Times Square and the Waterford Times Square Ball
January 7, 2016
A New Years’ visit to New York and a chance to see the iconic crystal ball, both up-close and as it drops to mark the beginning of another year.
A New Years’ visit to New York and a chance to see the iconic crystal ball, both up-close and as it drops to mark the beginning of another year.
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
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This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
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