Pedrocut's photos

Just a glimpse of the Partial Solar Eclipse 29 March 2025, seen from the Black Country.

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circus (Scan from June 1981) On the right of the 1981 picture is Mamma Leone's one of New York's beloved Italian restaurants. Founded in 1906 and closed its doors in 1994 It had moved to Midtown Manhattan in 1941

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circle (Scan from June 1981) On the right of the 1981 picture is Mamma Leone's one of New York's beloved Italian restaurants. Founded in 1906 and closed its doors in 1994. It had moved to Midtown Manhattan in 1941

The first building on the left is now in The Trump International Hotel and Tower and was originally the Gulf and Western Building: in the mid 1990s it was renovated by Trump.

Looking south across Columbus Circus with Broadway to the left and 8th Avenue to the right (Scan from June 1981) The building on the far side of the island is 2 Columbus Circle and now the Museum of Arts and Design. The original design by Edward Durell Stone first opened in 1956. Redesigned in 2008.

18th Precinct, 306 W 54th Street (Scan from June 1981) Google Earth view 2024.

Looking south from Times Square, Broadway to the left and 7th Avenue to the right (Scan from June 1981) In the 1981 picture, on the left, are the columns of the 16 storey Loew’s State Theatre at 1540 Broadway. Designed in Adam style and opened 1921 it was sold to developers in 1986 and replaced by Bertelsmann Building a 44 storey skyscraper.

Looking North from near Times Square, Broadway to the left and 7th Avenue to the right. (Scan from July 1981) The Statue in the centre of the picture is of George M Cohan (1878-1942) "Give my regards to Broadway" at Duffy Square, part of Times square, dedicated in 1959 In the 1981 picture and Along 7th Avenue is Hotel Taft on RHS. This is a 22 storey pre-war Spanish Renaissance structure opened in 1926. It has now been renamed The Michelangelo.

Looking west along 50th Street from the Rockefeller Building. (Scan from June 1981) The dark skyscraper in the centre is the Paramount Plaza bounded by 50th, 51st streets and Broadway. A 48 storey building opened in 1971. To the left is 1251 Avenue of The Américas, a 54 storey completed 1971 and originally called the Exxon Building. To The right is 1271 Ave of Américas formerly known as the Time and Life Building: A 48 storey opened in 1960. The 2024 view shows little change.

Looking south towards the Empire State Building from the top of the Rockerfeller Centre (Scan from June 1981) Google Earth view 2024.

Looking eastward from Rockefeller Building (Scan from June 1981) The white building with the wedge-shaped top is 601 Lexington Ave and common to both pictures. It is a skyscraper built in 1977 for Citibank. The 2024 Google viewmshows that two skyscrapers have been squeezed in close by. The blue building is 599 Lexington Ave, 50 storeys and complete in 1986. The tall white building on the opposite side of Lexington Ave is 601 and The Selene a 64 storey sky scrapper completed in 2019.

Chrysler Building just seen behind the Panam Building seen from roof of Rockefeller Building (Scan from June 1981) The Panam building, 200 Park Avenue and 45th St, is now the Met Life building, and was completed in 1962. The very tall building seen in the 2024 Google Earth view is One Vanderbilt a 73 storey skyscraper at the corner of 42nd St. and Vanderbilt Avenue, opened in 2020.

Looking north towards Central Park from the Rockerfeller Centre (Scan from June 1981) The building under construction in the 1981 picture may be 15 W53 St completed in 1983 and 52 storeys. The 2024 view shows a further building close by.

Looking south down on 6th Avenue from the top of the Rockerfeller Centre (Scan from June 1981) The 1981 picture shows the tall building, 1185 6th Avenue, with gaps on its southern end. The Google Earth view of 2024 shows at least two buildings have filled the space. The closest being 1177 Americas Tower, a mixture of Art Deco and post modern styles, completed in 1991.

Grand Army Plaza looking towards W59th St and the statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Scan from June 1981) The 1981 picture shows the statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891) on the northern side of Grand Army Plaza. This gave me some confusion as the present situation is on the southern side of the Plaza. In 1990 a restoration of Plaza was completed including re-guilding of the statue. The Plaza was renewed again in 2013 including another re-guild. Also in the 1981 picture the statue shows Nike with a broken frond which was replaced in the late 80s.

Belvedere Castle, Central Park (Scan from June 1981) The lower picture is from WIKIMEDIA COMMONS by EcoVictor taken in 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvedere_Castle

State Street, Battery Park (Scan from June 1981) In the 1981 picture the brown building between the two skyscrapers is the 23 storey Seaman’s Church Institute which was completed in 1969. The 2024 Google Earth shows the building was replaced by a 42 storey skyscraper in 1988. The small building dwarfed by the three skyscrapers in the 2024 Google Earth view is the Church of the Rosary and the Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, originally Watson House. Dating from 1793. On the original picture it is obscured by trees. forgotten-ny.com/2015/09/shrine-of-elizabeth-seton-battery-park