Icicles and Street Signs

Another blast of winter with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain hit the northeast today. The storm leaves behind slushy mess on city streets, pretty snow on tree branches and icicles.

Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge is one of the major crossings of the East River. It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The bridge is a five span cantilever truss, and is the only one of the four great East River Bridges that is not a suspension bridge.

Super Bowl Boulevard

Super Bowl fans flock to Super Bowl Boulevard, an interactive, football-themed experience taking place January 29 through February 1, noon–10pm, on Broadway between 34th and 47th Streets. Engineered by GMC, the experience includes a toboggan run, autograph sessions, concerts and the Lombardi Trophy.

Iconic Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides in Central Park

Horse-drawn carriage rides have become a big part of the Central Park experience for many tourists. Although the industry is monitored by the ASPCA, Health Department, Mounted Police division of the NYPD, Department of Consumer Affairs and the Parks Department, newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks the horse-drawn carriages should be banned and replaced with antique-style electric cars. 

The Mertz Library at the New York Botanical Garden

This is the New York Botanical Garden's Mertz Library, one of the world's largest and most important botanical and horticultural research libraries. It boasts accessioned items (books, journals, original art and illustration, seed and nursery catalogs, architectural plans of glass houses, scientific reprints, and photographs). The Library serves as both a research and a public library and as both a scholarly resource and a general plant information service. It offers a wide array of reference resources, print and electronic, and the help of an informed staff to anyone visiting the Library through the Internet or in person. (from the New York Botanical Garden website)

Grand Central Terminal and Chrysler Building Crown

This is the view from 43rd Street just west of Grand Central terminal. The windows panes of the terminal were lit up into individual “pixels” of colorful lights. Above the terminal is one of the most recognizable structures in Manhattan, the art deco terraced crown of the Chrysler Building.