New blog

I think there is a new blog in the works, all it needs is a title, I am stumped.

Barney's Windows

Brooklyn Br

The Year That Was

Some American politics.

Christmas Eve

7th Av

Ready for 15 F (-9C)

Snow

Sparkle

Park Avenue

Reflection

Thanksgiving Day

Statue of Liberty

East River

Hudson River

Kirchner and The Berlin Street

Kirchner and the Berlin Street, just finished showing at MoMA, had settled into a very nice groove. Busy when it first opened back in August, a lot of tourists, I must say, who made their way back home for September and some local populace who hadn't escaped to The Hampton's, eager for something new, the crowds thinned somewhat and it became a very nice exhibition to spend some time perusing, which I indeed did. They grew on me, those Berlin St scenes. Was hoping for another look last Sunday, but it had closed. Haven't bought the book yet, but I'm sure I will, finances permitting.

MoMA has a great online exhibition of the show

The show centred on a series of works painted 1913-15, known as the Street Scenes, depicting 'street walkers' or prostitutes.

Berlin Street 1910

Some other works shown

Dresden 1908/19

Panama Dancers, 1910-11

Tramway Arch 1915



Nude, 1912-14



Street Scene at Night 1926-27

German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

Self portrait

No Turns

Sign of the Season

Yellow tree

Life in Sydney

From smh.com.au article here

Since 1998 16 different rail lines or extensions have been proposed, only two being delivered and one partially completed, here are the cancelled lines.

It's hard to believe that so many have been cancelled, why propose them in the first place? There has been discussion about what type of lines to build, add to the existing heavy rail network where stations are are 1-2 km apart, or build 'metro' style where stations are 1/2 - 1 km apart. Metro will work for high density, this would be great for the proposed Parramatta to Circular Quay line, 4 lines under Parramatta Rd, two express and two local. Other parts of Sydney not so.


One line that got built was a link to the airport, built in time for the 2000 Olympics, which is expensive, for two it's cheaper in a taxi, and it doesn't attract a lot a patronage




A mishmash of maps from The Sydney Morning Herald

Proposed and cancelled

High speed train to Newcastle, proposed in 1998.

Extension to Rouse Hill, proposed and cancelled twice



Y link Turn around at Liverpool proposed in 1998

Parramatta to Circular Quay, shown in green, proposed in 2008.

West Ryde to Malabar, planned and cancelled in 2008!

Northwest metro Rouse Hill to the CBD via Gladesville, shown in black, proposed and cancelled in 2008!

Some success, Epping to Chatswood line completed, shown in purple, the continuation to Parramatta, part of the original 1998 proposal, not built.

South West Line between Glenelfield and Leppington proposed in 2005

Sutherland to Wollongong high speed rail link proposed 1998, proposed section show in red

Hurstville to Strathfield, proposed 2008

Redfern to Chatswood, shown in pink, proposed 2005, super seeded 2008

Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach, proposed 1998, cancelled 2000( to the relief of many locals)



The complete Sydney metro area train system,proposed and cancelled lines in black and a proposed CBD metro(shown in pink) running from Rozelle to Central station

44th President

Victory speech in full

Yes He Can

My Friends: The Musical

from the people the brought you The Empire Strikes Barack comes My Friends: The Musical
Very, very funny

The Snuggie

I want one

Today on the East River

The Vote Boat!

Rhythms of Modern Life, British Prints 1914-1939

Now showing at the Met
Rhythms of Modern Life is the first major exhibition in the United States to examine the impact of Futurism and Cubism on British modernist printmaking from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War II. Featuring the work of thirteen artists, it showcases selected works inspired by Vorticism, the first radically modern, inherently abstract British art movement of the twentieth century. The principal artists represented are the prominent early followers of Futurism and Vorticism and the later color linocut artists of the esteemed Grosvenor School of Art in London. The exhibition features prime examples of graphic work that celebrate the vitality and dynamism of modern life, from Edward Wadsworth’s hard-edged, industrial-inspired woodcuts to C. R. W. Nevinson’s Futurist etchings of the first mechanized war to Cyril Power’s vibrantly colored linocuts of London’s modern tube stations.

More info on the Met's website here

Buy the book here