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Sunday, October 20. 2019

Beautiful day in NYC yesterday


Packed with walkers, runners, bikers, lovers, families, dogs, and tourists. A happy, vibrant place, gives me delight.


That's 5th Ave. in the 70s, Central Park on the left.  


Posted by Bird Dog at 05:32 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Approaching the intersection of Fifth Ave. and E. 67th St.
7th NY Regiment 107th Infantry Monument just becoming visible on the left, at park's edge.
#1 Alan Robertson on 2019-10-20 11:19 (Reply)
The cars look awfully new for the 1970s.
#2 feeblemind on 2019-10-20 11:24 (Reply)
That's funny. Obviously, the photo is not from the 70s, so what was meant by the caption?
If it's in the 70s temp.- wise, well then, aren't they a warm- blooded bunch, as pictured. Must have meant, in the 70s, by streets, even if not quite there, yet.
Maybe it's just a test, to see if anyone is paying attention, or will overthink it, being such a procrastinator, that we ramble on about the pic, rather than getting on with important stuff.
Maybe he just didn't quite remember where he took that particular photo.
I recognize that tree.
Ps I live in OKC, mostly. Boys just wanna have fun.
#2.1 Alan Robertson on 2019-10-20 13:38 (Reply)
so what was meant by the caption?
Fifth Avenue in the seventies means Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of 70th-79th street. See Alan Robertson's comment. As Central is on the left in the photo, the photo is looking north. Google Maps could be used to get a more precise location.
#2.1.1 Gringo on 2019-10-20 22:54 (Reply)
Check out Diane Klock's New York City Street scenes in watercolor. Pure celebration.
#3 SF Jeff on 2019-10-20 19:46 (Reply)
NYC - a fun place to visit.

There's not enough money in their treasury to get me to live there.
#4 Roy on 2019-10-20 23:39 (Reply)
Manhattan's extra-wide streets include 34th, 42nd, 57th, 86th.

They are now (IIRC) all two-way, the ordinary widths being one way.

Don't know the thinking behind their origin in the pre-auto days.
#5 James Graham (Link) on 2019-10-21 14:11 (Reply)

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