September 21, 2019
Spent the day causally walking around. There were some things that I hadn’t seen in a while and wanted to see and there were new things that I wanted to see. It was off to lunch at a place close to the Javits center followed by a walk down to view “The Vessel” which for some reason, I didn’t take any pictures of and then it was off to Grand Central Station and then back to the hotel. We took a break and then we went to dinner at a Peruvian restaurant and a final stroll through New York Times square.
I had to take a picture of Hotel Edison for two reasons, years ago, I spent a few weeks at that hotel installing a property management system and it was one of those projects that didn’t go so well. The hotel desperately needed a face life and I remember the room being extremely small and dated. Adding insult to injury, a co-worker was also in NYC at that same time working o!n another project, they put him up in the Marriott Marquis next door. I remember thinking on how I drew the short straw!
The other reason for that picture was the “Bond 45”. One of my first jobs in High School was at Bonds Clothing store. There was a very famous Bond’s clothing store in Times Square and although it had closed years before I went to work for them, the older employees loved talking about that Bond’s store in Times Square. I think it turned into a casino and a nightclub before it becoming a restaurant called “Bond 45”. I was surprised to see that Bond 45 had moved from it’s original location into the Edison hotel. Two very unrelated and distinct times of my life in one picture!
While walking around, I couldn’t help but notice how many people were oblivious to their surroundings. I had several people walk right into as they face-timed or texting. It is not like I haven’t seen this before but never to this extent. I kept thinking I am in one of the most interesting cities in the world, why would I want to spend it texting and face-timing?
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