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The Renaissance palazzo built in 1914-1918 for Wall Street financier Otto Kahn, on the northeast side of East 91st Street and Fifth Avenue. To the right, next door, is the James Burden mansion and the John Hammond mansion, both built at the turn of the century. 2:30 PM. Photo: JH.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Mansions on the hill
July 30, 2010. Hot and humid in New York yesterday with a torrential downpour in the middle of the afternoon and eventual cooling off (slightly) by nightfall.
JH was over on the Upper East Side in the high 80s and low 90s on Fifth Avenue yesterday afternoon, and took these shots of what was once a veritable millionaires’ row of mansions. The Andrew......
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
The busiest day of the week
July 29, 2010. Very warm, yesterday in New York with the heat noticeably bearing down on us by mid-afternoon. President Obama was also in town tying up traffic on the busiest day of the week. The President was here to...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Nostalgia and back to reality
July 28, 2010. A warm summer day, yesterday in New York; sunny but not too humid followed by a warm but beautiful evening in the city.
Nostalgia and back to reality. Forty-five years ago, July 1965...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
A bright, sunny birthday
July 27, 2010. Yesterday, my birthday, was a bright and sunny warm summer day in New York. Blue skies, an occasional breeze, and lovely. My idea of celebrating my birthday is to take the day off and, if I feel like it,...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Aquarius Moon
July 26, 2010. Another oppressively hot weekend in New York and environs with much wished for relief late yesterday afternoon in the form of a cooling, steady rainstorm from the north taking the temperatures down to the...
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Summer voyage
July 23, 2010. Very warm but lower humidity; and so a pleasant day, yesterday in New York. However, the weather is forecasting temperatures over 100 degrees by the weekend, with high humidity.
So let...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hot and cold
July 22, 2010. More heat. You can find yourself thinking it’s going to stay like this.
The news of the World (I know you’ve heard it). Yesterday evening they let his lordship Conrad Black out of the...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Oases
July 21, 2010. Another hot, overcast summer day, yesterday in New York. New Yorkers have grown used to it.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Very warm days
July 20, 2010. Very warm days in New York. Yesterday’s came with a forecast (promise) from the weatherman for some rain...
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Monday, July 19, 2010
New York Heat
July 19, 2010. New York Heat. The only word for it. Humidity too, but Heat. Like a radiator full blast. We’ve had a lot...
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Warm summer days
July 16, 2010. A beautiful, warm summer day in New York.
Recognize this guy? This photograph was taken...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Hot days, quiet nights
July 15, 2010. A hot day in New York with city’s streets washed by a very early morning torrential shower and a steady,...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Until we meet again ...
July 14, 2010. It rained yesterday in New York. Coming down in torrents in the late morning just like the weatherman predicted....
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Quiet time in the big town right now
Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Yesterday was hot and sunny in New York but not humid; a beautiful day.
It’s...
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Monday, July 12, 2010
No Leopard for Ava
July 12, 2010. A beautiful weekend in New York; hot and sunny but not much humidity. Beautiful storm clouds swarming round...
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