Happy New Year, Brief HIstory about Time Square

Mo “Happy New Year”

Sa “Yes indeed Happy new year. This is a great opportunity to teach you about Time Square.”

Mo “Noooo, this is a time for relaxing not learning.”

Sa “Learning can be relaxing. You kick back and I will talk.”

Longacre Square (Pinterest.com)

Mo “Alright as long as I do not have to do anything.”

Sa “Let me start by saying it was not always called Time Square. In the early days it was called Longacre Square. Then in 1904 a human named Albert Ochs a publisher of the New York Times moved the headquarters to that area.”

Mo “Oh so that is why it changed the name.”

Sa “Thought you were going to just sit and relax.”

Mo “Ok, Ok teach me more.”

Sa “Well in 1907 the New York Times held a New Year's Eve event to celebrate their relocation to
Longacre Square. Their building was then the second tallest in Manhattan and became the symbol for a new, vibrant era. With that the nickname Time Square came about and has remained. In addition, every year since this first celebration, millions of people have gathered for the well-known and much anticipated ball drop ceremony. I could talk about all of that but since you want to relax we will save that for another time.”

Mo “Really that was a quick one.”
Sa “I can tell you more stuff.”

Mo “No that is alright we can save it for next time.”

MoSa "Happy New Year to all our fellow canines and the humans who care for them!!"

MoSa “And for all those humans who like the images here and want to see more you can visit our moms site to view or even purchase images from the link below. Remember all purchases helps our puppy parents buy treats.”

http://www.bkpphoto.com/

Rockefeller Center Part 1

Sa “Last time you taught me about the Eglin Botanical Garden that stood where Rockefeller Center is now.”

Mo “I sure did.”

Sa “This time I will tell you about the building and history of Rockefeller Center.”

Mo “Cool, I am ready to do some learning.”

Sa “Really?”

Mo “Yes, I agreed last time that I would be ready to listen. Go on tell me about tell me about the center.”

Sa “Alright, you mentioned that Colombia University owned the land and the garden had fallen into disrepair. This in turn made the land virtually worthless.”

Mo “Land in the city was worthless?”

Sa “Yes this was a different time. It wasn’t until the 1920’s that a plan to build a new opera house on the land and a human named John D. Rockefeller Jr. stepped in to make a deal with Columbia to let them build the opera house at the center of the new complex.”

Mo “But there is no opera house in that area. Or is there?”

Great Depression (Pinterest.com)

Sa “No. Humans had what they call the Great Depression.”

Mo “Oh, I know what happened something about a stock market crash stopped the humans from buying treats.”

Steel Workers Rockefeller Center (Pinterest.com)

Sa “Umm, something like that. The 1929 stock market crash did have many problems for the people. Due to this the hope of an opera house was no longer possible. Rockefeller was now stuck with a long-term lease on this plot of land. He knew he had to build something on it.”

Mo “Really? He did it all by himself?”

Sa “Kind of in the sense that he paid for the construction. This was the largest private building project ever undertaken in modern times. In addition, this project employed a great deal of humans in a really hard time."

Mo “When did the construction start and when was it finished.”

Sa “ Good question. It began on May 17, 1930 and the original 14 buildings built in an Art Deco style was completed and opened in 1939.”

Mo “Wow that is pretty fast.”

Sa “True. Next time I will tell you about some of the buildings, statues and the ice rink that is in and around the Rockefeller Center.”

Mo “Another to be continued. This is a really long subject”

Sa “Yes, but our human parents think this subject is worth the extra pages.”

Mo “Cool as long as I get treats I will be back here next time.”

MoSa “And for all those humans who like the images here and want to see more you can visit our moms site to view or even purchase images from the link below. Remember all purchases helps our puppy parents buy treats.”

http://www.bkpphoto.com/

MoSa Dogs Travel Blog: Before Rockefeller Center a Garden?

MoSa Dogs Travel Blog: Before Rockefeller Center a Garden?: Sa "Today we explored the city within a city Rockefeller Center." Mo "I don’t know if I liked it. It might have b...

Before Rockefeller Center a Garden?

Sa "Today we explored the city within a city Rockefeller Center."

Mo "I don’t know if I liked it. It might have been better when it was a botanical garden."

Sa "What? This was an architectural achievement. Especially since they built it during the humans Great Depression."

Mo "Great Depression? Oh, you mean when humans could not afford to buy lots of treats."

Sa "Um, something like that but let’s talk about the center instead. Why did you mention a garden?"

Mo "You mean I know something you don’t? Awesome!"

Sa "There is always a first time for everything. I am listening tell me about the garden."

Image of  Elgin Botanical Garden (https://brianaltonenmph.com)

Mo "Before it was Rockefeller center it was this country’s first botanical garden. A human David Hosack was a doctor and professor of flowers and plants at Colombia University. He bought 19 acres of land that would eventually be midtown. There he built a garden to study plants for medical uses. It was named the Elgin Botanical Garden. It had flowers from all over the world and there was a 62 foot long greenhouse on the land. In fact later it would be the model for the New York Botanical Garden. Sadly, the human ran out of money and the garden fell into disrepair and was no longer used. Then somehow it got taken by the next human Rockefeller."

Sa "Interesting do you know how, why and what happened to create Rockefeller Center."

Mo "Nope. That was it for me."

Sa "Well that was really interesting. Next, post I will teach you about the how, why and what of the city within a city, Rockefeller Center."

Mo "Cool I will be ready to learn."

MoSa “And for all those humans who like the images here and want to see more you can visit our moms site to view or even purchase images from the link below. Remember all purchases helps our puppy parents buy treats.”

http://www.bkpphoto.com/

Winter is here and Snow is Coming

Mo “It has been getting really cold out.”

Sa “It has we need to get ready for the snow train.”

Mo “The snow train?”

Sa “Yes that time of year that we get lots of snow on the ground.”

 Mo “Oh yea when the ground get really white and fun to run around in.”

Sa “You got it. ”

MoSa “And for all those humans who like the images here and want to see more you can visit our moms site to view or even purchase images from the link below. Remember all purchases helps our puppy parents buy treats.”

http://www.bkpphoto.com/

105th Street Dog Run Riverside Park

Sadie, 9 year, Pointer mix and Mojo, 8 year, Beagle

Sa "Today will introduce images of friends from the 105th Street Dog Run Riverside Park"

Mo "Friends? Humans or dogs?"

Sa "For now we will introduce other city dog dwellers."

Mo "All of them?"

Sa "No, here will only be our fellow canine friends who go to this specific dog park."

Lox, under 1 year, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel mix

Daisy, 1 1/2 year, Hound mix

Cory, 5 year, unknown and unknown friend

Roxy, 9 year, Burmese Mountain 

Mika, under 1 year, Hound mix

Bungee, 4 year, mix

Ella, 2 year, Rat Terrier mix

Nola, 5 year, Lab

MoSa We will add more to this page as we meet more and more friends at this dog park."

MoSa “And for all those humans who like the images here and want to see more you can visit our moms site to view or even purchase images from the link below. Remember all purchases helps our puppy parents buy treats.”

http://www.bkpphoto.com/