I've been to New York City many times which is a 5 1/2 hour drive from Montreal both for business and leisure, and it's one of the few cities in the world I really enjoyed visiting over and over again.

The street animation, Broadway, Manhattan, Battery Park, Canal Street, Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho, the Central Grand Station, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building,the Statue of Liberty, the Trump Tower, the yellow cab taxis, there is just so many landmarks in one town.

And there can't be anything more postcard sight than approaching or leaving NYC from the Hudson river at night.
new york by the hudson at night

Drove down there with my partner last week for a project meeting and have noticed the impact of the current recession in the U.S. has also slowed down the usually hectic construction industry in New York City. Our project in upper West St. is one of the few constructions going on.

Noticeable difference also during the past decades is the changing faces in the construction industry. Not too long ago, architects, engineers and project managers have been dominated by mostly all white male professionals, today it is quite the contrary.

Present at the meeting were the Project Architect, a Hongkong born lady in her early 30's, the Project Manager, a Latin American lady, a civil engineer in her 30's, the General Contractor's engineer, a 40 something Pakistani gentleman, the building wall installation manager, an Afro American lad and ourselves, my partner of Italian roots and myself, well a Flip haha!

Also noticeable since the Bill Gates executive dress down revolution, the tieless shirt and jeans have replaced the suit and tie formality of the project meetings.

Times they are a changin' as Dylan have said,
they have!

In 15 years, the White American will be the minority in the United States of America.

*Not in Texas!*
*Texas and California belonged to Mexico!* :roll: