April Showers

A rainy evening in Times Square, 72nd Street subway station, and on 7th Avenue in midtown Manhattan.

One Rainy Night In Manhattan's Little Italy

This is Little Italy on a rainy night, with its new welcome sign and reflected colored lights from rain-drenched streets. Once known for its large Italian population, this neighborhood today consists of Italian stores and restaurants.

Rain, Outside and Inside - "Rain Room" Art Installation at the Museum of Modern Art

One of the most popular exhibition this spring is the Museum of Modern Art's "Rain Room." The line outside the exhibit hall has always been long since the art installation opened, and visitors wait for hours even in the rain to get in. The British design studio, Random International built  Rain Room last year. It is part of the MoMA PS1 exhibition EXPO 1: New York, and is being exhibited in the lot directly adjacent to The Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan. The installation is basically a field of falling water like rain that pauses wherever a human body is detected by three-dimensional cameras that feed information to the controls in real time. The rain room has a high ceiling, nearly 1,000 square feet, equipped with nozzles that pour down artificial rain. The interactive installation allows visitors to experience controlling the rain. Rain Room is open daily during regular Museum hours. The entrance to Rain Room is on West 54 Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Same-day MoMA admission, EXPO 1admission, or a MoMA membership card is required for entry. AnEXPO 1 admission ticket may be applied toward the price of a Museum admission ticket or MoMA Membership through July 28. MoMA members and their guests enjoy priority access to Rain Room at all times, as well as an exclusive early member viewing hour, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. daily throughout the run of the installation. 

When it rains...

Here are some sights in midtown Manhattan this rainy weekend. The images were captured on Sixth Avenue, Times Square and Third Avenue.

Central Park South

Central Park South is the section of 59th Street that forms the southern border of Central Park in Manhattan. It runs from Columbus Circle on the west to the Grand Army Plaza at Fifth Avenue on the east. Central Park South is home to the Plaza Hotel, the Ritz-Carlton in Central Park, the Park Lane, and JW Marriott Essex House, as well as some of the most expensive apartments in the city. The image above was made on a rainy Monday evening, October 15, 2012.

Times Square After The Rain

Reflections of lights and colors on the wet ground and red TKTS stairs after the rain in Times Square.

April Showers, April Flowers

Today is another rainy and windy day in the city. To date, New York City has seen 7 out of 15 days with at least .01 inches of rain. Most notably is the recent event that took place on April 12-13 where the city got 1.47 inches of rain within a 24 hour period. April is known to have cloudy and rainy conditions. These photographs were made earlier this afternoon in Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Union Square.