mikeyank
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And of course St. Patricks Cathedral, The Plaza Hotel and a few other decorated buildings.
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mikeyank
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And of course the pièce de résistance of Fifth Avenue at Christmas time, the Tree and the light show across the street on the side of Sax Fifth Avenue. It never fails to deliver.
mikeyank
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So cool thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
mikeyank
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Today is December 17th, 2022, still technically autumn with winter beginning this coming Wednesday. All the leaves have now fallen as we await our first snowfall of the season. However if I am going to keep an online visual of my neighborhood in all four seasons, I thought it was time for a quick update. If and when we get some snow, I shall update again!
mikeyank
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I disagree. I understand how climate change has affected our weather, yet with less consistency we still have four distinct seasons in the northeast. Sometimes it happens suddenly, and other times gradually, but I still or perhaps more than ever as I am now in my senior years. I love experiencing the beauty of spring, the beautiful summer days, the colors of autumn and even the beauty of freshly covered streets with a blanket of pristine white snow. And I also love chronicling it and posting my pics here and elsewhere.
You should mark seasonal changes in the vegetation. In the city it is harder to notice in animals but it is still possible.I disagree. I understand how climate change has affected our weather, yet with less consistency we still have four distinct seasons in the northeast. Sometimes it happens suddenly, and other times gradually, but I still or perhaps more than ever as I am now in my senior years. I love experiencing the beauty of spring, the beautiful summer days, the colors of autumn and even the beauty of freshly covered streets with a blanket of pristine white snow. And I also love chronicling it and posting my pics here and elsewhere.
New York City is so beautiful this time of year!
My young nephew proposed marriage to his now wife in Rockefeller Center just before Christmas in front of that decorated tree (well a different tree but basically same decorations)! Very beautiful.
mikeyank
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I completely agree and there is an energy in the crowd, from very young to very old. It is beautiful to be there and to experience it indeed.
mikeyank
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This is so cool! I need to visit here next time I am on the upper East Side.
https://secretnyc.co/old-school-luncheonette-lexington-candy-shop/
CLAIRE LEADEN - EDITOR • DECEMBER 6, 2022
There was once a day when luncheonettes and soda fountains lined NYC streets as much as today’s artisanal coffee shops, but now there are only a handful left.
One of the most authentic ones is the Lexington Candy Shop on the Upper East Side. It originally opened in 1925 and has been continuously owned and operated through three generations of family and partners.
Luncheonettes and soda fountains were at the height of popularity in the post-war U.S., and was even the time when Americans were eating more ice cream than ever before, particularly in New York City, according to Atlas Obscura.
A collection of vintage glass Coke bottles in the window and a sign advertising the telephone inside will transport you right back to old New York! You’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time to the ’30s or ’40s at the Lexington Candy Shop, as you spin around on a stool sitting at the formica counter and watch them make your milkshake in their 1940 Hamilton Beach shake mixer. Or, as you scoot into a vinyl booth and read the old felt board menu off the wall—yes, there really was a time when a sundae was $0.20 and a Coke was $0.10.
And they still serve that classic American fare: milkshakes, lemonade, egg creams, club sandwiches and tuna melts. Oh, and of course, breakfast. Head there for omelettes of all kinds, your choice of toast, pancakes, and a hot cup of joe, available all day long.
But the most notable thing to order off their menu is definitely a Coca-Cola made the old fashioned way. Lexington Candy Shop is one of the few remaining establishments that still mixes Coca-Cola syrup and seltzer water that’s then topped with a scoop of delicious ice cream.
https://secretnyc.co/old-school-luncheonette-lexington-candy-shop/
NYC’s Nearly Century-Old Lexington Candy Shop Still Makes Coca-Cola The Old Fashioned Way
The third-generation luncheonette has been serving hand-mixed Coca-Cola for nearly 100 years on Manhattan's Upper East Side. CLAIRE LEADEN - EDITOR • DECEMBER 6, 2022There was once a day when luncheonettes and soda fountains lined NYC streets as much as today’s artisanal coffee shops, but now there are only a handful left.
One of the most authentic ones is the Lexington Candy Shop on the Upper East Side. It originally opened in 1925 and has been continuously owned and operated through three generations of family and partners.
Luncheonettes and soda fountains were at the height of popularity in the post-war U.S., and was even the time when Americans were eating more ice cream than ever before, particularly in New York City, according to Atlas Obscura.
A collection of vintage glass Coke bottles in the window and a sign advertising the telephone inside will transport you right back to old New York! You’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time to the ’30s or ’40s at the Lexington Candy Shop, as you spin around on a stool sitting at the formica counter and watch them make your milkshake in their 1940 Hamilton Beach shake mixer. Or, as you scoot into a vinyl booth and read the old felt board menu off the wall—yes, there really was a time when a sundae was $0.20 and a Coke was $0.10.
And they still serve that classic American fare: milkshakes, lemonade, egg creams, club sandwiches and tuna melts. Oh, and of course, breakfast. Head there for omelettes of all kinds, your choice of toast, pancakes, and a hot cup of joe, available all day long.
But the most notable thing to order off their menu is definitely a Coca-Cola made the old fashioned way. Lexington Candy Shop is one of the few remaining establishments that still mixes Coca-Cola syrup and seltzer water that’s then topped with a scoop of delicious ice cream.
mikeyank
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This is so cool! I need to visit here next time I am on the upper East Side.
https://secretnyc.co/old-school-luncheonette-lexington-candy-shop/
NYC’s Nearly Century-Old Lexington Candy Shop Still Makes Coca-Cola The Old Fashioned Way
The third-generation luncheonette has been serving hand-mixed Coca-Cola for nearly 100 years on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
There was once a day when luncheonettes and soda fountains lined NYC streets as much as today’s artisanal coffee shops, but now there are only a handful left.
One of the most authentic ones is the Lexington Candy Shop on the Upper East Side. It originally opened in 1925 and has been continuously owned and operated through three generations of family and partners.
Luncheonettes and soda fountains were at the height of popularity in the post-war U.S., and was even the time when Americans were eating more ice cream than ever before, particularly in New York City, according to Atlas Obscura.
A collection of vintage glass Coke bottles in the window and a sign advertising the telephone inside will transport you right back to old New York! You’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time to the ’30s or ’40s at the Lexington Candy Shop, as you spin around on a stool sitting at the formica counter and watch them make your milkshake in their 1940 Hamilton Beach shake mixer. Or, as you scoot into a vinyl booth and read the old felt board menu off the wall—yes, there really was a time when a sundae was $0.20 and a Coke was $0.10.
And they still serve that classic American fare: milkshakes, lemonade, egg creams, club sandwiches and tuna melts. Oh, and of course, breakfast. Head there for omelettes of all kinds, your choice of toast, pancakes, and a hot cup of joe, available all day long.
But the most notable thing to order off their menu is definitely a Coca-Cola made the old fashioned way. Lexington Candy Shop is one of the few remaining establishments that still mixes Coca-Cola syrup and seltzer water that’s then topped with a scoop of delicious ice cream.
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Today by sheer coincidence, I went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue & East 82nd Street, and had totally forgotten about my post regarding this Candy Store that makes Coca Cola the way it was done when I was a kid, by mixing the coke syrup into the seltzer. On the way back to the subway at Lexington & East 86th St., I decided to walk straight up East 82nd Street just to see some different houses and stores than I normally do walking on East 86th.
As I approached Lexington Avenue, I saw a line of people waiting for something. And I saw it was the Candy Store from the article that I posted. I had no clue I was heading there. The line was too long fo me to stop in and order a fountain coke, but I did take a pic this afternoon. It is a popular spot!
mikeyank
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At The Met today, one of the big exhibits was The Tudors. Today is an unusually warm, mid 50’s degree day at the end of December. Last week on Christmas Eve it was 8 degrees. Lots of people were out both around the Met & inside.
mikeyank
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed them. It was a fun reprieve from winter today to be out and about on a nice Friday afternoon.
That place does sound really cool!Today by sheer coincidence, I went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue & East 82nd Street, and had totally forgotten about my post regarding this Candy Store that makes Coca Cola the way it was done when I was a kid, by mixing the coke syrup into the seltzer. On the way back to the subway at Lexington & East 86th St., I decided to walk straight up East 82nd Street just to see some different houses and stores than I normally do walking on East 86th.
As I approached Lexington Avenue, I saw a line of people waiting for something. And I saw it was the Candy Store from the article that I posted. I had no clue I was heading there. The line was too long fo me to stop in and order a fountain coke, but I did take a pic this afternoon. It is a popular spot!
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mikeyank
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And when you do, PLEASE get in touch with me as I’d love to meet you and show you around some. You can ask Peterh, (still on the forum), and Bart and Rep who are no longer forumites but I am a pretty good tour guide, if I say so myself. lol,
