{"id":5496,"date":"2013-02-23T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T02:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2013-02-23T21:59:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T02:59:53","slug":"5496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5496","title":{"rendered":"NEW YORK SCENE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5496 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-164583.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-164583-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-164583-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-164583-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5497'>\n\t\t\t\tGRAND CENTRAL\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-165057.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-165057-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-165057-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-165057-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5498'>\n\t\t\t\tGRAND CENTRAL CEILING\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/grand-central-2-22-13-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5499'>\n\t\t\t\tANOTHER VIEW OF GRAND CENTRAL\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164703.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164703-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164703-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164703-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5500'>\n\t\t\t\tWATER TANKS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164712.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164712-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164712-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/masonic-lodge-2-23-13-164712-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164919-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164919-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164919-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5506'>\n\t\t\t\tNEW YORK ENTRANCE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164949.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164949-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164949-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164949-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5507'>\n\t\t\t\tYMCA ENTRANCE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164977.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164977-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164977-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nyc-2-23-13-164977-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5508'>\n\t\t\t\tNEW YORK STREETS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>New York never ceases to amaze me. I always have a good time in the city, once I am there, but I do not miss it. As I write the words; I wonder. Always a new discovery, always a new event. What would New York be without steam in the street? And a cross-eyed sculptured head? Who does that? Grand Central Terminal at 100. A skull for a door handle on the YMCA; a little bizarre?<\/p>\n<p>I really do find the people friendly. They do not seem to share that reputation, but it is seldom that I find them unfriendly, the exception to that may be their driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York never ceases to amaze me. I always have a good time in the city, once I am there, but I do not miss it. As I write the words; I wonder. Always a new discovery, always a new event. What would New York be without steam in the street? And a cross-eyed sculptured &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW YORK SCENE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[509],"tags":[2506],"class_list":["post-5496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5512,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496\/revisions\/5512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}