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On the sunny side of the street
85th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam. 2:30 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Thursday, December 19, 2013. A cabbie told me yesterday afternoon that the temperature is going to be 68 on Sunday. At that...
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Still hoping for a White Christmas ...
Looking south towards the Manhattan skyline (Citigroup Center in middle) from a barren Central Park. 3:30 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Friday, December 20, 2013. Very warm for the third week of December in...
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The weather was the weekend topic
Christmas trees for sale on Broadway and 84th Street. 2:00 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday, December 23, 2013. The weather was the weekend topic. It was forecast beforehand that it would be a very warm...
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Christmas and holiday cards from friends
The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole.Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Merry Christmas. It got colder in New York last night — just the...
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Weekend Vegging
Looking south along West End Avenue. Sunday, 4 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday, December 30, 2013. Cold and raining hard in New York from late Sunday morning until the time of this writing (mid-...
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The Day Before
Park Avenue in the 50s. 10 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Tuesday, December 31, 2013. New Year’s Eve. Cold out, and getting colder, according to the weatherman, and we might even get some snow tomorrow. The...
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Whether that happened or not
Surveying the weather in the late afternoon. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.January 3, 2013. It is snowing and very cold as I sit down to write this at 7:30 on Thursday night. The weathermap shows a huge storm...
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New Year celebration shutdown
Wind gusts in Sheep Meadow in Central Park. Friday, 3 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday January 6, 2014. Well that’s that. New Year celebration shutdown; back to reality. Sunday went from very cold morning...
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The social calendar is mainly empty
A lone taxi on Friday night. The snow is no more as of Monday night. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Tuesday, January 7, 2014. The snow’s gone. It was overcast but not very cold – 49/50 – yesterday in New York....
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Enduring the cold
Braving the cold on 84th and Fifth. 3:00 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Very cold in New York. The kind where your face hurts if you’re walking along the street for a few minutes,...
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Hot and Cold
The Hotel Pierre on Fifth Avenue and 61st Street with the shadow of the Sherry-Netherland upon it and the cornice of the Metropolitan Club (on 60th and Fifth) below. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday,...
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Ideal downtime
A barge anchored on the Hudson River with Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey behind. 1:00 AM. Photo: JH.Monday, January 13, 2014. Mild, not very cold, sometimes sunny, sometimes overcast with a...
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A deep January day
Christmas trees on the side of the road. 8:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Rainy, not cold day, streets and sidewalks washed, clouds grey like the streets and sidewalks. Temp in the 50s....
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Around the room
Looking south from Houston Street towards One World Trade Center. 5:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, January 16, 2014. Sunny, mild, yesterday in New York with temps in the mid-40s. Terrible traffic....
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A month beyond the shortest day of the year
Sunset as seen from Central Park West through Central Park and towards Fifth Avenue. 5:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, January 20, 2014. Cold and mild and sunny over the weekend in New York. The weatherman...
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Snow Day
The snow down below. 1:45 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, January 22, 2014. It snowed yesterday in New York, from about ten in the morning until ten at night. It was predicted and unlike a lot of the dramatic...
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Seeing what you could see
Posing on the Great Lawn in Central Park. 2:05 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, January 23, 2014. Sun out, roads wet and with slushy curbs, and very very cold -- the kind where you don’t want to stay out any...
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Getting Around
Exiting the Metropolitan Opera House. 11:20 PM. Photo: JH.January 24, 2014. It was sunny and bright and very cold, yesterday in New York. I finally bought one of those woolen knitted caps to cover my...
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Remembering my favorite Churchill
New Years, 1980. Lady Sarah Spencer Churchill surveying her lair in the hills above Montego Bay, Jamaica, New Years 1980.Monday, January 27, 2014. Cold winter weekend. Those overcast grey winter days....
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The air, the earth, the water, the wildlife and us ...
Going nowhere. 1:20 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Mild day yesterday in New York. Cold but in the 40s, with temperature plunging to the low teens and RealFeal of below zero.Last night at the...
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