Stacy Horn

I turned around and photographed whatshisface’s buildings while everyone else was watching the U.S. Air plane float by.  The buildings don’t look so bad in this photograph, but I really don’t care for them.  They are so nothing.  Unlike the Empire State Building in the distance.  And after that, yet another store closes and a comparatively characterless store takes its place.

Sigh.

I just remembered to note inauguration day on my calendar so I don’t make any other plans. I’m going to be glued to my tv.  Wow, your eye just naturally does to those sperm fishy things on the right, doesn’t it?  They’re very cute.  It’s like they’re swimming with interest and concern towards Obama.

I took a bunch of shots.  This is from a pier near Perry Street, as the plane floated down the Hudson.  I just cannot get over the skill of the pilots.  I’ll talk about this later, but I took flying lessons in high school and one of the first things they teach you is how to land the plane if you lose your engines.  “Look for a highway!” my instructor told me (laughing).  But I learned in a tiny Cessna 150.  I just cannot get over doing this with a jet ON THE WATER.

For those who haven’t heard, a plane had to make an emergency landing on the Hudson, all 155 aboard survived.

There are seat cushions and other debris floating all down the river.

It’s hard to see but that’s the plane sticking out of the water, this is around Battery Park City.

More rescue workers.

I think this was a diver, but I’m not positive.  By the way, it was freezing.  FREE! ZING!

Another plane shot.  I couldn’t get close.  “Move back!  This is a federal crime scene!” 

They’re waiting for a crane, I was told.

I took this walking back home.

The never ending stream of rescue workers heading downtown, very reminiscent of 9/11.

A snowy morning has turned into a sunny afternoon (metaphor for my life!).  But this was how it looked downtown just a couple of hours ago.  This is the police memorial, shot from within the warm and cosy confines of the financial center.  Those people in orange are members of law enforcement who were taking a break from a run for Special Olympics.

Here they are, getting warm inside the Winter Garden.

I like the pairing of this ruffled shirt with this jacket.  Incidentally, I took this on West Broadway in Soho.  Not the window-shopping paradise it used to be, this stretch.