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one of the biggest limitations in architecture is the lack of mobility and versatility in structure and in material; in most buildings that aren’t frozen into icons or into a moment that will forever remain anyway. continuing my negative perception of such wonderful space and visual delight, the loops and curves in this wonderful museum will stay as a circular ramp, in which repetition does not allow variation.

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as of 2007, there were 13,087 taxis operating in New York City. more than eighty five percent of the drivers are foreign born, excluding second generations. additionally, there are over 40,000 other for-hire vehicles (“black cars”, commuter vans and ambulettes). but it is the “medallion taxis,” the familiar yellow cabs, that are the only vehicles in the city permitted to pick up passengers in response to a street hail. their distinctive yellow paint has made them New York icons, locally and internationally.
happy brithday adriana
happy birthday laura

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columns and foundations are seen or can be seen as obtrusive visual elements in the modern day. some argue in the elegance and purity of hiding columns or pillars within clean and “perfect” walls. other people prefer to be honest, by showing the truth and fundamental support that lies beneath structures and rooftops. and the rest of the people don’t even think about it, but how many layers do we reduce or come down to show honesty to be faithful in purity?

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again with perspectives, there are so many different perceptions towards “the little things” we see or not. anyway, this little shed is located in fivepoints in brooklyn. for those who know, the area is covered with graffiti and designs from floors to ceilings. and as some have managed to understand that there are six surfaces in an interior of a “cubical” room, there are also five or six as in this case on the exterior. here we see that some do an extra effort to understand that someone can look down on these objects that we look up at.

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happy new year! a symbolic day for new beginnings, fresh starts and new opportunities. i like to see it as if we’re cruising through a tunnel of opportunities through our lives. we move on a fast pace, picking up as much as we can and leaving what we have to behind in order to learn and to move faster. that is, to achieve our neverending goals and missions.
happy birthday paola

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the chrysler building. one of the best known contemporary buildings in the world. in one of the best known cities in the world.
happy bday ana maria!

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carousel, merry-go-round, mwerry go around, flying horses, galloper, roundabout.. you name it your way. believe it or not, this commonly seen attraction (usually for kids, or big kids) is known to be seen from the byzantine period around 500ad, where little baskets rotate around a central pole. the real name comes from its use when horses were tied and trained for war within such central pole. the ride itself, being developed thorughout europe, wasn’t perfected to its modern mechanism until it reached the united states.

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the only subway system to run twenty four hours, three hundred and and sixty five days a year, also one of the oldest and most expensive transportation systems in the world. it’s impressive history shows through the layers of its walls: every single crack, spots of rust or moss growing anywhere are just an addition to the identity in such a large growing network.