#madisonsquares

[almostasenior]

Grab Your Umbrella

The refreshing rain

Hello friends, today is the 3rd of March and it has been raining the past 2 days. The weather experts predict we will see the sun peek through this afternoon. Savannah is classified as a subtropical climate, with short winters. Even on a sunny day a thunderstorm may roll in and out. For this reason I keep an umbrella and raincoat in my car. Frank Downy Fishing Pier on the Moon River Savannah…

[itsmenotye]

This first postcard was made in 1908 and shows two birds ("Bird's eye view" get it?) outside the Flatiron building at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, in New York City. Because of the Flatiron's unique shape and its location along a broad crosstown thoroughfare, strong winds swirl near its base. When the building first opened, men used to flock to Madison Square to watch women walking by in the hope that the air currents would sweep up their skirts and reveal a glimpse of stocking. This is exactly what is depicted in the postcard above: the gentleman in the background is giving a knowing wink as the lady's skirt and petticoats blow up, revealing her ankles. How risque! In real life, there were a number of police officers posted to the Flatiron to encourage ogling men to move along. One common phrase they employed was "twenty-three skidoo!" Skidoo is a relative of skedaddle and means "to move along" or "go away." The number 23 was long thought to be a reference to the Twenty-Third Street; thus "23 skidoo" meant "stop hanging out on Twenty-Third Street." However, it turns out that "23" was already a slang term for "get lost" before there was a Flatiron building, cited at least as early as 1899. What seems plausible is that the police wanted to get rid of men in front of the Flatiron, so combined two already existing phrases that each meant scram - - "twenty-three" and "skidoo" - - into a phrase that had a double meaning. Card #2 is from 1910. #vintageillustration #vintagepostcard #postcard #1900s #vintagenewyork #vintagenyc #nyc #newyorkcity #vintageflatiron #flatiron #23skidoo #23rdstreet #madisonsquare #girlwatching https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-EvETPz1m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[steakxeggs]

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#HappyBirthday to #FatJoe .. the legend got so many underrated bangers out here it’s crazy. #MadisonSquares is one of my favorites. And those #Darkside tapes he was dropping years ago was 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Shoutout to my brother, he didn’t know I had this in the cut for him. 😂😂 What are your favorite Fat Joe tracks or albums?? #bronx #terrorsquad #ditc #ripbigpun #joeycrack #jealousoneenvy #jose #jealousonesstillenvy #leanback #remyma #kar #nyc #classic #bigpun #leo #leoseason #darksideofthemoon #violator #rocnation #tbt #throwback #throwbackthursday https://www.instagram.com/p/CSw7kdMAXnb/?utm_medium=tumblr

[summerrrrrrrrrrrrr]

newyorkrry 2013/2021 🥺

OH I'M GOING TO CRYY

[jaimefarreh]

Excited to share the latest addition to my #etsy shop: St. John's Episcopal Church Savannah GA #housewarming #entryway #contemporary #landscapescenery #savannahchurch #madisonsquare #savannahsquare #historicsquare #savannahga #savannahsquares #visitsavannah #whattodoinsavannah #savannahsquare #downtownsavannah #etsyshop #madisonsqure https://etsy.me/2T5hSiK (at Madison Square Savannah Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoXkaBM5H1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[wanderingnewyork]

Buildings at Madison Square, Manhattan

[railwayhistorical]

On my Way to Work, Part Three

I’ll do a short series of posts now showing what I saw every day on my way to work back in 1991 or 1992. Picking up from my previous post at the Empire State Building, I’ll continue down Fifth Avenue to my destination on 22nd Street.

I’m not certain of the use of, or need for, the netting we see strung up over the sidewalk at the ESB—perhaps the facade of the great edifice was being worked on. A bit further downtown of that icon is yet another—the Flatiron Building, located on 23rd Street and Broadway, adjacent to Madison Square Park.

[I have no picture, here, but there is yet another iconic structure off Madison Square Park—the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, built a few years after the Flatiron, in 1909.]

While the Flatiron, originally called the Fuller Building, was completed in 1902, it cannot be said to be one of the earliest skyscrapers, much to my surprise. This term came to be used in the 19th century (in Chicago) for buildings that used steel for a sturdy skeleton as well as elevators (invented by some guy named Otis) to get people up and down without the need to take to the stairs. The Flatiron, however, could be called one of the most distinctive of skyscrapers. The second and third images presented here provide that distinctive shape one might think of for the Flatiron. And the final picture shows that I could actually gaze upon the Fifth Avenue and 22nd Street sides of the famous building while in the studio where I worked—as long as I opened the window and leaned a fair bit outward!

Four images by Richard Koenig; taken 1991 or 1992.

[burlot-pano]

Immeuble Flatiron - Manhattan, New York City, 2017.

[meilin-photography]

Sixth & W. 34th #meilinphotography #instagramexclusive #photographystruggle #newyorkcity #holidayseason #holidayshopping #cityphotography #streetphotography #nightphotography #nightlights #unionsquare #madisonsquare #brooklyn #bucketlisttravel #note9photography (at Down Town New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7uM3DbllIX/?igshid=le5pxh8kkng4

[almostasenior]

A Tribute To President James Madison

A Tribute To President James Madison

Madison Square-Historic Savannah Georgia Nature seems to be lagging behind this November and things are still green. There’s a few fallen leaves that haven’t blown away at Madison Square in Savannah. The landscaping is designed around the chevron patterned brick walkways in the open space area of the square. Sergeant William Jasper a Revolutionary War Soldier Monument Photos taken on 11/6/2022…

[nyc-urbanism]

The Metropolitan Life Tower in #MadisonSquare was the tallest building in the world from 1909 to 1913 – before being surpassed by the #Woolworth – and had the highest elevators in the world. The highest elevator traveled 586 feet from the basement to the top of the tower at a speed of 600 feet per minute, the maximum permitted by the Department of Buildings in 1910. As seen in the image above, the heavy elevator motors were installed in the tight space at the tip of the tower above the elevators. #metlifetower #madisonsquarepark #skyscraper #architecture #archilovers #structuralengineering #otiselevators #buildingtechnology #architecturehistory #nomad #urbanism #nycurbanism (at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower)

[adamsvanrhijn]

chapters: 2/3 word count: 9,116 fandom: the gilded age (tv 2022) rating: explicit warnings: no archive warnings apply relationships: john adams/oscar van rhijn characters: oscar van rhijn, john adams (the gilded age) additional tags: non-linear narrative, developing relationship, pre-canon, getting to know each other, semi-public sex, awkward crush, unreliable narrator, etiquette, awkward first times, adulting, 19th century sex vocabulary, anal sex, stream of consciousness summary:

"You should call on me," Oscar tells him, between sips of wine, "at 23rd Street." "I didn't know that you were serious." "Why shouldn't I have been serious?"

[frenchshark]

Trolley tour, take 2 (Madison Square!) #escapetosavannah #myprecious #20yrfriendship #historicdowntownsavannah #oldtowntrolleytourssavannah #madisonsquare (at Madison Square Savannah Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUTxKGOr3mk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dtjoyce]

The Flatiron. #NYC #Manhattan #Flatiron #FlatironDistrict #FlatironBuilding #MadisonSquare #MadisonSquarePark #MadisonSqPark #MSP (at Flatiron Building)

[lovelikejhoney]

Cliché .. but i like walks in the park☺️ • • • #newyork #newyorkcity #madisonsquare #manhattan #mediapersonality #tvpersonality #writersofinstagram #blogger #blog #bloggerlife #nyc (at Madison Square Garden New York)

[jaimefarreh]

Excited to share the latest addition to my #etsy shop: Green-Meldrim House Savannah GA #housewarming #entryway #contemporary #landscapescenery #greenmeldrim #historicsavannah #savannahhouse #madisonsquare #savannahsquares #visitsavannah #whattodoinsavannah #savannahsquare #downtownsavannah #etsyshop #whattodoinsavannah #madisonsqure https://etsy.me/3A5YPp9 (at Madison Square Savannah Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoXY3cMiG3/?utm_medium=tumblr