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New York’s Timelessness

Posted by admin on September 9, 2009

I experienced so many different things during my short vacation in NYC that deciding where to start my series of blogs on it was a task in itself.  I somewhat regret not having blogged during the trip.  However, that, too, would’ve been an impossible task.  The organizer inside kept telling me that I needed to just inhale it all at once, then structure my blog later on.  Smart thinking!  But it literally took days to review all the pictures, recall where certain photos were taken, and decide how they fit into each other.  It was a lot of fun to reminisce but on with it…

When you think of New York, you instantly think of skyscrapers like the Empire State, Rockefeller, and former Twin Towers.  I love standing at street level, throwing my head as far back as it could go and still not be able to see the very top of some of these buildings.  These are all wonders in themselves but what really stole my attention were all the architectural details sprinkled all over the city.

Ornate details decorated doors and windows.  Sculptures flanked doorways to invoke the grandest of entrances.  All the details seemed to want to say, someone important inhabits this space.  Classical details scattered throughout provided a balance for the modern sky-high buildings.

Walking the streets of NYC felt whimsical.  Perhaps because the New York image is so international, bracing magazines, television, advertisements, movies, and music, it felt familiar yet I wanted to explore every corner for surprises.  I felt like a kid.  Perhaps there’s something to be said about the effects of advertising.  But we’ll leave that for another type of blog.

I am in love with brownstone and bricks.  It made the streets of New York feel warm and inviting.  Vancouver needs to replace some of its grey concrete with brownstone if only for a bit of interest.

Although it was exhausting, I loved walking around the city.  I have never felt so insignificant and it was humbling to say the least.

There’s much more to talk about so stay tuned.