I used to love driving out to JFK International Airport to watch the planes take off and land. Back in the days before hijackings and terrorist attacks there were even observation decks where visitors could get up close to the action. Today, about the closest you can get to a plane without actually flying somewhere is the AirTrain which loops around JFK's terminals.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

Billboard on Houston St., near Avenue D, from a moving bus...
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Most NYC apartments have no outdoor space and all too often the outdoor space that exists is wasted as storage.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

The trashy side of Stuyvesant Town. What do you do with trash from over 11,000 apartments on a holiday when there is no trash pickup? Dump it on the sidewalks!
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

3-for-1. The first photo below was taken yesterday while cat-sitting for a friend. The low-rise art deco building in the foreground is Amalgamated Dwellings, built around 1930. About 6 hours after this photo was taken, a fire gutted two apartments in the rear. Luckily, nobody was injured and the building suffered no major damage (other than the two gutted apartments). The 2nd photo shows boarded windows after the fire. The 3rd photo shows some of New York's Bravest investigating on the roof this afternoon.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

Subway entrance at 23rd St. & 6th Ave. Using those MetroCard (fare card) machines will soon be sucking more money out of my bank accunt. Fares are going up again.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

I was on a bus heading across 14th Street, trying to snap a photo without trees getting in the way. I suddenly realized how many there were on that block. I spent the rest of the ride home looking down every cross street, and there were trees lining every single street. I guess I never consciously realized how many trees there are in Manhattan. This is 14h Street near 2nd Ave.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

It may not be Saks Fifth Avenue, but, Frank's Bike Shop (a local Lower East Side business) puts on a wonderful Christmas display in their windows every year. This photo really doesn't do the display justice. But, while the photo itself may be unremarkable, it's special to me. It's my first done completely on a Mac (although I must admit that part of the workflow was done in a virtual Windows machine running on the Mac).
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

From this time last year, in the East Village (taken thru a bus window)
Camera: Sony DSC-H5

Reflections in midtown Manhattan
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

Winter wonderland on the Lower East Side
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a little snippet of St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

47th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues in Manhattan is known as the "diamond center"
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

Radio City Music Hall 'tween the giant Christmas ornaments in front of the Exxon Building
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

21 Club on E 52nd Street, decorated for the holidays.
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

The Big Apple's biggest Apple Store opened yesterday at W 14th St & 9th Ave. I stopped in today and almost bought my first Mac.
Camera: Canon Rebel XT

What a difference a day makes. Well, really 2 days. The first photo is from today. The 2nd one is from just 2 days ago.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3

World AIDS Day. According to Wikipedia, "World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection." Volunteers at City Hall Park spent the day reading the names of 100,000 people who died of AIDS. But, nobody seemed to be listening.
Camera: Sony DSC-H5