The 32nd annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon
The sea of hats at the 32nd annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon. 12:15 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yesterday was the perfect Spring day for the annual Hat Lunch at the Conservatory...
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Sunset along the Hudson. 7:00 PM. Photo: JH.Friday, May 9, 2014. Grey and rainy and coolish in the 50s, yesterday in New York. Tomorrow is the 115th birth anniversary of Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha,...
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A rooftop view from the High Line looking northeast. 7:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, May 12, 2014. Perfect weather over the weekend in New York. Temperatures in the high 70s in the day, mid-60s at night....
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Family picnic in the park. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Very Warm For May. That was a Broadway show written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II which opened in November 1939 at the...
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3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The perfect Spring day yesterday in New York with the temp around 71 degrees, a bright sunny day and a soft cool breeze coming off the river, and...
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Riverside Park. 4:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, May 15, 2014. Mainly grey day yesterday in New York, with temps in the 60s, with a light fog and very light drizzle in the early evening. I went down to...
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Canopy of trees on 74th Street between CPW and Columbus Avenue. 12:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, May 19, 2014. Weekend started with rain; forecast as “very heavy at times.” But that part of the storm...
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Riverside Park. 4:00 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Fair, mostly sunny weather yesterday in New York. Big clouds, blue skies and the inevitable forecast of some rain (none).I went down to...
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Delivering down Fifth Avenue. 7:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Beautiful, sunny day, yesterday in New York.And as usual, a busy one on the calendar. For example, last night at the Edison...
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Columbus Avenue. 6:30 PM. Photo: JH.Friday, May 23, 2014, and the beginning of the holiday weekend that calls out to summertime. All you Geminis can come out now; it’s your time. The Sun’s not out...
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Empire State Building. 10:30 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, May 26, 2014. Memorial Day Weekend in New York. A beautiful summer weekend in New York. It’s one of the few times that JH and I discuss whether we...
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Looking up Sixth Avenue and 12th Street towards the Empire State Building. 1:30 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Yesterday in New York was very warm, like an early Summer day, with temps in the...
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Thank god it's Friday. Photo: JH.Friday, May 30, 2014. The very warm summery weather on Wednesday ended abruptly (like, in a few minutes) and turned ten or more degrees cooler in the early morning...
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Activity on the Hudson. 1 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, June 2, 2014. Beautiful late Spring weather all weekend in New York with a 20 minute steady rainstorm late on Saturday afternoon. Saturday early...
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Carl Schurz Park. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Beautiful, sunny day; yesterday in New York.Regular NYSD readers are familiar with our frequent park shots. Our choices have to do with...
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A summery scene. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Summer-like weather, yesterday in New York, with temperatures in the low to mid-80s and the “Real Feel” about ten degrees higher. A tiny...
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Mockingbirds defending their turf against a Red-tailed Hawk on a rooftop of the Upper West Side. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, June 5, 2014. Beautiful, warm, summer-like weather again, yesterday in New...
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The scene at last night's New York Botanical Garden's Conservatory Ball. 11:00 PM. Photo: JH.Friday, June 6, 2014. Rain the night before, sunny all day yesterday. And not very hot, but 72 with cooler...
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"Curtain Call" for Macbeth at the Armory. 10:10 PM, Saturday night. Photo: JH.Monday, June 9, 2014. Another summer-like weekend in New York. Temperatures in the high 70s to mid-80s, cooling down into...
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Looking east from 42nd and 10th Avenue. Photo: JH.Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Sometimes sunny, sometimes cloudy warm day yesterday in New York. The weather was perfect late afternoon when the Four...
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