Angela's frisky appaloosa has gotten really lost this time--in Antarctica! See if you can pick out the rascal whilst he cavorts with the penguins. He looks pretty happy, but why Antarctica? Maybe he didn't want to miss the formal occasion.

Took this photo on the roof of the building today. Too bad I don't have a view of the other side from here. the sign says "tadium" as crews have started to take the signs down. Still, it was a beautiful, brisk day and the view from the top of the building is one of the best in Queens. I'm keeping to a 3 day schedule now until greater structural bits begin to fall. Stay tuned.

Interesting weekend. Got off to Syracuse for a NASAD portfolio review. My partner for the trip was none other than painter extraordinaire, Ross Barbara. The journey to Syracuse is a long one from NYC, so Ross and I stopped along the way at his parent's home which happens to be farm located midway. As we stopped in to freshen up and look at some vintage Barbara(s) on the walls of his old family homestead, a bear with a odd sense of timing and a great sense of stealth, thought it was just the moment to relieve himself by the car. Closing up, and heading to the vehicle, I warned Ross off the mountain of ursine dung. Just staring and regarding the load in a rather pensive manner, Ross quipped, "Tom! What do you think the bear meant by that?" "We should leave." was my answer, which we did.

Here's Ross, just prior to learning the answer to the age-old mystery: Does a bear shit in the woods? We can now verify--it does.

Todays shot of Shea includes a Circle Line cruise ship making it's way through flushing Bay.

I was thinking about it, and we've really had a stretch of trouble-free weather while photographing Shea's demise. Today was no different, it is really a bright , sunny day, though brisk. Enjoy the photo.

Well, it is most likely dingos didn't get Angela's pony, but he did get to Ayer's Rock in Australia. Looks that this frisky appaloosa is out to see every continent before returning home. Just where will he go next?

Maybe it is the lighting, but looking at the full-resolution version of this picture, I could see that the light visible below the circular Parks Logo is from open entrances leading to the interior of the stadium. There have been interior lights before, but those were obviously electrical. Nice sunny day today, but windy.

The ongoing project of documenting the razing of Shea yeilded this photo of a gull. It was a windy day and the bird just opened his wings and hovered like this for a minute or two. Kind of a pretty shot.

I'll keep it brief. Not a lot of changes and the lighting was poor. Blaw. The specks in the sky are seagulls.

Here is Shea today. Shot a little later in the afternoon. Can you see any changes yet? I'm looking, but besides a few small details there isn't much to remark. I'm going to keep this going. It's a surly drama to be sure, but I think it's worth it.

Well, wouldn't you know it, that cheeky pony is at it again. I should have figured he'd end up doing the Great Wall of China. It's a natural that he'd go there though, after all, he was in Asia. I'm sure he stopped for some nice cantonese cooking along the way.

Today was overcast, but the two miles from the camera to Shea was pretty clear. Laguardia swings the aircraft around Shea on days like this (no wind). I guess the interior is mostly going down for now. Some of the fixtures in the stadium will be going to various parks and locations in NYC. You can see Citi-Field just to the left. Enjoy.

Time to take a break from the tearing down of Shea and follow the epic journey of Angela's pony. This month the little appaloosa found himself at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. It must be on his bucket (of oats) list.

Though the lighting is not as good (as I discovered today) here is a photo that follows, by three days the preceding one. Still not a lot of change, but I suspect when is starts coming down, it will do so rapidly insofar as structure is concerned. Enjoy!

Another day, another shot, but at least I got a pun in.

Well, not so many I guess. Here is today's shot of Shea.

The Vice Presidential debates are on tonight, but that doesn't interest me too much. Not a single piece of verbiage deviated a scintilla from what I expected. Yawn. Far more interesting is the deconstruction of Shea stadium, happening only 2 short miles away. From the top of the building, I get a real peach of a vantage point and took a picture of the tearing down of what once was a favorite NYC venue. Hopefully I'll be able to take a picture a day documenting the razing. So Here is day one. You can see in the photo that the scoreboard is gone and upon closer observation the seats in the upper deck have already been removed. Fast!