Many folks decide to skip the trip to NYC when the forecast calls for rain. I happen to love going in on rainy days. The wetness brings out the deeper colors and the reflections of light do wonderful things. It’s especially nice in the warmer months, when you don’t have to keep your chin down, braced against the cold. Late Saturday afternoon I wound up my trip with a quick spin through Times Square and Bryant Park.
Heading up Broadway to 41st St., I’m eager to see how the rain changes people. Some rush by oblivious to it, others hunker down under umbrellas, but in Times Square folks are always determined to still have a good time. Hey, it’s NYC!
I absolutely love this shot. No doubt she’s a native…I wonder where she was headed.
Determined to have a good time – I love it. I want a clear umbrella, too!
This is what I mean about the water bringing out the deeper colors. Maybe I’m crazy, but even the filth has a charm to it…because it’s New York City.
Taking a break on Broadway, at W. 42nd St., Times Square.
The show must go on.
Even the flowers here are a clash of color!
4 Times Square (1999), rises up over the ever-watching eyes. After the broadcast equipment atop the World Trade Center’s towers was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001, the main transmitters for radio stations WKTU, WNYC-FM, and WPAT-FM and the backup transmitter for WSKQ-FM were transferred to 4 Times Square. The mast is 416′ and also broadcasts TV station WJLP.
Business is good on Broadway at W. 42nd St., Times Square.
An air traffic controller has nothing on this guy.
Chicago, 7th Ave at W. 43rd St., Times Square
As the sky darkens, the buildings begin to glow. Times Square is so bright, it’s one of the few places on earth that astronauts can pinpoint from outer space.
Time to head back to Bryant Park to meet my companion. I always have to stop and snap the Bank of China (2016), at 1045 Sixth Ave. It’s a beautiful building, and makes me think of a spaceship.
Everything is much more textured in the rain. And in a city built largely of stone, that’s a beautiful thing.
At the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, Bryant Park. Dedicated in 1912, the fountain commemorates social worker Josephine Shaw Lowell, who founded the Charity Organization Society. According to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Shaw was the first female member of the New York State Board of Charities; the fountain marks the “first woman to be honored by a major monument” in the city.
One Vanderbilt (2020) lost in the clouds today. I’d like to go up there in weather like this and just be enveloped by the clouds.
On the left is the 60 storied Salmon Tower II (1931), 500 5th Ave. Foreground is the New York Public Library (1911), 476 Fifth Ave.
You can feel how happy the plants are for the rain. I am, too. It casts a blanket of quietude and reflection over my walk.
As the rain continues to patter down, it’s time for a slow walk back to Grand Central.
Sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-times-square-2017-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Times_Square
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2 responses to “Rainy City – Times Square”
That looks like such a fun journey, as you truly get to see another side of the city in the rain. I wonder if you could smell the rain with all the other smells around.
Well, I think the rain brings out the scent of whatever it is that it falls on. But maybe the city is different from the country…
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