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Play Me, I’m Yours, Day 4 – Jun 24, 2010 – 26
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After the Harlem Art Park, I traveled about 10 blocks south to the northern edge of Central Park in Manhattan. I knew that the piano in this area was supposed to be located in someting called the "Dana Discovery Center," which I had never heard of, and that it was near a large pond-lake in the northeastern corner of the park known as the Harlem Meer.
Well, the Harlem Meer was easy enough to find; I’ve seen it many times before, and have often enjoyed people ice-skating here during the winter. But in summer months, it’s more common to see fishing scenes like th is one…
Note: this photo was published in an undated (Jul 2010) Everyblock NYC zipcodes blog titled "10029."
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On the 4th day of the "Play Me, I’m Yours" project, I started at Riverbank Park, which is located atop a gigantic recycling/trash-processing facility that sticks out into the Hudson River at 145th Street; it sounds awful, but the area on top has a huge park, an athletic field and track, a restaurant, and a gorgeous view of the river. From there, I took the subway back down to 137th Street, and walked a couple blocks east toward City College to find the piano in St. Nicholas Park; and then it was down to the Harlem Art Park on 120th Street. I then took a cab down to the Dana Discovery Center on the north end of Central Park; and then a bus down Fifth Avenue to finally find the piano at Bryant Park that I could not locate a few days earlier (it turned out to be hidden behind one of the lions at the front entrance to the NY Public Library).
Then it was downtown to the piano in City Hall Park … located (duh!) at City Hall. From there, I went down to the Wall Street area, where I searched high and low for the piano on Stone Street … which turned out to be hidden under a massive blue tarp, on the assumption that a massive rainstorm was likely to start at any moment.
Fortunately, the rain held off, and I finished the day’s exploration by finding the piano at the South Street Seaport, next to several old clipper ships which are on display to visitors. The pianist at this location was great, and his performance was further enhanced by a tai chi enthusiast, who performed his exercises more-or-less independently of the music…
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A few years ago, a British artist by the name of Luke Jerram came up with the intriguing idea of spreading pianos around the city, with an open invitation for anyone nearby to wander up and begin playing something. Anything. First it was London, and now it’s here in New York City.
Starting on June 21st, sixty pianos have been donated, painted, and "installed" throughout the five boroughs of New York; you can see the locations here. I managed to visit seven of the pianos on the first day, and another seven on the second day. The program will only be running for two weeks, and I’ll be out of town for at least a few of those days … so it won’t be easy, but my goal is to track down, visit, and photograph all 60 pianos by the time it’s over. Even the one at the Staten Island Zoo, and the one located somewhere in the Joyce Kilmer Park up in the Bronx.
Aside from the logistics of getting to these remote corners of the five boroughs, it sounds like a straightforward task: ride a subway train to the appropriate stop, walk a block or two, take photograph or two, and then go back where you came from. But it’s turning out to be a little more difficult than I had thought, partly because the maps provided on the Web site are somewhat ambiguous and imprecise, and partly because the officials (e.g., guards, cops, grounds-keepers, etc.) whom you would expect to know about such things have been remarkably clueless.
I’ve also been hearing rumors that some of the pianos are being moved around between one day and the next. That might explain why I had to abandon today’s plan to photograph the piano in Bryant Park: after circling the park and the adjoining New York Public Library a couple of times, I concluded they had either hidden the piano, or moved into a subterranean cell.
As for the pianos I’ve found, the experiences have been quite varied. Some of the pianos sit mute and abandoned — including, oddly enough, the very fist piano in Times Square, which had been plunked down at Seventh Avenue and 44th Street, and basically ignored by everyone. The same was true of one of the pianos situated in a hard-to-find corner of Lincoln Center, as well as a piano ostensibly located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — which turned out to be sitting next to the giant obelisk behind the museum, and on the far side of the inner park roadway.
As for the pianos that do attract some musicians: it’s quite a varied bunch. Some are casual amateurs, some of whom have no idea what the program is all about, and who had no advance warning that the pianos would even be there. Some have obviously been planning and practicing for months. Some of the musicians sing, some don’t; some bring along drummers, guitarists, and vocalists. I even heard that one musician brought some dancers to help liven up his performance, but I haven’t seen that myself…
Anyway, I’ll keep photographing the pianos, and uploading the best of the photographs, until I run out of pianos, run out of time, or run out of energy — whichever happens first.
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Pat & Eric’s 40th Wedding Anniversary (November 6, 2010)
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We celebrated Pat & Eric’s 40th Wedding Anniversary on November 6, 2010 at La Maquette restaurant on King St. downtown Toronto.
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Pat & Eric’s 40th Wedding Anniversary (November 6, 2010)
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We celebrated Pat & Eric’s 40th Wedding Anniversary on November 6, 2010 at La Maquette restaurant on King St. downtown Toronto.
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Sheraton Gateway Hotel
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Early morning on June 20, 2008.
Buzz in our city’s busy restaurant scene is usually about new openings or closings, star chefs coming or going, the use of local ingredients, slow food or fast food, however, little emphasis has been placed about the generosity of the restaurateurs or their staff. On June 20, 2008, I had the pleasure of helping out at the annual Set Sail for Hope event raising nearly 0,000 for Camp Trillium. The single day affair benefits children suffering from cancer, where everything enjoyed was donated by 28 well established restaurants from the GTA and participation from chefs, including C5′s Teddy Corrado, Executive Chef Emerik Padjan from Fred’s Not Here (321 King Street West), Rodney’s Oyster House (469 King Street West), Jess Ostlund from Ruth’s Chris (145 Richmond Street West), as well as sous chefs and staff from Aqua Restaurante (10 Front Street West, BCE Place) were all voluntary.
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Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto International Airport
Terminal 3, Toronto AMF, P.O. Box 3000
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In my quest for cool, less discovered local destinations I came across a particular Toronto neighbourhood that has undergone a huge transformation in recent years. Liberty Village is a former industrial district that came into being during Victorian times and included a variety of large factories near Dufferin Street and King Street West. Victorian history and industrial heritage architecture have long been topics that fascinate me, so on July 27, 2010 I set off to find out more about this area that was completely new to me. I met Francesca Fabry who works for the Liberty Village Business Improvement Area and has excellent knowledge of the entire area. She kindly took me on a guided tour of this unique district. I met her in her office at the Toronto Carpet Factory, a magnificent Victorian-era factory building that is part of an entire complex of industrial buildings that were constructed between 1899 and 1920. Today, Liberty Village has been turned into a centre of creativity that is home to countless design firms and creative businesses such as Adobe Systems and Sirius Radio Canada. These entrepreneurs make their home in an inspiring environment with large windows, high ceilings, exposed beams and brick. As we started our walking tour, Francesca provided me with some historical background of the area. Heavy industrial manufacturers started locating in this area from the late 1880s onwards and some kept operating until the 1980s and early 1990s. Many of the factories …
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New Moon Garden Chinese Restaurant 615-713-1059 www.yellowbook.com
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