Manhattan Rooftop Bar View (5th Avenue) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 99)
Views of 5th Avenue and surrounding buildings from Salon de Ning, the Manhattan rooftop bar above The Peninsula Hotel (at 55th Street). When I first dreamed of moving to New York City (at age…
Crosstown Train Through Mitte (Extended Bonus Clip for In A Berlin Minute – Week 48)
This bonus clip for Crosstown Train – In A Berlin Minute (Week 48) shows you the entire round trip on the S-Bahn (elevated train) through the center of Berlin – both directions from both…
Manhattan Skyline Time Lapse – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 101)
A day in the life of the Manhattan skyline as seen from a window in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Time lapse of an unexpectedly cloudless April 4th. Thank you to Meghan Scibona (SMXL) for…
Manhattan Bridge View – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 97)
The view from the subway crossing the Manhattan Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline is one of my favorite views of the city. From my earliest days…
Flushing Meadows World’s Fair (Queens) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 90)
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens hosted the World Fair in 1939/40 and 1964/65 and still features several iconic and slightly extraterrestrial seeming structures left from those fairs. Among the structures at the Flushing…
Holocaust Memorial – In A Berlin Minute (Week 22)
The official name of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is “Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas” (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe). The Holocaust Memorial was designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold and officially inaugurated…
Berlin Churches of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution / Kirchen der Friedlichen Revolution – In A Berlin Minute (Week 126)
In days like these, when there are so many uprisings that are answered by violence, I thought it would be a good idea to focus on a positive aspect in German history: The…
Bohemian Rixdorf (Böhmisch-Rixdorf) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 152)
Dorf Rixdorf (village Rixdorf) or Böhmisch Rixdorf (Bohemian Rixdorf) is a little Berlin neighborhood, which is now part or Neukölln. Originally it was founded in 1737 by Protestant refugees from Bohemia. The main…
