Especially without knowing the setting, this is an amazingly surreal image. Lady Liberty counting her cash could be a metaphor for all sorts of things. Superb!
On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Times Square was cleaned up in the late '80s, in terms of eliminating the > criminal element. Bloomberg turned it into a nice car-free plaza, and it > became a tourist attraction. It ultimately became too much of an attraction, > complete with bizarre sideshows. (The bare breasts are the least of the > problem.) Now De Blasio is confronted with an out of control situation. > Typically, he doesn't know what to do, and is fixated on the wrong thing -- > the breasts. He will undoubtedly make a mess of it. > > Paul via phone > >> On Aug 23, 2015, at 8:44 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When I lived in Jersey thru the mid 60's, NYC was the place to go and see >> great legit entertainment - first run movies, theatre etc. I always tried to >> avoid Time Square - it was a seedy place then and it appears to have gotten >> much seedier. >> >> Because of my size I always seemed to become a mark for the smaller males >> trying to impress friends by confronting me and trying to get me into a >> fight - of course if I ever beat the **** out of one of these guys, I was >> the one at fault cause I was picking on the littler man. Happened more often >> than I cared for. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: PESO: Liberty and Magic >> >> >>> In late 1950's and early 60's - of course I loved it - I was in the >>> theatre..and then it was a magical placeto me.. >>> But later it became downright terrifying... 70's and 80's.. >>> >>> Now it is just annoying: - another over-crowded, noisy, glitzy place to >>> avoid. Not at all an "intellectual" thing for me... it has returned to being >>> scary, too... in some ways. >>> >>> Personally, I rather like Las Vegas - but the real townand area, not so >>> much "the Strip" which is not Las Vegas at all, techinically >>> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 8/23/2015 4:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> I worked in Manhattan for 11 years, and I walked through Times Square at >>>> every opportunity. I relished being in the shadow of 1 Times Square, where >>>> the greatest American newspaper once held forth. Cowboys, naked ladies, >>>> Mickey Mouse. It's still Times Square, and it's still special. (Although I >>>> realize for today's New Yorker it's intellectually compulsory to mock it.) >>>> Paul via phone >>>> >>>>>> On Aug 23, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:27 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I think that "she" is a "he" btw >>>>> Thanks, Ann. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, I believe that the "actor" is male, but the character is female. >>>>> >>>>> Times Square is mostly populated by foreign tourists, there days. Most >>>>> of the costumed characters are from children's books and movies, since >>>>> it is easier to get money from the adults when their children want >>>>> their picture taken with Mickey or Minnie or Sponge Bob Squarepants. >>>>> >>>>> I couldn't really avoid Times Square, because we were boint to the >>>>> Marquis Theater to see Penn and Teller. >>>>> >>>>> They didn't have the topless painted ladies there yet. That is a very >>>>> recent development, although the Naked Cowboy has been around for a >>>>> while. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
