Steelers vs Jets

Here is my set of photos from today’s game at Acrisure Stadium. 

Oculus World Trade Center Station

I enjoyed my last trip to NYC back in 2019.  MJ and I explored Manhattan, per our normal process.  This was the first time we explored the Oculus building.  This unique building is a terminal station on the PATH subway system.  It also has an underground mall within it.  I loved the architecture of this building.   

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Steelers at Bills

I had a great little road trip to Buffalo last weekend.  I drove up Sunday afternoon and arrived in time to photograph the Sunday Night Football game.  Afterwards, I crashed at a hotel and then drove back first thing Monday morning.  I was up and back in less than 24 hours. 

 

It was a cold, but not freezing night, with some light flurries in the first half of the game.  The Steelers didn’t play well, and the Bills took advantage of that to capture the win.  If we’re all honest about it, the Bills are a very good, maybe great, team.  Here is a small sample of the 5,000+ that I took before, during and after the game. 

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S - Dean Marlowe

S - Dean Marlowe

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Best camera cases on the market —> Nanuk Cases

I’m wearing multiple layers to stay warm….

I’m wearing multiple layers to stay warm….

Vessel and Empire State Building

During our last trip to NYC (last fall), MJ and I visited the Vessel and the High Line.  While we walked the High Line, I captured this photo of the Vessel with the Empire State Building in the background.  It was interesting to see it from a distance after being inside it a few minutes before hand.  There was also this weird reflection of the sun off the building behind it that caused an odd bright contrasting space towards the top of the Vessel.

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High Line

If you ever get to NYC, check out the Highline.  They took an elevated train track that runs for a few miles through Manhattan and converted it into an elevated city park called the Highline.  This is one of the Highline green spaces with a pretty cool building next to it.  Not exactly what you’d expect in Manhattan.

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Grace

I love traveling everywhere, but there is something special about Manhattan.  I took this photo in August during our last trip to NYC.  This is in midtown Manhattan on West 42nd Street.  MJ and I were just walking by and I happened to look up….this was the result.

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New York Times

We had a great trip to NYC in August.  MJ and I explored parts of the city we’ve missed in past visits.  But one of our routine stops is always Gray Papaya Hot Dogs.  Close to the mid-town location is the New York Times building.  I’ve never really paid much attention to it in the past.  It’s simple, clean, beautiful!!

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Looking Up

I don’t know about you, but my life has been very busy over the last couple of years.  And know it has gotten worse lately, for the obvious reasons.  I love photography and sharing my photos/thoughts with you on this blog.  But it can be tough at times to keep this updated.  With that said, here is a photo for you and a very short narrative.

This is another photo from the Vessel in the Hudson Yards area of Manhattan.  This is from the inside looking up.   

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Vessel TKA

As you may already know, due to MJ’s FB post, we’ve been in NYC the last couple of days.  This was one of our first stops upon arriving in the Manhattan.  We explored this cool structure that is part art and part observation deck in the newly redeveloped Hudson Yards. 

 

A few facts about this structure:  It rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs in a honeycomb pattern.  There are 2,500 steps and 80 landings for visitors to climb.  The final cost was near $200 million to build and is currently going by the title of Vessel TKA.  TKA stands for Temporarily Known As because they don’t have a permanent name for it yet.  The owners have a website dedicated to the public helping with the final name.  The Vessel opened in March 2019.

 

As you can probably guess, I took a ton of photos from all angles….inside, outside, down low, up high, etc… 

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