Saw this in front of some store somewhere in New York.
There are many memorials scattered throughout Manhattan. During my short visit to the area, I was not able to visit many of them and to be honest, I wasn’t there to really visit memorials. However, the friends that we were with suggested that we visit this particular spot. At the time, I didn’t really know what I was looking at or experiencing, but with some internet research I was able to learn about this place and it’s pretty interesting.
An excerpt from wikipedia states:
“… is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Famine that killed up to a million in Ireland between the years 1845 and 1852. The memorial was dedicated on July 16, 2002. It is a uniquely landscaped plot, which utilizes stones, soil, and native vegetation brought in from the western coast of Ireland. The memorial contains stones from all of the different counties of Ireland. The memorial also incorporates an authentic rebuilt Irish cottage of the 19th century.”
I have some other photos from this spot but have not yet processed them, but I will share them in the future.
I took this while in the M & M World store in New York.
I took this photo while visiting New York City. In case you don’t know what this is, it’s a standpipe. What is a standpipe? These are used by fire departments to get their water up to the upper stories of tall buildings. These are not normally seen in smaller towns, since they don’t have taller buildings.
I commute about 30 miles to Knoxville, TN everyday, and have been doing so for over two years. During this drive, I always seem to glace to the east and see this house that is off in the distance and just looks very quaint sitting on top of this hill. I thought it would be an interesting image to get a shot of this house as a silhouette. Lucky for me, the weather today helped to produce some very dramatic clouds as a back drop. 
