Pittsburg, Detroit, Niagara Falls, New-York.
14/Sep/2017 to 27/Sep/2017.
Itinerary :
New York - Bedford - Pittsburg - Falling Water - Niagara Falls - New York.
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Thursday 14/Sep/2017.
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| Marseille-Provence airport. Bus for the Marseille-Madrid flight. |
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| Madrid-Barajas airport. Announcement for the Madrid-New York flight. |
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| Economic American Airlines lunch... |
|---| Seasons Inn and Suites, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania, 74$/2P, no meals.
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| Bedford Springs. |
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| Pumpkins. |
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| Bedford township. |
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| Bedford township. |
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| A funny combination. |
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| Fort Bedford. |
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| Fort Bedford museum, about the French and Indian war with the British. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War |
Along the road.
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| Claycomb covered bridge (or kissing bridge). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_bridge |
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| Wineshop lady promoting a woman's handbag with a secret wine bag. |
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| Pumpkin shop. |
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| Pumpkin shop. |
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| Yogi Bear in Millrun village. |
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| Another covered bridge.. |
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Falling Water villa (Frank Lloyd Wright,1936).
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| Falling Water villa, interior (pictures prohibited, so a picture taken from the Internet). |
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| A drive-thru beer shop !!! |
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| Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburg's university centerpiece. 42 story building in neogothic style (1934). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Learning |
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| Cathedral of Learning. |
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| Cathedral of Learning, "Austrian" classroom. |
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| Cathedral of Learning, "African Heritage" classroom. |
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| Cathedral of Learning, city view from the 36th floor. |
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| View on Pittsburg from Mount Washington. |
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| Pittsburg, Duquesne Incline, a funicular dating from 1877. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duquesne_Incline |
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| Diner at Denny's. |
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| City-heating fumaroles |
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| The hotel for the next three nights. |
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| Anti-nazi propaganda poster. |
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| President Kenedy's assassination car. |
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| Drawing Room (picture taken from the internet, as no photographing allowed). |
Hitsville - Motown Historical museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitsville_U.S.A.
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| Inside no photographing allowed. |
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| Deindustrialization, urban decay, poverty, segregation. Almost all the suburb houses are dilapidated, abandoned, demolished. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_Detroit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Project
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| An empty church "Dream Center" to rent. |
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| Lunch time, 16:30. |
Urban Farming initiatives.
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| Diego Rivera's masterpiece, the gigantic 'Industry Murals', 1933. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Industry_Murals |
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| Detail of the most controversial panel. |
"The most controversial panel in 1932 was this small panel.
Here a child is vaccinated in a medical laboratory surrounded by the animals that provided the serum. Rivera took this composition from Christian nativity scenes where the baby Jesus is attended to by Mary and Joseph and honored by three wise men. To Rivera, medical technology would be the new savior of mankind. He based the image of the child on the kidnapped Lindberg baby, Mary is based on the popular movie star of the time, Jean Harlow, and the doctor is a portrait of the museum director, William Valentiner."
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| Detail of the panel on the opposite side. Here we better understand the meaning of the nativity scene. Science, chemistry, might be used for bad puposes too. |
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| Detail. Edsel Ford (son of Henry Ford), and the museum director (both commisioned the murals). |
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The wedding dance, Pieter Bruegel the elder, about 1566.
The newly maried couple is centered in the picture :
the woman dressed in black, the man wearing a red shirt.
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| Self-portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1887. |
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| Portrait of postman Roulain, Vincent van Gogh, 1888. |
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| "Locations", Richard Artschwager, 1969.
'This is one of five pieces that make up a single artwork.
The artists' instructions are to place them in various
unconventional locations around the contemporary
art galeries. As you locate each piece, notice how
its presence draws attention to the area around it,
transforming and energizing it.' ...
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| Edsel Ford, Diego Rivera 1932. |
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| Shot in the Wing, Jean Dubuffet 1961. |
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| Satirics, Michallon the Younger, between 1830 and 1840. |
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| The B&B for tonight. |
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| Meeting Vincent in an art galery. |
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| Port Stanley beach. |
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| A refreshing dip in Lake Erie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Canal
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| Lock 7. |
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| Lock 4. Height of the bottom floor of Lock 4 to top coping level of Lock 5 is 38.8m (Niagara Falls, Horseshoe Falls height is 48.2m). |
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| Canada celebrating its 150th anniversary. |
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| Top of the falls. |
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| The 300m wide american falls on the left hand side, the 800m wide canadian "Horseshoe Falls" in the center of this picture. |
The other "Attractions" of Niagara town.
The Niagara "Whirlpool".
Niagara escarpment.
Winery.
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| Village with a British look. |
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| The hotel for tonight. |
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| Crossing the Hudson river on the Tappan Zee bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tappan_Zee_Bridge |
Kijkuit.
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| Philipsburg Manor. |
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| Kijkuit, home to four generations of the Rockefeller family. in their days the richest family of the USA. (unfortunately no inside pictures allowed). |
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| Garden. |
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| Garden, more decorations. |
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| Entering New York, 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Centigrade). |
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| At the right hand side, one of the new towers of the World Trade Center. |
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| Greeley Square, crossing of Sixth Avenue, 32nd Street and Broadway. |
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| Eagle. |
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| Grand Central Terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal |
Moma.
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| "Falling Water" (Kafmann house), original Frank Lloyd Wright drawings. |
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| "My Inner Life", Louise Bourgeois, 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois |
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| "The Starry Night", Vincent van Gogh, 1889. |
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| "Portrait of Joseph Roulin", Vincent van Gogh, 1889 (he made six paintings of this postman). |
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| "Dance 1", Henri Matisse, 1909. Only four colors were used for this painting. |
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| "A Man was Lynched Yesterday", Terry Adkins, 2007. |
Times Square.
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| Metropolitan Opera playing Bellini's Norma, multiple publicity screens showing the event in real time. |
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| New York's old-fashioned metro. |
Brooklyn bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
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| Completed 1883. |
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| The "Flatiron Building". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building |
Rockefeller Center buildings.
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| Rockefeller's ice skating rink, built with Lego bricks. |
Top of the Rock.
Viewing Platform on the top of Rockefeller Building.
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| Central park, observed from the "Top of the Rock", the observation deck at 260m height (North facing view). |
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| View on the Empire State building (South facing view from the "Top of the Rock"). |
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| New York's cathedral, faced by Rockefeller Building. |
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| "Trump Tower" on 5th Avenue. |
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| The Luxury shops on 5th Avenue. |
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| Central Park. End of this brief road trip touring the North-East of the USA. |
