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Quiet time in Riverside Park. 4:45 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Very warm for May (mid-80s) and sunny in New York. The first real weather that reminds of summer, with the...
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A Spring sunset across the Hudson. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Thursday, May 23, 2013. Warm and sunny with temperatures in the mid-70s, yesterday in New York. Accompanied by the weatherman’s lurking...
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Late afternoon in Riverside Park on Memorial Day. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Tuesday, May 28, 2013. It was a quiet Memorial Day here in the city in my neighborhood by the East River. The Sun was out and...
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Waiting for the bus. 2:30 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Rainy day, yesterday in New York. Temperatures in the high 50s. Foggy at night. Very warm weather forecast for today and...
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Lighting up. 2:30 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Friday, May 31, 2013. Summer hot here in New York. Likely to stay that way through the weekend.Several topics in the Diary this week were Hollywood related....
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Riverside Park tunnel. 11:30 AM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Monday, June 3, 2013. Hot and humid weekend here in New York with some let-up, a slight cooling breeze, and storm clouds hovering by late...
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Last night at Four Freedoms Park on on the southernmost tip of Roosevelt Island where the Four Freedom Park Conservancy was hosting its first Sunset Garden Party. As soon as I entered my eyes were...
View ArticleOn the Road Again
Central Park greenery. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, June 6, 2013. Beautiful, sunny late Spring day in New York. The fresh lush green filling the park.Traffic was terrible. But this is nothing new....
View ArticleAfter 36 hours of rainfall
Looking West towards the Manhattan skyline from the Long Island Expressway. 7:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, June 10, 2013. A beautiful Summer weekend in New York. Perfect weather after 36 hours of rainfall...
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From taxi to taxi. 3:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Rain, and more rain; sometimes heavy, sometimes light  but steady, with temperatures in the 60s.Meanwhile, rain or shine, New...
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Hailing a taxi on West End Avenue. 5:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Warm, sunny day, yesterday in New York, with the dark clouds rolling in in late afternoon/early evening,...
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Father and son study the boats from the Hudson River Promenade. 4:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Thursday, June 13, 2013. Yesterday was another beautiful day in New York with temps in the low 70s, all...
View ArticleJune in New York
Green streets. 5:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Friday, May 14, 2013. Raining in New York, off and on all day yesterday. Sometimes torrential. The weatherman said in the late afternoon that a Nor’Easter...
View ArticleThose summer nights
2:00 AM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Friday, June 21, 2013. Beautiful day, yesterday in New York. Sunny, warm and mild. Today is the First Day of Summer, the Summer Solstice. The Sun is at its highest point...
View ArticleFirst Summer weekend in New York
Sunset on a sidestreet. 7:15 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Monday, June 24, 2013. A beautiful sunny first Summer weekend in New York. It turned very warm and humid in the late afternoon yesterday, just as...
View ArticleAt its simplest and most effective
Moon over Manhattan. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Very hot in New York. And humid. The A/Cs whirr their massive dull roar into the streets of the night. We’ve been lucky so far this...
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A three-hatted family. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Another very warm and humid day in New York. The kind that subtly saps your energy so that by the end of the day you just feel...
View ArticleThe town cleared out
A family walk in Central Park. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.July 1, 2013. A very warm, quiet weekend in New York with the weatherman forecasting thunderstorms, flash flooding and even maybe a tornado. Not....
View ArticleThe holiday weekend has already begun
Walking along Central Park West. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Rainy days, off and on. New York hasn’t had the rain that was predicted. In fact it’s been mostly dry with occasionally...
View ArticleThe Unwinding
The Statue of Liberty. 9:30 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Monday, July 8, 2013. Very hot weekend in New York. The kind of heat that just won’t go away. You’d walk outside after dark and it was swarming...
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