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Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2013
Sam posted a very good gallery of how bad parking is in New York, and what people are doing about it
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 8:27 PM
Friday, December 21, 2012
"Premium Rush" is a great bike chase movie, and Danny MacAskill shows his skills in it too!
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 9:15 PM
the above is the better trailer if you want the story about the movie, in short, Bike Messenger vs corrupt NY cop, cop chases the best messenger in NYC to try to get the package. Bike messenger pulls off incredible evasive moves, gets chased a couple times, delivers. On time.
Great biking, good movie, terrific reviews all over, Ebert to Rotten Tomatos.
the below is the better trailer for a bit of action
http://www.premiumrush.com/site/#downtown
For the best write up about the movie (ignore all the filler about "The French Connection" and skip down to where the writer nails the biggest idiot to break into the set during filming, some a hole with a diplomats license plate who knows he can get away with anything less than murder, crashed into the film location with his car, and caused the well known and liked actor Joseph Gordon Levitt (JCL) to crash into the back of a taxi, through the back window, and get 31 stitches) check the verbose New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/movies/joseph-gordon-levitt-dodges-traffic-in-premium-rush.html?_r=0
If you are wondering why I mention Danny MacAskill, it's because he is a phenom in trick riding, I've posted videos of his stunts a year ago: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/danny-macaskill-rides-through-over-and.html
Saturday, December 3, 2011
In a New York City post office, a WW2 monument and tribute.. and a postal delivery bike
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 4:37 PM
Found on http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/dirk-skrebers-car-crash-sculptures.html where the painting behind the WW2 monument is discussed, it's an art deco piece titled Manhattan Skyline, painted by artist Louis Lozowick at the height of the art deco movement as a Works Project Administration commission. It's 18 feet tall, and in the Farley post office on 8th Ave.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
New Yorker has had enough of parking tickets... he gets out the buzz saw and cuts it down... in front of NYPD parking enforcement
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 6:05 AMfound on http://wastedwheels.blogspot.com/
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Have you looked at Jim And Chester's Garage Tumblr lately? Wow, it's a lot better! I haven't looked in over a year (been kinda busy you'll probably agree)
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 9:44 PM
Sunday, March 27, 2011
New York to Paris Race of 1908 (The Great Race), the German entry drivers in the top photo
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 1:12 PM
found on http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/02/03/german-racers To learn more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_New_York_to_Paris_Race
above image found on http://www.hagopgaragem.com/
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A museum exhibit you won't want to miss if you're in New York! Museum of the City of New York "Cars, Culture, and the City" symbiotic influencing
0 comments Posted by Unknown at 9:21 PMhttp://www.mcny.org/ is the website to get more info on the other events they have
This exhibit explores how New York City played a pivotal role in creating American car culture, and how the car has helped, in turn, to shape modern New York.
The exhibition features visionary drawings and models; historic photographs, films and advertisements; and a wealth of car memorabilia to tell this fascinating, largely unknown, story.
The exhibition is on view from March 25 to August 8th 2010 and is augmented by some exciting public programs:
Cars, Culture and the City: Gallery Tour - Saturday, March 27th, 1 PM
Speedy: Silent Film Screening - Saturday, April 3rd, 2 PM
Cars, Culture and the City: Educator Open House - Wednesday, April 14th, 4:30 PM
The Car of the Future: Family Workshop - Saturday, April 17th, 2 PM
Speed and Glamour: Early Automobiles and NYC - Tuesday, April 20th, 6:30 PM
Traffic Tower , 5th Ave. and 42nd St. , Looking North, New York City , c. 1920 Postcard Museum of the City of New York , Gift of Dale E. Jenkins
Model of a Traffic Tower for Fifth Avenue , designed by Joseph H. Freedlander, c. 1922 Photograph by Ali Elai Museum of the City of New York
Untitled [Brooklyn Battery Tunnel looking South], c. 1950 Photograph by Andreas Feininger Museum of the City of New York , Gift of the Photographer
Chrysler Building showroom, 1936 Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho Museum of the City of New York , Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Crow Motor Sales Co., 1918 Museum of the City of New York , Byron Collection
Crow-Elkhart Motor Company, 1920Museum of the City of New York , Byron Collection
Warren Nash Motor Company showroom, Broadway and 58th Street , 1925Museum of the City of New York , Byron Collection
Packard Dealership, designed by Albert Kahn, Broadway and Sherman , Manhattan ,Courtesy Albert Kahn Associates Inc.
Packard Dealership, rendering, designed by Albert Kahn, 11th Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets, circa 1928Courtesy Albert Kahn Associates Inc.
Ford New York Service building, designed by Albert Kahn, 1788-22 Broadway, circa 1917Courtesy Albert Kahn Associates Inc.
South and DePeyster Streets (near Wall Street), 1935-39Photograph by Berenice Abbott
Museum of the City of New York
Columbus Circle with General Motors Building, 1908-09Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho
Museum of the City of New York , Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Park Avenue and 51st Street , 1921Museum of the City of New York , Byron Collection
Exterior, Ford Pavillion, 1939/40 New York World's FairPhotograph by Samuel H. GottschoMuseum of the City of New York , Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Grand Central Terminal, 1944Museum of the City of New York , Gift of the Department of Local Government, Public Record Office of South Australia
(now this blows my mind.. .. what a layout, I'd be too distracted by the enormous stately building to make the turn!)
Exterior, GM Building, 1939/40 New York World's FairPhotograph by Samuel H. Gottscho
Museum of the City of New York , Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
National Automobile Show program, 1935Courtesy Automobile Reference Collection, Free Library Philadelphia
Experimental cars displayed at the General Motors pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s FairCourtesy Automobile Reference Collection, Free Library Philadelphia
Experimental car displayed at the General Motors Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s FairCourtesy Queens Museum of Art
US Royal Tires Ferris Wheel at the 1964 New York World’s FairCourtesy Queens Museum of Art
UW “The up-way,” designed by Rafael Viñoly, 2009Courtesy Rafael Viñoly Architects
Reproduction of images is permitted for the sole purpose of editorial publicity for Cars, Culture, and the City, an exhibition on view at the Museum of the City of New York from March 25 through August 8, 2010. http://www.mcny.org/
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.
New York, NY 10029
212.534.1672 Phone212.423.0758 Faxinfo@mcny.org E-mail
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Closed Mondays (except holiday Mondays)
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.
New York, NY 10029
212.534.1672 Phone212.423.0758 Faxinfo@mcny.org E-mail
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Closed Mondays (except holiday Mondays)
Suggested Admission (as of April 15, 2009)
Adults: $10
Seniors, students: $6
Families: $20 (max. 2 adults)
Children 12 and under: free
Members: free
I'm a Neighbor
If you live or work in East Harlem above 103rd Street, visit the Museum free of charge. Mention “I’m a neighbor,” and the suggested admission charge will be waived.
Directions
By bus:
M1, M3, M4 or M106 to 104th Street, M2 to 101st Street.
By subway:
#6 Lexington Avenue train to 103rd Street, walk three blocks west, or #2 or #3 train to Central Park North (110th Street), walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 103rd Street.
Ramp access is available at the 104th Street entrance.
By bus:
M1, M3, M4 or M106 to 104th Street, M2 to 101st Street.
By subway:
#6 Lexington Avenue train to 103rd Street, walk three blocks west, or #2 or #3 train to Central Park North (110th Street), walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 103rd Street.
Ramp access is available at the 104th Street entrance.
Nearby Public Parking Garages
105th and Madison Avenue
97th Street and Third Avenue
95th Street and Third Avenue
95th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues
88th Street between Park and Madison Avenues
89th Street between Park and Madison Avenues
90th Street between Park and Madison Avenues
94th Street between Park and Madison Avenues
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