Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thnks to everyone for replying. I was just surprised that I did not know of this statue before - despite going down to Wall St very often on my visits! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Could be that's why its named Union square. > That's how I remember the name now at least. > I think the civil war was quite divisive here in ny. > You'd think it would be north enough to not be. But it was. > Conscripting people to go and die was one sore point. > These guys just didn't want to do it. Itchy uniforms. > Worse the Jury duty they thought. > > NY can be quite funny as they name parks and intersections squares which > are > obvious triangles. And circles squares and visa versa. They don't sweat the > small stuff. > > -- > Mark R. > > > > > From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:28:35 -0500 (CDT) > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Union Square - statue of Gandhi > > > > Is that why it's named Union Square? > > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > >> It was the scene for some famous riots and killings during the > >> civil war. > >> -- > >> Mark R. > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:00:27 -0400 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Union Square - statue of Gandhi > >>> > >>> 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. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >