In 1902, when the Flatiron Building was constructed, it was one of the tallest skyscrapers in NYC. How things have changed! Click here to see what it looked like back then.

NYC has totally revamped it’s bike lanes in the last couple of years. It was difficult to adjust to the new system, as the bikers are now right next to the curb, making it impossible to stand in the street and hail a taxi. I’m glad Bloomberg did it, because it’s good for the environment, but make sure to look out!

This mail carrier was looking lovely out among the spring tulips. Now hurry up, I’m expecting an important package!

This guy’s about to tell the Chamber of Commerce what time it is! Actually, he’s on his way to happy hour at the local pub.

Did you know that the only pose that U.S. soldiers are allowed to do in uniform is a salute? It makes perfect sense and we were honored to have this brave young hero pose for us.

Trinity Church first opened it’s doors in 1698, making it one of the oldest churches in NYC. Most of the original structure burned down in 1776 when the British reclaimed lower Manhattan from the Continental Army. It was rebuilt in 1788, but that second structure became so weak from multiple seasons of heavy snowfall, that it was torn down in 1839. Finally, in 1846, Trinity Church, as it exists today, opened its doors.

The odds of winning the NY Lottery are 1:175,711,536. I guess there’s always a chance!

If only it was that easy to get the markets to rally! The famous Charging Bull, made by artist Arturo Di Modica, has become a Wall St icon. It actually has a surprising history:

“Di Modica spent some US$ 360,000 to create, cast, and install the sculpture following the 1987 stock market crash as a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people.” The sculpture was the artist’s idea, not the city’s. In an act of ”guerrilla art”, he trucked it to Lower Manhattan and on December 15, 1989, installed it beneath a 60-foot Christmas tree in the middle of Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange as a Christmas gift to the people of New York. That day, crowds came to look at the bull, with hundreds stopping to admire and analyze the gift as Di Modica handed out copies of a flier about his artwork.

The police seized the sculpture and placed it into an impound lot. The ensuing public outcry led the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to install it two blocks south of the Exchange in the plaza at Bowling Green. It faces up Broadway.”

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Joe, the mandola player, is a unique fixture on the Upper West Side. He’s also got a band called the String Messengers.

If you’ve got kids in NYC, then the Planetarium is a great place for a family outing. Here we have a security guard and a mother, who was visiting with her boys.

This Aussie has great balancing skills! Probably from all that surfing at Bondi! Get pitted!

 

Ian Charles Scott is a “magic-realist” painter who hails from Wick, Scotland. He’s very talented; you can check out his work here. We found him bending reality on the Highline.

This Aussie tourist was checking out the newly opened Highline. I remember seeing plans for this park which is on the obsolete Chelsea train tracks at a museum over a decade ago. It’s a really nice space and I’m glad they finally were able to make it a reality.

We ran into cultural critic and poet, Wayne Koestenbaum, outside the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea. As he is an expert of humiliation, he didn’t mind posing for us. From his new book on the topic: “Humiliation is a kiln through which the human soul passes, and where it receives burnishing, glazing, and consolidating. Humiliation cooks the spirit to a fine finish.”

It’s the return of Hollywood, our scantily clad bodybuilder from Coney Island! Turns out his day job is a security guard in the Financial District.

Business Update: The market’s in the red today, but it’s looking up.

This retired nurse was on the way to the dentist to pick up her dentures. She was a little embarrassed posing without her teeth.

Just another day at the Port Authority.

This poser was way more cheerful than the headlines.

It’s always Fashion Week in Bryant Park!