Wednesday, October 4, 2017

East River Views / Vistas del Rio Este

La versión español está después de la versión inglés.

TODAY SOME PHOTOS, mostly of Lower Manhattan from my vantage point(s) at the south end of Brooklyn Bridge Park on a beautiful day in September. I walked from our hotel through Brooklyn Heights. The views were spectacular. The Statue of Liberty was visible in New York Harbor, as was Ellis Island, where all four of my grandparents made their entrance into the United States. My sense is they were no more welcome than many current immigrants, but at least they were permitted to enter. They didn't immediately assimilate. Like most immigrants, they felt safer among people like them who spoke the languages they spoke and understood their culture. But they became citizens and their children were fully "Americans" — well, except for the fact that no one owned a gun.

HOY ALGUNAS FOTOS, en su mayoría de Bajo Manhattan desde mi punto de vista(s) en el extremo sur del East River (Rio Este) y el Parque de Puente de Brooklyn en un hermoso día de septiembre. Caminé desde nuestro hotel por el barrio de Brooklyn Heights. Las vistas eran espectaculares. La Estatua de la Libertad era visible en el Puerto de Nueva York, al igual que la Isla Ellis, donde los cuatro de mis abuelos hicieron su entrada en los Estados Unidos. Mi sensación es que no eran más bienvenidos que muchos inmigrantes actuales, pero al menos se les permitió entrar. No se asimilaron inmediatamente. Como los mayoría de los inmigrantes, se sentían más seguros entre personas como ellos que hablaban las idiomas que hablaban y entendían su cultura. Pero, como los mayoría de los inmigrantes, se convirtieron en ciudadanos y sus hijos eran totalmente estadounidenses ... bueno, excepto por el hecho de que nadie poseía un arma.

EL BARRIO DE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.


The stacked, 57-story building, center in the photo below, nicknamed the Jenga Building, reminds me of a closet stacked with shoe boxes in our friend Elena's mother's house. However, unlike Elena's mother's house, prices here start at $3.5 million and soar to $50 million. How do you spell ridiculous?
El edificio de 57 pisos, apilado en la foto de abajo, apodado el Edificio Jenga, me recuerda a un armario apilado con cajas de zapatos en la casa de la madre de nuestra amiga Elena. Sin embargo, a diferencia de la casa de la madre de Elena, ¡los precios aquí comienzan en $3,5 millones y se elevan a $50 millones. ¿Cómo se escribe ridículo?
56 LEONARD STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS TRIBECA.
56 LEONARD STREET EN EL BARRIO QUE SE LLAMA TRIBECA.

SEAPORT VILLAGE.
THE FERRY TERMINALS AND THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY.
LOS TERMINALES DE FERRY Y LA FERRY DE STATEN ISLAND.

ELLIS ISLAND.
ISLA ELLIS.

21 comments:

  1. "I walked from our hotel through Brooklyn Heights" - did you see patty duke in brooklyn heights? "cause patty's only seen the sites a girl can see from brooklyn heights"

    THE FERRY TERMINALS AND THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY - you didn't happen to see barbra singing "hey mr. arnstein, here I am!" there, did you?

    and I guess I am not an american cause I don't own a gun (or several).

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    1. anne mari:
      I walked by the "Lane" house on Remsen Stree and I sang the entire theme song in my head! Didn't see Barbra on a ferry, but I'm pretty sure she was on the tugboat in the Ellis Island shot.

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  2. Looks like a gorgeous day for a stroll, and some beautiful sights!

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    1. Bob:
      It was a perfect day. Had I been out earlier, the sun would have been in a better spot for photos. Maybe next time.

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  3. I need to spend more time in New York. A really neat city.

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    1. Travel:
      It is amazing. And I'm always finally happy to escape.

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    1. Debra:
      Thanks not the right time of day, but still OK. Should have pushed myself out of bed!

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  5. Wow it really does look like jenga

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    1. Adam:
      I love that building, Too bad the prices are over the top.

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  6. Laughed at your parting thought on what makes a good American citizen.

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    1. Kirk:
      I couldn't help myself. The same people who believe space aliens are buried in Arizona, don't welcome aliens from other countries, but stand firm on their inalienable right to own automatic weapons.

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  7. What an amazing and incredible place NYC is!!

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    1. Jim:
      It truly is. To think that all you see in those shots is one tiny part of the city.

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  8. I am always amazed / dumbfounded even ! When I see such a conglomeration of buildings all so tightly packed together, OH NO
    it is not for me I like to have plenty of green fields around me.

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    1. Heron:
      I love it when I get there and, after a few days, I can't wait to leave. I like city life but our city of 70,000 with a bigger city nearby is enough for me.

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  9. Great shots! Makes me want to go back.

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    1. Walt the Fourth:
      Me, too. And then I'd want escape again.

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