View Full Version : The meet and more: final part of Swede's NYC pics. 56k:ers need not bother


Swede
December 3rd, 2004, 01:46 AM
It is finally time for teh Swede to show you his last "few" photos from the NYC trip (inc. the meet). Starring Swede, akai & NYC. a Swede/akai production.

What you gonna do, what you gonna do, when they after you...
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People waitin' for da bus, readin' da news, on 42nd st between Times Square and Bryant Park.
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Times Square... by day!
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the bright lights continue on 42nd st
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My bro had a gift for his son made
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Teh Swede holding the NY edition of a Stockholm-based newspaper with a big ad for a Swedish clothing company on the back. (note to self: stage 2 well under way)
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the library
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The Donald's Tower. was the floor actually wet? nah.
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Roosevelt Island Aerial Tramway. Not many tourists know about it, but we knew about it.:)
Akai and the Manhattan on-ramps to the bridge.
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how nice that you chose to focus on the window. thnx cam.
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1st av lookin' south.
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looks like it's way taller in a "standing so far away it's fading out"-kinda way.
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I can't decide. Which is better? with TWT sticking up, or with a cab headin' for Queens?
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RI istelf. Not exactly paradise, nothing at all like the place depicted at the end of Leon (which btw shows the midtown skyline from the Jersey side)
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The upper east side along the river. Or, as my cam whould have it, a rainy window.
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Back on Manhattan. Was a fun, off-the-beaten-track, ride. :)
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Time for...
DA MEET!
Ace showing of his DiMageZ2
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Shoot-out at the WFC at high noon! ok, so it was more like 10am :)
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it's not all gone yet
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spot the forumers! :)
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phxmania2001, savethewtc, Jan & Dennis
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jacksom, LeCom, Ace & Ellatur
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even non-forumers are admiring the buildings :D
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The building in question:
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another one that needs no introduction (and unlike some idis who say that, I'm not gonna say it's name!)
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eh, I've seen bigger ;)
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but those didn't exactly land in the midst of urban areas
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long walk uphill, could be sweaty - if not for the cold and windy weather.
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That's a bit long to put on a sign, no? and it's got 4 abreviations!
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big crowds today
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count the buildings... aaargh, I give up.
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the whole gang: LeCom, Dennis, Ellatur, jacksom, Ace, Jan, phxmania2001 & savethewtc + bonus unknown guy!
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look at all the fine detailing they did on bridges back then.
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feel this shot
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let's not forget DT
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BK!
the Manhattan bridge touching down, seen from where the BK bridge touches down.
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Jan is kinda scary ;)
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the BK bridge touching down, seen from where the Manhattan bridge touches down.
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I can't decide which is better, this;
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or this;
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why didn't we take the subway? oh yeah, we wanna see the view for more than 1 minute.
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all that's missing is some medieval stuff and you'd have every style the West has ever come up with :D
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the B train iirc
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yes, that's DT Manhattan. just not the angles we're all used to.
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is it just me, or do some of the skyscrapers look photoshopped into this pic?
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Lookin' back to Brooklyn.
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The Manhattan Bridge south walkway in all its splendour
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40wall is friggin' glowin' n' shizznit.
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weed growing in a chimney. but it ain't smokin' weed! lost buisness oportunity there, dude.
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that dome kinda sez "mosque" to me. But we're in Chinatown. go figure.
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One last time: Brooklyn
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Midtown!
down one of the countless avenues (pun intended).
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some Dutch guys who also happened to be in town.
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Tha ESB
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great light-settings on my cam, eh :)
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You get one guess. get it wrong = 5000 deducted from your postcount.
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I call it "dark bridging dark"
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haven't they been working on that roof for a long while now?
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that ain't no bus
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that's a bus (and a few forumites)
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the UN bein' all reflective an' stuff
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the start of a new skyline
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That's a nice canyon y'all got going
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the park. you know, the one in tudor city.
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This one is entitled "making more money"
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Wasn't it suposed to be golden :)
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and to think that it's less than 200 years ago that we discovered aluminium.
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pink? there's a pink building?
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citi from citi
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almost done
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a silver spire soaring over a dark canyon
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"enclosed by shadow, reaching for the sun"
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H&M, just like back home at the mall.
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kinda cute
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what's with the weird shadows on the TWC? (thank the gods they dropped the AOL crap)
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just so you know how chilly it was. and that the meet lasted 7ish hours :D
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eh, I just saw that show like 20 min ago. Still waiting for CSI:NY tho, coming to Swedish screens in spring :)
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How planes and skyscrapers should interact, i.e. pose for my cam for a shot that could have been taken in any of a hundred cities :)
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let's have a look at the view from TWC, shall we?
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redlight disctrict? then again, maybe not.
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the proper way to paint your hardware store.
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From the Airtrain
Niuew Amsterdam, Nya Jorvik
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Nueva York, Megacity 1
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Gotham, the Big Apple
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the Greatest City in the World & Capital of Earth:
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New York
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And thus ends the pictures of teh Swede's trip to NYC. Not only was this my first trip outside Europe, it is as far west AND as far south as I've ever been. Oh, and it was the first time I've been to Poland, but that bit wasn't the original plan.

NYaddict
December 3rd, 2004, 11:40 AM
:applause: :applause: :applause: :banana:

Awesome :righton:
Outstanding job!!


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we have the same taste :eat:
what were she thinkin' there,a guy takin' a picture of her ;)

Dennis
December 3rd, 2004, 01:21 PM
Kickass pix! thanx for posting!

AtlanticaC5
December 3rd, 2004, 01:22 PM
Very nice thread! :applause:

Which one is better #1 (IMO) :
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Which one is better #2:
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:)

Soulbrotha
December 3rd, 2004, 01:29 PM
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wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!

lazar22b
December 3rd, 2004, 03:00 PM
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oh no, they're gonna get you! lol. Great pics man.

coth
December 3rd, 2004, 08:37 PM
i see you had excellent trip. very non typical places for photos.

ps. is it younger on group photos is Vitalik (LeCom)?

7 World Trade
December 4th, 2004, 12:51 AM
haha...if you want to make trump world tower look gold, just petition all the residents to pull down their curtains. that'll be close enough...

nice roosevelt tram pics, but boro bridge need a desperate facelift all right.

what? columbus circle's still being fixed? it doesn't take like 2 years to renovate a plaza dood!

Swede
December 4th, 2004, 03:31 PM
@NYaddict - but then, she's standing in a "Vitamin Shoppe - since 1977". You gotta doubt her sanity for that alone. Not that that nescesarily is a bad thing :D

@coth - yepp, the young one is LeCom.

@all - gracias :)

atkinson1
December 7th, 2004, 10:58 AM
That "tour" was amazing. Those are exactly the sorts of things I wanted to see. Thanks. Excellent pics. And wow it must be an honour to actually meet the famous Jan

FerrariEnzo
December 15th, 2004, 01:39 AM
I got Xs.

3tmk
December 15th, 2004, 01:56 AM
^same here

Jay
December 16th, 2004, 01:13 AM
^As did I

Swede
December 17th, 2004, 06:03 PM
^which is because they are hosted right here at SSC, and the gallery has been off-line for some days now.