Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, Union Square, actually a triangular piece of land, is located in NYC where Broadway and 4th Avenue converge. It is bounded by 14th St. on the south and 17th St. on the north. Union Square is at the southern edge of the NYC photo district and was one of the few places in the city where you could walk around with a couple of Leicas hanging from your neck without someone thinking you had ripped off a camera store. But since most of the camera stores in the area have closed, today you are the one likely to get ripped off. My university office was just a couple of blocks away and I used the Union Square subway station for commuting. In times gone by its central location in lower Manhattan made it a convenient place for political rallies and riots. Now it hosts a weekly Farmer's Market where restauranteurs and shoppers go to pick up the freshest produce from upstate NY and New Jersey. Some of the best restaurants in NYC are to be found in the Union Square area. Before the Farmer's Market, Union Square was the choice place to score drugs in NYC. One of my graduate assistants used to shop there regularly for a weekend stash for her and her boyfriend. In one of NYCs periods of renovation the area was cleaned up, old buildings torn down, and high rises put up. As Nathan says it is about a mile north of Wall Street and close to three colleges, New York University, The New School for Social Research, and the City University of New York's Baruch College. The presence of so many college students keeps the place humming. The name has nothing to do with labor unions. The statue of Gandhi was put up in 1986. I'm sure that's more about Union Square than you wanted to know. Larry Z Mark, Nice one. Where was it taken? Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/110815_180703.jpg.html Gandhi with Flowers Union Square NY -- Mark R.