JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — The Big Apple
Alexandria, Va., recently traveled to New York City with his wife, Joanne Plager Burke Olson. Here are some of the sights they saw.
Unheralded
Unheralded
DAVE VORLAND: It Occurs To Me — The Algonquin
I took the above picture last spring of the Algonquin Hotel on 44th Street in New York City. These days, its rooms start at $371 a night. Dorette and I had a drink there but stayed at another hotel she found that offered a better deal. I have many positive memories of the Algonquin, especially of it back in the …
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — 9/11 Memorial, Museum And Freedom Tower
Photographer Russ Hons recently was in New York City, where he had a chance to visit the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed 2,977 victims, and the World Trade Center bombing of 1993 in which six were killed. One World Trade Center (also known as the Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in …
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — April Snapshots
Here are some nice shots from Dave Vorland, taken this past month in the Twin Cities and New York City.
LORI NITSCHKE: The Rural Urbanite — Cold Enough For Ya? How Northeast And Upper Midwest Blizzards Differ
Few things point out the differences between Northeasterners (below Rhode Island) and Upper Midwesterners (above Iowa and Nebraska) more than the winter storm, such as the #snowzilla or #jonasblizzard that has just occurred. For those of us who live in one but grew up in the other, the differences can be perplexing. In general, the conclusion is that the Northeast …
LORI NITSCHKE: The Rural Urbanite —Three Reasons I Love Both New York City And North Dakota
I live in New York City, and have for 10 years. I lived in North Dakota, my home state, for 25. To me, these are mundane facts. But given the stunned reaction when I tell North Dakotans that I now live in NYC or when I tell New Yorkers that I am from N.D., most of you find me just slightly less …
JEFF OLSON: Memorial Day In New York City
A few scenes on Memorial Day from New York City.