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Barnabas Bulpett
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Pedestrian, tech worker, art/music enthusiast, samsung galaxy photographer, public transit passenger, pacifist, 汉语学习者. New York. He/Him. 🥥🌻🍉🍁
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
41°F (5° C), mostly sunny.
#NYC #City #Holiday #Tourism #Tree #TreeLighting #30Rock #Rockefeller #AccessDenied #CrowdControl #Skyscraper
Nighttime scene at a plaza of famous high-rise and skyscraper buildings in a large city; this area is especially popular with tourists and there is a lot of retail activity during the holiday season; one of the nation's largest Christmas trees has just been lit for the season and is beaming with colorful lights and decorations, casting a warm glow on the surrounding skyscraper buildings; unfortunately, the tree itself is n ot visible in this scene, due to massive NYPD crowd control.
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
40°F (4° C), rain.
#NYC #City #Chinatown #唐人街 #Restaurant #Signage #M #麥當勞 #Cheeseburger #起司漢堡
Daytime scene on a rainy autumn day in a large city, looking upward from a sidewalk at the buildings and the overcast, rainy sky; the buildings are mostly medium in height and not very old, but not new either; one building has a large hanging McDonald's sign with the yellow "M" and the Chinese spelling "麥當勞" (pronounced "my-dong-lao"); above the sign is a small black flag with the "M"; the building seems to have somewhat of a greenish hue and has multiple lovely security cameras on display.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
43°F (6° C), sunny.
#NYC #City #Street #Trees #Holiday #Expensive #Winter #UES #Lights #SmokeBeer
Nighttime scene on an avenue sidewalk in a large city where there is a large holiday tree stand taking up half the sidewalk; the trees are very expensive, but someone around here will pay that much; across the sidewalk is a row of small businesses including a smoke shop, a locksmith, and a shop which has "Smoke and Beer," according to the bright fluorescent sign; although the trees are expensive, they are still beautiful - very wide and full, and remarkably green under the festive lighting; in the distance, the dark sky is getting cloudy, in preparation for an overnight rain storm; also in the background are high-rise condominium buildings and retirement apartments, which are very safe and convenient.
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
47°F (8° C), mostly cloudy, light rain.
#NYC #City #Subway #MTA #Train #R-Train #PublicTransportation #ForestHills #VinylWrap #Advertising #Jamaica #DominicanRepublic #DO #Tropical #LastStop
Daytime scene underground on a subway platform in a large city, facing a Queens bound R train at its last stop in Foreat Hills; hung above the platform is a black sign with white, Helvetiva lettering indicates that this track also serves the Jamaica-bound E local train; the subway car is completely wrapped in a photographic advertisement for Dominican Republic tourism, with aerial photos of its beautiful beaches stretching all across the car and, since the doors are closed, they become somewhat camouflaged by the beautiful imagery; at the bottom, it says "Dominicana smiles at you"; all along the edge of the platform are bright yellow safety treads that look like they were recently replaced or cleaned; the L.E.D. sign in the train car glows with the name of the line ("R") and "Last Stop" because this is as far as the train goes.
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
42°F (6° C), sunny.
#NYC #City #Street #Market #SmallBusiness #Chinatown #Groceries #Storefront #Graffiti
#唐人街
Early evening view on a street in the Chinatown of a large city, facing a storefront of a grocery market that has closed early for the day; apparently it is waste pick-up day, because a row of green plastic bins is neatly lined up on the sidewalk, along with an organized stack of broken-down cardboard boxes; a fancy Mercedes car is parked at the curb in front; the store has closed its metal rollup door, which is tagged and painted with graffiti - most recently by "Nico"; the green awning says "Fresh Market" in both English and simplified Mandarin Chinese characters, or Hanzi; there are small businesses all up and down this block of Chinatown, like this market and the pharmacy next door; the market has turned on its outside lamps, as the sky is already starting to dim.
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
43°F (6° C), mostly sunny with wind.
#NYC #City #November #Park #Statue #Bronze #Denmark #Literature #Author #UglyDuckling #HansChristianAndersen #CentralPark #Autumn
Daytime scene at a public park in a large city, in a courtyard facing the setting sun and a large bronze statue of a man and a duck; the man is Danish author Hans Christian Andersen and the statue depicts him as seated, reading his work "The Ugly Duckling" to a duck standing on the floor; many of the trees have lost all their leaves, but some yellow leaves are still there, as well as orange-brown leaves on the park floor, fitting the scene for late November and adding pleasant colors; the late afternoon sky is blue with puffy white clouds and, out in the distance, part of the city's skyline is there.
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
46°F (8° C), mostly sunny.
#NYC #City #Airport #TWA #Hotel #Retro #Vintage #Architecture #MidCentury #Modern #Curved #Design #1960s #Holiday
Daytime, indoor of a famous airport hotel during holiday season in a large city, on a suspended walkway covered in plush red carpet; everything is curved and the only straight lines are on the window frames; a big retro-looking clock hangs from the ceiling, blending with the nineteen-sixties midcentury-modern design; in a corner near a desk is a large, lighted holiday tree and there is holiday garland decorating the railings of the walkway; light pours in from the windows under the curved ceiling. Daytime, indoor scene in the lounge area of a famous airport hotel in a large city, facing a massive wall of glass at a blue sky with an antique commercial propeller plane from the nineteen-sixties on display just outside; the sunken lounge area is completely covered in bright red plush carpet and has matching red pleather chairs which are very comfortable; all of the furnishings are going for a mid-century retro vibe in their design; at the center of the scene, in front of teh window, is a vintage, oval, mechanical arrivals and departures indicator like one might have seen in the olden days; everything looks like the Jetsons TV show and it is really fun. Daytime, indoor view on a late afternoon of a national holiday in the restaurant of a famous airport hotel; the light beige motif with taupe accents creates a unique retro vibe with the mid-century modern architecture and furnishing design; the restaurant has very few customers because it is a traditional day of feasting; the fish and chips was quite nice, though; outside the massive wall of windows is a view of a busy international airport and a slowly fading, pale blue sky. Daytime, interior scene in a famous airport hotel in a large city, facing a tall, traditional holiday tree with an antique sports car in the background; the architectural design of the hotel has curves in every direction and is all beige or off-white with bright red accents that match the decorations on the holiday tree; afternoon sun shines through the giant windows and skylight, which has a heart-shaped detail at one of its ends.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
59°F (15° C), mostly cloudy with rain early and late.
#NYC #City #HellGate #Bridge #Historic #Railroad #Autumn #Leaves #CityParks #Astoria #Park
Early evening scene before dark in mid-autumn in one of many beautiful public parks in a large city, facing across the north lawn of the park at an old, historic train bridge; the bridge, built in nineteen sixteen, is used only by railroad and regional passenger trains and easily recognizable by its design and distinctive pinkish-red color and its through-arch truss design, as well as the tall and massive concrete supports; a light has been turned on under the bridge near the riverfront as it begins to get darker outside; while the sky is gray and overcast in the background, the autumn trees of the park breathe cor into the foreground, with many reddish leaves still on the trees and many more on the grass floor.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
55°F (13° C), cloudy with rain late.
#NYC #City #RushHour #TrafficCongestion #Bridge #ElevatedTrain #Queensboro #Subway #MTA #NTrain #LIC #Commute #Skyscraper #Skyline
Elevated, late-afternoon scene on a cloudy day looking out over rush-hour traffic in a large city; hundreds of cars are heading west toward a large, multi-level bridge which, as it touches the land, crosses with a long, elevated subway track that has just come up from the water; these tracks split in several directions at a couple of points, but the one leading straight from our vantage point serves the N and W lines; they also serve the R and 7 lines which take you to different destinations; the days are short now, so the lights are on in the subway cars as their elevated trestle passes over the autumn trees and red taillights of the automobiles below; tall buildings rise up all around the crossing, helping to form part of the new and growing skyline of this part of the city; in the distance however, on the other side of the massive bridge, is a much larger and taller group of skyscraper buildings which make up a small part of the most iconic city skyline in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
53°F (12° C), mostly sunny.
#NYC #City #Street #Packages #Delivery #BuddhistSociety #Temple #LittleItaly #OldBuildings #CollectPond #REW #GUS #Rappelling #Graffiti
Daytime scene on an old and historic street in a large city, facing down the street at a row of old buildings build on what was once a giant freshwater pond that was once the City's primary water source; the tall, yellow building in the middle is the Guangming Buddhist Temple, which is also the location of the American Society of Buddhist Studies; about fifty feet high on another large, old, brick building, some clean vertical throws by well-known writers REW and GUS; I think REW is from another city, but his work is clean; in the foreground, a couple of courier vans for UPS and USPS are parked and making deliveries as the clear sky above begins to dim.
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
49°F (9° C), variably cloudy.
#NYC #City #Restaurant #Tabata #Dining #Storefront #Japanese #Beer #Ramen #Harage #Gyoza #CityStreetRamenChampion #日本食
Daytime scene on an autumn day at a sidewalk in a large city, facing the storefront of an amazing Japanese restaurant called Tabata Ramen which has been there for quite some time and is displaying its faily specials on sidewalk signs and has a couple of small tables for those who, for some reason, prefer to eat in the cold; among their many authentic amd creative dishes, they not only serve ramen but also Japanese steak, gyoza (dumplings), harage (Japanese fried chicken), and much more; they also have several kinds of Japanese beer and cocktails; the business in in the ground level of an old, red brick, mixed-use building (about one hundred years old), and neighbors Dunkin Donuts to the left and a seafood and butcher shop to the right; there is scaffolding and a sidewalk shed over the Dunkin Donuts.
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
51°F (11° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Busy #Street #Traffic #Midtown #K-town #KoreaWay #Koreatown #HMart
Daytime scene on an autumn day in the Midtown section of a large city borough, facing down a crowded street while surrounded by high-rise buildings; this section of Midtown is called "Koreatown" because there are many Korean people here and it is filled with Korean eateries, grocery shops, tea shops, and other places that celebrate Korean culture; this is a weekend before a holiday so, in addition to normal Saturday traffic, there are many families shopping around this very retail-heavy area; in the distance, before the cloudy sky, a tall skyscraper building, a bit lacking in unique design, rises above the streets and another building is seen with a green elevated walkway.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
52°F (11° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #River #TidalEstuary #Riverfront #Shore #EastRiver #TriBoro #Bridge #ViewOfManhattan #Skyscraper #Skyline
Early evening mid-autumn scene in a large city underneath a cloudy sky around sunset, situated from the shore of a river; the river, which is actually a tidal estuary with riperian attributes, separates the borough we are in from the borough with lots of skyscrapers and an iconic skyline; the evening lights, each having their own shade of yellow or white, illuminate the water as an enormous bridge spans across it, with its highway carrying automobiles, buses, and trucks; the bridge connects three of the city's boroughs; in the distance, beyond the bridge is the legendary skyline of The City with the peaks of some of its most famous buildings; there are large rocks on the floor getting washed by the lapping river's edge.
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
47°F (8° C), mostly sunny.
#NYC #City #Street #Traffic #Steam #SteamFunnel #Buildings #Scaffolding #Taxi #YellowCab #CabsAreHere
Daytime street scene in a large city, facing a busy intersection with an orange steam funnel in its center, billowing big clouds of steam into the air; this borough of the city very much runs on steam; when it is cold, the steam becomes a hazard for commuters to see where they are on the street, so they put up these giant orange pipes called "steam funnels" to divert the ventilating steam away from the street; cyclists, pedestrians, and taxi cabs attack the intersection en route to the next one; there is a variety of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, many covered in scaffolding and "sidewalk sheds"; the sky in the distance is mostly clear and sunny.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Bronx.
46°F (8° C), partly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Art #StreetArt #Mural #MottHaven #SoBro #BoogieDown #BX #SouthBronx #SupportChildren #School #Empathy #ValueCommunity #NeverGiveUp #LiveLife #Achievement
Daytime scene on a sidewalk in a large city, facing close-up to a beautifully painted wall of a highly-rated community school; the enormous rainbow-colored mural features children playing among the flowers and birds, the buses and trains (notably the number six train), and inspirational messages such as "Live Life" and "Never Give Up"; above the top corner of the tall building, there is a blue sky with some passing clouds. Daytime scene on a sidewalk in a large city, facing close-up to a beautifully painted wall of a highly-rated community school; the enormous rainbow-colored mural features children playing among the flowers and birds, a city bus, a smiling little girl, and inspirational messages such as "Empathy" and "Value Community"; there are also children in the mural playing near a signpost that indicates the school's specific neighborhood - East one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth street and Brown Place; in the reflection of a window above, there is a blue sky with some passing clouds.
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
45°F (7° C), variably cloudy.
#NYC #City #Deli #Bodega #NeighborhoodFavorite #Sandwiches #JustGoodFood #JusGodFood #OldSignage #Storefront #SmallBusiness
Daytime scene on a corner sidewalk in a large city facing a small business known for consistently great psandwiches with generous amounts of fresh ingredients; albeit a little pricey, and closing a bit early at night, Gaspar's Deli has been a staple of the community for years and is definitely worthy of its adoration; the older gentleman who runs the place is super nice and they sell all kinds of snacks and beer too; the deli has an old vintage sign that appears to be from the sixties or seventies and features their name in bright red letters and their slogan "Just Good Food" (although a couple of letters are missing, so it says "Jus God Food"; outside the deli there are a couple of bushes in large planters, which look to be feeling the effects of colder weather; across the street, past the parked cars, are some large trees whose leaves have turned yellow and brown; the sky is intermittently cloudy, but some blue sky is trying to make its way through.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
44°F (7° C), partly cloudy with wind.
#NYC #City #Random #Storefront #Eclectic #WeaveShop #Mannequins #HeavyChains #Tourism #BeautySupply #RemiHair #Psychic #SpaceForRent
Daytime scene on a sidewalk in a large city, facing the storefront of a very eclectic establishment in a cement building; in the window, there are numerous beauty products and also Pepto-Bismol, along with a small paper sign advertising that there is space for rent, which is surprising given the fact that this beauty supply store not only sells digestive relief products, but outside on the sidewalk it has so much more; there are a couple of tourist shirts hanging for sale, two sets of mannequin legs wearing the yoga pants, about 10 large checked luggage bags, and (most prominently in the scene) a 6-foot-tall female mannequin wearing a bright red tracksuit with a hood; the mannequin is also wrapped in heavy chains across the waist and shoulder; a sign on the wall advertises even more services offered such as custom shirt production and psychic readings.
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Thank you Bluesky. Here's to better years to come.

#Anniversary
#BlueskyBirthday
bbulpett.bsky.social Barnabas Bulpett @bbulpett.bsky.social · Nov 18
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November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Queens.
55°F (13° C), partly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Street #Art #StreetArt #Graffiti #Mast #Roachi #Subway #WoodenFence
Daytime scene in a large city on an autumn afternoon, on a wide sidewalk facing a tall wooden fence; the lower half of the fence is completely covered by two large graffiti throws, one appearing to be by the writer Mast and the other by Roachi; separating the pieces is a painting of an oncoming subway train coming down the tracks; the collaboration features a painted gray brick background and a color scheme of lavender and taxicab yellow with interesting highlights of fuscia in both artists' work; although written on an old wooden fence, the piece is well-planned and complex and adds a needed splash of color to this block; the trees on the other side of the fence still have a lot of leaves, but they are turning brown and yellow; the mostly sunny (for the time being) sky casts the shadows of the trees onto the sidewalk.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
50°F (10° C), mostly cloudy with light showers late.
#NYC #City #Street #Holidays #Decorations #Wreath #Cheer #HeraldSquare #Midtown #Talent #Singers #Performers #NiceMusic #Musicians #Guitar #Violin #KuduHorn
Daytime scene on a cloudy November day in a large city, facing the corner of a famous square and toward the world's largest store; the store is decorated in green ivy and golden lights; there is a large wreath with a red ribbon hung on one window, and the words "Elves at Work" on another; atop the store's entrance is a life-sized golden reindeer; in the foreground, most prominent in the scene, is a group of nine musicians and singers of different ages and walks of life; the performers are in the middle of an uplifting song that we think is about friendship; there are five singers, a violinist, a guitarist, a tambourinist, and a man playing some type of "kudu horn" - a kind of trumpet that is made from the corkscrew-shaped horn of the kudu; the music is sweet and the elderly grandma on lead vocals has a heart-warming voice; in the background, the holiday hustle is in full-swing and this neighborhood is the epicenter of shopping; multiple hot dog carts are also in the background, but they are not the best and raise the price for tourist areas like this One.
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
51°F (11° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Street #HustleAndBustle #PedestrianTraffic #Lunchtime #AutumnInNewYork #Crossing #Zebra #Beatles #AbbeyRoad #Leaves #Buildings
Daytime scene at the middle of a wide, two-way street in a large city facing a traffic crossing (AKA crosswalk, zebra); pedestrians currently have the right-of-way and they hustle across the street in each direction; they have places to be!; the scene is somewhat reminiscent of an old Beatles album cover for "Abbey Road", the group's last album they recorded together and features the iconic photo of the "Fab Four" crossing the street on a similar zebra; at the time, it was the first and only U.K. album cover without the group's name or album title on it; tall buildings of brick and concrete rise from each side of the street, as a box truck approaches, half of a block away; the sky is cloudy and gray and the leaves on the trees have changed color; it is autumn in New York.
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
51°F (11° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Subway #MTA #SubwayStation #Chinatown #Canal #Tile #Mosaic #唐人街
Daytime, indoor scene on a subway platform in a large city, facing a tile wall with large and exquisite colorful mosaic inlays and plaques; long, rectangular tile inlays of turquoise, yellow, and blue mosaic tile with a gold colored border lead up against artistic plaques featuring Chinese symbology; at the center of the scene is one such plaque - a bold, red background upon which are affixed symbols of wisdom and good fortune; a fluorescent light casts a glow on the feature. Daytime, indoor scene on a subway platform in a large city, facing the corner of a tile wall with large and exquisite colorful mosaic inlays and plaques; long, rectangular tile inlays of turquoise, yellow, and blue mosaic tile with a gold colored border surround the walls of the platform with Chinese symbols and characters interspersed throughout, as a sign of respect to the Chinatown community where this station is located; at the center of the scene is a large mosaic inlay that reads "Canal St." with the traditional Mandarin characters for "canal" and "street" at either side; a two-foot-tall red tile border goes along the base of the wall as the fluorescent lighting illuminates the artistic tile work.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
50°F (10° C), mostly cloudy with breeze.
#NYC #City #Night #Street #CityLights #Landmark #Skyscraper #MassTransit #ChryslerBuilding #ArtDeco #BeauxArts #Bridge #Architecture #Traffic
Nighttime street scene in a large city at a time of significant traffic, facing toward a group of landmarks; this area is features a famous skyscraper building, which is the first supertall skyscraper and the tallest brick building in the world; it has its lights turned on and the iconic sunburst detail at its peak is glowing bright; in the foreground is another landmark, only about twenty years older, which is a major transit hub for the city and region, with subway and commuter rail services; the terminal's Beaux-arts facade and tall stately columns make it an iconic landmark; leading from the terminal and across the street, is a small and decorative bridge for automobiles; the street is crowded with cars that are casting a red glow on the scene with their taillights; there is also a pink ice cream truck parked at the curb and it looks to be closed - likely due to the colder weather that the city has had recently.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
41°F (5° C), overcast and windy.
#NYC #City #Autumn #Leaves #Foliage #OldFashioned #Signage #Ristorante #Advertising #Mural #Angels
Daytime scene in a large city during autumn, facing upward from the street at a group of old, mixed-use, brick buildings; some of the buildings have their original bare red brick and others that have been painted beige over the years; on the side of the building in the center, a very large mural has been painted to advertise a restaurant below, which has been closed for some time now; the mural shows a couple of white baby angels and the words "Angels Ristorante Italiano" upon a sky-blue background; behind the buildings are much larger, high-rise buildings, so the actual sky is not visible; in front of the buildings, coming up from the street level, are a number of trees with brown, gold, and red leaves, as well as one tree whose leaves are still green - for now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM