemies know it. Further, our enemies – to include Russia, China, Iran and North Korea – all have substantial cyber warfare capabilities. So, too, does the United States, perhaps even the best capabilities. But the U.S. is also very reliant on our power grid; we need it to run our financial system, air travel, traffic signals, water treatment plants, dams and other vital infrastructure, including nuclear power plants.

In a long-term grid-down scenario, tens of millions of Americans would lose their lives as systems failed followed by panic and societal breakdown. “What this event demonstrated yet again is how ill-prepared city-dwellers are to survive a sustained grid-down scenario,” warned Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. “When the power grid goes down, cities are turned into death traps, and few people who live in cities have survival skills that would help them escape or endure the crisis.”

In recent days Cyberwar.news reported that the chairman of a commission to study the after-effects of a massive electromagnetic pulse caused by a high-altitude nuclear explosion would destroy most of the power grid and kill 90 percent of Americans within a year. (RELATED: 2014 – EMP attack on U.S. power grid could kill 90% of Americans, experts testify on Capitol Hill)

The piece cited a study by former CIA Director James Woolsey and Dr. Peter V. Pry, director of the U.S. Congressional EMP Task Force. In a joint article they noted:

False reassurance is given to the American people that North Korea has not ‘demonstrated’ that it can miniaturize a nuclear warhead small enough for missile delivery, or build a reentry vehicle for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of penetrating the atmosphere to blast a US city.

Their comments came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said earlier this month that his government was preparing a sixth nuclear weapons test and another test of a long-range ICBM.

“Even if it were true that North Korea does not yet have nuclear missiles, their ‘Dear Leader’ could deliver an atomic bomb hidden on a freighter sailing under a false flag into a US port, or hire their terrorist allies to fly a nuclear 9/11 suicide mission across the unprotected border with Mexico,” they noted.

And of course, hacking always remains a concern as well.

J.D. Heyes is a senior writer for NaturalNews.com and NewsTarget.com, as well as editor of The National Sentinel.

Sources:

Express.co.uk

Cyberwar.news

TheDailySheeple.com

SFGate.com

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[worlddaily]

GRIDLOCK SAM: Pedestrians and cars make travel tough around Rockefeller Center

GRIDLOCK SAM: Pedestrians and cars make travel tough around Rockefeller Center

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The tree doesn’t get lit until 9 p.m., but crowds will begin coming in the morning for Rockette shows 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Radio City on Sixth Ave. near 50th St. As the crowds swell through the late afternoon, police will close lanes on Fifth Ave. between 46th and 52nd streets and probably on Sixth as well until 11 p.m. The Rockefeller Center subway entrances and the one on Fifth Ave.…

[hammondcast]

Jon Hammond Duo In Smiley's Bolinas Benefit Concert For Don Deane

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Duo In Smiley's Bolinas Benefit Concert For Don Deane Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jonhammondduoinsmileysbolinasbenefitconcertfordondeane Youtube https://youtu.be/11CNd0a9WXs FB https://www.facebook.com/hammondcast/videos/10156228131832102/ Jon Hammond Duo in Smiley's Smiley's Schooner Saloon Bolinas, California - benefit concert for Don Deane - famous bossa nova tune with Jon Otis drums and Jon Hammond at the Hammond Sk1 organ #BossaNova#BenefitGig#HammondOrgan#Drums#Bolinas#SmileysSaloon 

September 23 at 9:30 PM · 

My birthplace Chicago, Illinois is looking real good tonight! Jon Hammond #Chicago #LookingRealGood 

September 24 at 1:58 PM · 

Boxcar Hammond Riding the MetraRail Rails On The Bi-Level Metra in the Land O' Lincoln to visit my friends in Hammond Suzuki USA Chicago IL, Lombard and Addison IL - #Boxcar #MetraRail #HammondOrgan #LandOfLincoln #BiLevelMetra Jon Hammond 

Thanks to my friends Steve Simmons & Scott May from Hammond Suzuki USA for recommending Lou Malnati's Pizza, it was awesome and I have some left for breakfast! State Street (Chicago), wow that was good!! - Jon Hammond*Note: Our waiter Cameron was great, thanks Cameron!#LouMalnatis#Pizza#DeepDishPizza #ChicagoStyle

Chicago, Illinois -- I think maybe this is Elwood's Apartment from The Blues Brothers Movie, window directly next to the L Train Chicago I just saw - classic! Jake Elwood/ Dan Akroyd Can you imagine sleeping right next to that folks?! - Jon Hammond Youtube: https://youtu.be/FQMEmY1EdsU  Blues Brothers-Elwood's Apartment  #TheBluesBrothers #ChicagoLTrain #ElwoodsApartment #JakeElwood 

Actual Kodak film photo - haircut time at the high-end Marc Joseph Salon & Spa Wellness - L to R Rocky the Barber, Yosef Barber, Jon Hammond - Rocky said before the picture, "The Three Musketeers"! - another great haircut, thanks!#MarcJosephSalon#Haircut#Barbers#TheThreeMusketeers 

Actual Kodak film photos midtown Manhattan, New YorkJon Hammond in the big apple#KodakFilm#Manhattan#FilmCenter 

  Actual Kodak film photo -- my custom built Excelsior Accordions AC/R tone chamber accordion with factory installed Sennheiser stereo pickup system - sounds sublime! - Jon Hammondthanks photolaboratory.com film lab http://www.AccordionRadio.com/#ExcelsiorAccordion#KodakFilm #PhotoLab #Accordion 

Actual Kodak film photos -- Jon Hammond early bird breakfast Huevos Rancheros at Gilman Grill with Avocado and Black Beans#KodakFilm#HuevosRancheros#GilmanGrill#EarlyBirdBreakfast 

Actual Kodak film picture I shot of my friend Tarek - he did a good job fixing my LL Bean pocket watch at Kiosk 230 - 55 W. 47th Street in New York City Diamond District Bid Improvement district - Tarek says "Watches are my life" - and me, "Music is my life"! Jon Hammond #NewYorkCityDiamondDistrictImprovment #WatchesAreMyLife #KodakFilm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_Street_(Manhattan) "The Diamond District is between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The district was created when dealers moved north from an earlier district near Canal Street and the Bowery that was created in the 1920s, and from a second district located in the Financial District, near the intersection of Fulton and Nassau Streets, which started in 1931, and also at Maiden Lane, which had existed since the 18th century. A notable, long-time anomaly of the district was the famous Gotham Book Mart, a bookstore, which was located at 41 West 47th Street from 1946 to 2004.

The move uptown started in 1941. The district grew in importance when Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands and Belgium, forcing thousands of Orthodox Jews in the diamond business to flee Amsterdam and Antwerp and settle in New York City. Most of them remained after World War II, and remain a dominant influence in the Diamond District.[3] Another factor in the northward move was the co-location of finance and insurance companies who moved into the downtown districts, causing rents to drastically increase.[4] By 1941, the Diamond Dealers Club—an exclusive club that acts as a de facto diamond exchange and has its own synagogue—officially made the move up to midtown as well.[5]

The area is one of the primary centers of the global diamond industry,[citation needed] as well as the premier center for jewelry shopping in the city. It is one of the largest diamond and jewelry districts in the United States, along with Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia and Los Angeles's Jewelry District, and it is the second oldest surviving jewelry district in the United States after Jewelers' Row in Philadelphia. Total receipts for the value of a single day's trade on the block average $400 million.[6] An estimated 90% of diamonds in the United States enter through New York. There are 2,600 independent businesses located in the district, nearly all of them dealing in diamonds or jewelry. Most are located in booths at one of the 25 "exchanges" in the district, and in a public corridor to 46th Street. Commission based hawkers are also a common sight and they usually solicit business for stores located on the street level.[7]

Many deals are finalized by a simple, traditional blessing (mazel und brucha, which means "luck and blessing") and handshake.[3][8] Retailers with shops line the streets outside. At 50 West 47th Street is the Gemological Institute of America which trains gem dealers.[9] One distinguishing figure of the district is the diamond-motif street lights illuminating the corners.[10] The NYC Diamond District also holds three prominent trade interconnected buildings: the 580 Fifth Avenue Exchange, the DDC, Diamond Dealers Club, and the International Gem Tower. It is also steps from other landmarks such as Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. " **How to get to the world-famous Diamond District: "The New York City Subway's 47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line offers service on the B, D, F, , and M services. An underground concourse connects the station with the buildings of Rockefeller Center. The 49th Street station on the BMT Broadway Line offers service on the N, Q, R, and W trains, and is accessible via a part-time booth at Seventh Avenue and 47th Street at the south end of the station. 

Now we go over to 34th & Ninth Ave. to the B&H Photo Video Pro Audio Store and visit my friend Chris in the Used Cameras Department - Chris checked out my old 55mm lens and figured out it had a problem, he hooked me up with a real nice reasonably priced 50mm 1.8 Nikkor lens for my Nikon F-3camera - I shot this photograph of Chris with the lens and Kokak Portrait film - looking real good Chris! - Jon Hammond #BHPhoto#KodakFilm#NikonF3#Portrait

My Potatoes & Onions are so damn good!I lived on these mostly for 5 years while living over in Germany - I cook 'em up with real olive oil, salt & pepper hell yeah!Chef Boy-ar-Hammond - Famous Idaho Potatoes - Jon Hammond#Potatoes#Onions #OliveOil 

bossa nova, benefit gig, smiley's saloon, bolinas, hammond organ, drums, jon hammond duo